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| Title = Strange Tales
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| Image = Strange Tales Vol 1 9.jpg
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| Image = StrangeTales9.jpg
  
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| Volume = 1
  
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| Issue = 9
  
 
| Month = August
  
| Month = August
 
| Year = 1952
  
| Year = 1952
   
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| Editor-in-Chief =
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| Editor-in-Chief = Stan Lee
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| CoverArtist1 = Sol Brodsky
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| CoverArtist1 = Carl Burgos
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| CoverArtist1 = Stan Goldberg
   
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| Quotation = Listening in on other people's conversations may satisfy your curiosity! But be careful! That strange, hollow voice may be...THE VOICE OF DOOM!
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| Speaker = From the splash page of "The Voice of Doom"
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| StoryTitle1 = Blind Date
 
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| Penciler1_1 = Mike Sekowsky
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| Inker1_1 = Vic Carrabotta
 
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| Editor1_1 =
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| Synopsis1 = A man walks out of a bar and sees a beautiful redhead sitting in a convertible waiting for someone. He hits on her. She tells him that she is waiting for an older wealthy man and asks him to leave but he refuses and gets in the car. She says 'Very well' and careens off. He becomes frightened and tells her to slow down and she does not. When he glances over at her, he screams, for he sees a skeleton that tells him he has stolen a blind date with Death as the car heads straight for the side of a mountain.
   
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* {{a|[[Mac Farrand (Earth-616)|Mac Farrand]]}}
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| StoryTitle2 = Death Finds a Way
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| ReprintOf2 = Journey into Mystery Vol 1 1
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| Penciler2_1 = Bill Everett
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| Inker2_1 = Bill Everett
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| Letterer2_1 = Typeset
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| Synopsis2 = A man stumbles over a card game where four strange characters are playing for body parts.
   
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* {{a|[[Luke Spandin (Earth-616)|Luke Spandin]]}}
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* {{a|[[Annie Bat-Eyes (Earth-616)|Annie Bat-Eyes]]}}
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* {{a|[[George Brand (Earth-616)|George Brand]]}}
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| StoryTitle3 = The Strange Game
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| Penciler3_1 = Marty Elkin
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| Inker3_1 = Marty Elkin
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| Synopsis3 = A man stumbles over a card game where four strange characters are playing for body parts.
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* {{a|[[Lou Beltram (Earth-616)|Lou Beltram]]}}
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| StoryTitle4 = The Man from Mars
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| Writer4_1 = Stan Lee
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| Penciler4_1 = Bob Fujitani
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| Inker4_1 = Bob Fujitani
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| Synopsis4 = A deadbeat wants to see a movie called 'The Man from Mars' but since he doesn't bother to get a job, he's broke and has no money. When he sees a rocket ship with a sign outside that reads "Be the First to see Mars" he thinks it's a promotion for the picture and enters, hoping to get to see the movie for free. Suddenly, the rocket blasts off and he passes out from the acceleration. When he revives, he finds himself a captive in a Martian zoo.
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* Freddie
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| StoryTitle5 = Drink Deep, Vampire
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| Writer5_1 =
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| Penciler5_1 = Joe Sinnott
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| Inker5_1 = Joe Sinnott
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| Synopsis5 = A business man attempts to swindle a coven of vampires by draining their blood every day and selling it back to them every evening.
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* {{Only Dies|[[Karl Croya (Earth-616)|Karl Croya]]}}
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** {{1st|[[Károly Gorlac (Earth-616)|Gorlac]]}}
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| StoryTitle6 = The Voice of Doom!
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| Writer6_1 =
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| Penciler6_1 = Bill Benulis
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| Inker6_1 = Bill Benulis
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| Synopsis6 = A publisher has communication devices installed in every cubicle so he can fire his employees when they badmouth him. One day, he hears a voice that threatens him with eternal torments in Hell. He demands to know who is speaking and a grinning skull emanates from the device to claim him.
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* Hendrix
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| Notes =
 
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* "Blind Date" is reprinted in [[Beware Vol 1 2|Beware #2]]
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* "The Man from Mars" reprinted in [[Beware Vol 1 2|Beware #2]]
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* "Drink Deep, Vampire" reprinted in [[Dracula Lives Vol 1 2|Dracula Lives #2]]
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* "The Voice of Doom" reprinted in [[Beware Vol 1 2|Beware #2]]
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* "The Strange Game" reprinted in [[Crypt of Shadows Vol 1 3|Crypt of Shadows #3]]
 
| Trivia =
 
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* "The Man from Mars" was rewritten as "The Story of Sammy Snork" in [[Tales of Suspense Vol 1 8|Tales of Suspense #8]] with art by Bill Everett.
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*The publisher in "The Voice of Doom" is almost a dead ringer for [[J. Jonah Jameson]].
 
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Revision as of 17:10, 2 November 2018

Quote1 Listening in on other people's conversations may satisfy your curiosity! But be careful! That strange, hollow voice may be...THE VOICE OF DOOM! Quote2
—From the splash page of "The Voice of Doom"

Appearing in "Blind Date"

Featured Characters:

  • Mac Farrand

Races and Species:

Synopsis for "Blind Date"

A man walks out of a bar and sees a beautiful redhead sitting in a convertible waiting for someone. He hits on her. She tells him that she is waiting for an older wealthy man and asks him to leave but he refuses and gets in the car. She says 'Very well' and careens off. He becomes frightened and tells her to slow down and she does not. When he glances over at her, he screams, for he sees a skeleton that tells him he has stolen a blind date with Death as the car heads straight for the side of a mountain.

Appearing in "Death Finds a Way"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey into Mystery #1
(originally printed without story title)
  • Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "Death Finds a Way"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey into Mystery #1
(originally printed without story title)
  • Synopsis not yet written

Appearing in "The Strange Game"

Featured Characters:

  • Lou Beltram

Races and Species:

Synopsis for "The Strange Game"

A man stumbles over a card game where four strange characters are playing for body parts.

Appearing in "The Man from Mars"

Featured Characters:

  • Freddie

Races and Species:

Synopsis for "The Man from Mars"

A deadbeat wants to see a movie called 'The Man from Mars' but since he doesn't bother to get a job, he's broke and has no money. When he sees a rocket ship with a sign outside that reads "Be the First to see Mars" he thinks it's a promotion for the picture and enters, hoping to get to see the movie for free. Suddenly, the rocket blasts off and he passes out from the acceleration. When he revives, he finds himself a captive in a Martian zoo.

Appearing in "Drink Deep, Vampire"

Featured Characters:

Antagonists:

Races and Species:

Locations:

Synopsis for "Drink Deep, Vampire"

A business man attempts to swindle a coven of vampires by draining their blood every day and selling it back to them every evening.

Appearing in "The Voice of Doom!"

Featured Characters:

  • Hendrix

Races and Species:

Synopsis for "The Voice of Doom!"

A publisher has communication devices installed in every cubicle so he can fire his employees when they badmouth him. One day, he hears a voice that threatens him with eternal torments in Hell. He demands to know who is speaking and a grinning skull emanates from the device to claim him.

Notes

Trivia

  • "The Man from Mars" was rewritten as "The Story of Sammy Snork" in Tales of Suspense #8 with art by Bill Everett.
  • The publisher in "The Voice of Doom" is almost a dead ringer for J. Jonah Jameson.

See Also

Links and References

References

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