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Series
Strange Tales 53
Charlton Tales
Title Profile
Curated Charlton tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- December 1956
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Chipiden Publishing Corp.
- Cover Titles
- The Gray Thing
- Cover Credits
-
Bill Everett pencils and inks unsigned
- Contributions
-
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Issue Overview
Strange Tales #53 was published by Chipiden Publishing Corp. in December 1956. It is part of the Strange Tales series, which ran from June 1951 to September 1962.
Cover credits include Bill Everett.
Atlas Tales indexes 7 stories for this issue, including "I Died Tomorrow!." Indexed story credits include Pete Morisi and John Forte, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.
Stories
I Died Tomorrow!
Credits
Pete Morisi pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Newspaper in last panel is the Timely Record.
The Brute!
Credits
John Forte pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Inspired by the assassination of Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC); senators Gaius Cassius
Longinus (85-42 BC) and Marcus Junius Brutus (85-42 BC) appear.
They Crawl By Night!
Credits
Vic Carrabotta pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
What Stanley Saw!
Credits
Angelo Torres pencils and inks signed
Al Williamson pencils and inks unsigned
Roy Krenkel pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Thirtieth Century
Credits
Credits not yet documented
The Gray Thing!
Credits
Gene Colan pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Man Who Crushed Rocks!
Credits
Reed Crandall pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
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