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Strange Tales 73
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- February 1960
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Cover Titles
- Grottu! King of the Insects!
- Cover Credits
-
Jack Kirby pencils unsigned
Bill Everett inks attributed
- Contributions
-
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Issue Overview
Strange Tales #73 was published by Zenith Publishing Corp. in February 1960. It is part of the Strange Tales series, which ran from June 1951 to September 1962.
Cover credits include Jack Kirby and Bill Everett.
Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "Grottu, King of the Insects!." Indexed story credits include Jack Kirby and Bill Everett, among others.
Stories
Grottu, King of the Insects!
Credits
Jack Kirby pencils unsigned
Bill Everett inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Plot similarities with Them! (Warner Bros. Pictures, 1954): ants exposed to nuclear tests grow gigantic and menace
mankind.
Reprinted In: Strange Tales Annual 1
I Saw the End of the World!
Credits
Steve Ditko pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Tree
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Tom Lammers: Story Information
I was Captured by the Mole Men!
Credits
Don Heck pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
I am a Walking Time Bomb
Credits
Paul Reinman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
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