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Strange Tales 78

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Strange Tales #78 (1960) | Charlton Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
November 1960
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Zenith Publishing Corp.
 
Cover Titles
A Martian Prowls Among Us!
The Gargoyle
 
Cover Credits
Jack Kirby pencils unsigned
George Klein inks attributed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Strange Tales #78 was published by Zenith Publishing Corp. in November 1960. It is part of the Strange Tales series, which ran from June 1951 to September 1962.

Cover credits include Jack Kirby and George Klein.

Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "A Martian Walks Among Us!." Indexed story credits include Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.

Stories

Reprinted In: Strange Tales Annual 1
Notes: Click here to see John Kaminski's profile on Mento from this story.
Notes: Title character shows similarities to later Ant-Man: uses pills to shrink to ant size; cf. Tales to Astonish 27 (Jan 1962) and 35 (Sep 1962).
Reprinted In: Tower of Shadows 6

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