Strange Tales, #55
Published: February 1957
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Jack-In-The-Box!
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Everett
- Inks: Bill Everett
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
The Jack-In-The-Box
Storyline
Carter's party are told to keep away from the elephants' graveyard lest they offend the Elephant God. Carter doesn't believe in the warnings, only to be confronted by the 300 foot tall Elephant God.
Credits
- Pencils: Rick Conrad
- Inks: Rick Conrad
Octopus!
Storyline
In 1980, Bruce goes to sea to test his Histrometer and speak to people in the past. When a giant octopus menaces the ship he contacts his self in 1954 when he's serving in the US Navy and the Navy destroys the octopus then, removing it from 1980.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: Peter James
- Inks: Peter James
- Letters: Joe Letterese
What Goes On Down There?
Storyline
People from an underground kingdom head to the surface to conquer humanity, only to find they're smaller than ants.
Credits
- Pencils: John Giunta
- Inks: John Giunta
- Letters: Joe Rosen
The Spirit of '76
Storyline
A young boy cleans out the attic of the old house his family moved into and meets a ghost from the Revolutionary War era.
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Maneely
- Inks: Joe Maneely
Story Notes
Text story with illustration.
Earth-Trap!
Storyline
Miro tricks an old man into thinking he has telekinetic powers and can move objects. Because the old man is responsible for running the machine controlling Earth's gravity he thinks he's been derelict and modifies gravity so no one can move. Miro discovers he really is telepathic and sends a message to the old man to release people. Miro decides to work at a gas station rather than use his powers again.
Credits
- Pencils: Robert Q. Sale
- Inks: Robert Q. Sale
- Letters: Joe Letterese
Man Without Fear!
Storyline
Luke is afraid of going into battle. When the battle starts he turns to run but is shot in the back. His spirit returns to charge into battle, inspiring people by his seeming courage.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: George Roussos
- Inks: George Roussos
Story Notes
Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
The Threat from the Void
Storyline
Peter Shield tries to contact other worlds while Earth is on the verge of World War III. When Jupiter contacts Earth they tell them they will destroy their planet unless they end all warfare. The threatened war doesn't happen.
Credits
- Pencils: Paul Reinman
- Inks: Paul Reinman
- Letters: Morrie Kuramoto