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Strange Tales , #60

Published: December 1957

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Issue Contents:
The Abyss!
Credits
Story Notes

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

With Just One Stroke
Storyline

A criminal discovers a magic pen, which makes anything that he writes come true. It runs dry when he is trying to steal jewels, leaving him trapped in a vault to die.

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Rude Awakening!
Storyline

An embezzler dreams he will be caught, and kills the man he dreams responsible. The murder is another dream, as he is jailed pending sentence for embezzlement. He wakes to find himself being sentenced for murder, instead of embezzlement.

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The Final Shot!
Storyline

A convict released from prison attempts to get revenge on those responsible for placing him there. He shoots them with a chemical compound that makes them susceptible to suggestion in order to force them to commit crimes. His plan fails when he misses the detective who arrested him and the man just plays along to find out what his scheme is.

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Child's Play!
Storyline

A rich man gets forces a scientist to give him a robot as a toy for his son despite his warnings. It tries to burn the house down, and the man apologizes to the scientist for not listening.

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Story Notes

Inks and some or all pencils attributed to Christopher Rule identified by Dr. Michael Vassallo. According to From the Tomb Magazine #10, Ed Winiarski may have contributed pencils. Art originally incorrectly attributed to "J. Makowski" by Jim Vadaboncoeur, Jr. based on a comparison with a Makowski-pencilled story later found to be inked by Rule.

Crackpot Chemist
Storyline

A dedicated chemist invents a formula to give people a healthy weight, and his daughter accidentally tests it on the neighbors.

Story Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Puppet Man
Storyline

An amnesiac confesses to a murder he doesn't remember, but applause reminds him that he is only an actor lost in his role.

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Story Notes

Letters: Probably NOT Artie Simek, who used bold opening letter for his captions (cf. Tales of Suspense #1, opening story, ca. 1959).

The Abyss!
Storyline

Political refugees seeking to flee tyranny are assisted by supernatural beings, and realize once they reach freedom that they crossed over Mt. Olympus.

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Story Notes

The characters in this story could conceivably have been fleeing from Communist Yugoslavia or Bulgaria, but this would mean that their pursuers were able to follow quite far into Greece.