"The Lighthouse From Nowhere!" - STRANGE TALES #87

Another story from the same issue of STRANGE TALES, this one by Steve Ditko. There is a Steve Ditko credit, but no Stan Lee credit, same as with the Kirby story.


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"The Return Of Grogg!" - STRANGE TALES #87

STRANGE TALES was one of the comic books where Marvel comics ran science fiction and fantasy stories before their superhero revival of the sixties. Many of these were by Jack Kirby, same as the superhero stories. "The Return Of Grogg!" is one of these. Artwork is credited to Kirby and Ayers ( who inked it ) but Stan Lee doesn't seem to have a credit on this one. He didn't always in this period, although he made sure he got credited for everything a few years later.

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"Orrgo" - STRANGE TALES #90

STRANGE TALES had a lot of monster stories in this period. A lot of them were done by Jack Kirby. This time he doesn't even seem to have gotten credit, but then, Marvel never did give him enough credit for everything.

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"Mr. Morgan's Monster" - STRANGE TALES #99

Jack Kirby did a lot of monster stories for Marvel comics before there was a revival of interest in superhero comics at the company in the early 1960's. This particular tale was from STRANGE TALES #99, which had a cover date of August 1962.

This story was credited to Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers, who penciled and inked it, respectively. There is no mention of Stan Lee, who wasn't always credited in this period. Later on he made sure he had his name on everything and eventually would take credit for the creation of the Marvel universe.


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"Beware Of Meeks Bringing Gifts" - STRANGE TALES #86

STRANGE TALES was one of the Marvel comic books that Jack Kirby did stories for. This is one of them. The title is of course a switch on the saying "Beware of Greeks bringing gifts!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Moon Man!" - STRANGE TALES #42

"Moon-Man!" was originally published in 1955 by Marvel ( then Atlas ) comics. Art was by Bernie Krigstein, and his signature is on the splash page. But the signature of Stan Lee, so visible on their comics a few years later, is nowhere to be seen. Something we've noticed before in Marvel comics from this period.

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"The Girl Who Saved The World" - STRANGE TALES #49

"The Girl Who Saved The World" was originally published in 1956 in STRANGE TALES #49. It is signed by Joe Orlando in the first panel,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and has "Hartley" for Al Hartley on the book in the last panel, so it appears to have been a collaboration between Joe Orlando and Al Hartley. But once again, Stan Lee's name is nowhere to be seen. Maybe his name wasn't as prevalent on Marvel comics in that period.

Reblogged from http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/ , which suggested that Joe Orlando drew the aliens and Al Hartley drew the girl.












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"Horrible Herman" - STRANGE TALES #14

A horror story from the Atlas period of Marvel Comics, 1952 to be exact, credited to Stan Lee and Joe Maneely.

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Notice that they named the blonde "Betty" again, same as Betty Ross ( CAPTAIN AMERICA and later THE INCREDIBLE HULK ) and Betty Dean ( THE SUB-MARINER ). They killed the blonde in this story too, just like in CAPTAIN AMERICA, although she was no longer called Betty at that point.








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