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Series
Strange Tales 70
Charlton Tales
Title Profile
Curated Charlton tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- August 1959
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Zenith Publishing Corp.
- Cover Titles
- When Wakes the Sphinx!
- Cover Credits
-
Jack Kirby pencils unsigned
Dick Ayers inks attributed
- Contributions
-
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Stories
A Giant Walks the Earth!
Credits
Jack Kirby pencils unsigned
Christopher Rule inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Title character shows certain similarities to later Giant-Man character; cf. Tales to Astonish 49 (Dec 1963).
The Comic
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Earth in Chains!
Credits
Paul Reinman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Plot resolution identical to that in H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (1898): invading aliens defeated by ordinary
environmental microbes.
Ghost Ship!
Credits
Carl Burgos pencils and inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Escape to Tomorrow!
When Wakes the Sphinx!
Credits
Steve Ditko pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Dennis Giansante: Story Scans (5)
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Dennis Giansante: Story Scans (5)