Strange Tales , #64

Published: August 1958

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The Strange Laboratory of Dr. Domino!!
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The Secret Laboratory of Dr. Domino

"Millions of people were to be astounded by the unveiling of Dr. Domino's mysterious experiments!"

Storyline

A conman hires some elderly women and young girls to enter a cabinet so that the old woman exit the back and the young girls come out the front to give the illusion that their youth has been restored. The old women in the audience throw money at the man who promises them their youth back. A sorceress appears who wants the treatment and he admits that he is a fraud. The sorceress ages him.

Story Notes

Possible Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015. Nick notes that inventory stories by Wessler may have been retitled. This story may have originally been titled "Step Inside my Machine"

What Is Monium?
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A man discovers a metal that when cut in two remains connected even though it appears that there is empty space between the parts. He starts a magic act where anything he tosses through one hoop pops out the other. An audience member discovers his secret and forces him into criminal acts. When the thief forces the man to construct a crate to hold the loot, he places the hoop inside the crate and breaks down the door he was imprisoned behind. He confronts the thief who attempts to escape through his hoop but finds himself inside the sealed crate on the way to the penitentiary.

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Story Notes

Possible Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015. Nick notes that inventory stories by Wessler may have been retitled. This story may have originally been titled "The Empty Handcuffs"

So This Is Mars!
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A Martian filmmaker teleports a human filmmaker's Martian set to Mars and is disappointed to find human culture identical to Martian culture.

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The Silent City!
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A man finds that he can rob helpless frozen people if he stops all of the clocks in town but he forgets about a sundial.

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Story Notes

Wessler script per Biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 31, No. 2, February 2020.

What On Earth?
Storyline

One man thinks that humans cannot achieve space travel, and must allow nature to take them to other worlds like seeds. He is ignored, but when he becomes a spiritual leader spreading the message of love his theory is proved, as people disappear under the warming power of love.

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Story Notes

Set in the twenty-first century.

The Busybody
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A cruel landlady steals her tenant's mail to trick her into doing extra chores, but when she eats chocolates sent to the girl she finds out too late that they were poisoned by a jealous lover.

The Last Warning!
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A man saves his own life by sending a radio message through time that helps a younger version of himself escape a cave-in.

Story Notes

This story may have been completed some time before publication, since it is set in 1956.