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Strange Tales , #78

Published: November 1960

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Issue Contents:
A Martian Prowls Among Us!
Credits
Story Notes

Inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (29 August 2006); the original indexer credited Dick Ayers.

A Martian Walks Among Us!
Storyline

A man spots upon a Martian in human form scouting for an invasion. The police won’t believe him, so he finds and kills the spy himself, revealing that he is a Venusian in disguise working to protect Earth.

Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).

Trouble Bubble
Storyline

A boy discovers a formula to blow unbreakable bubbles and accidentally entraps his father's boss.

Credits
Story Notes

Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

The Fantastic Menace of Mento the Mighty
Storyline

A scientist discovers his own innate psychic power and builds a machine to slowly enhance it. He is nearly omnipotent after more than a decade, but when his assistant betrays him he finds his muscles too atrophied to repair the device and his powers vanish.

Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (first page of story not numbered, then pages numbered 2 to 6).

The Gargoyle!
Storyline

An ugly man rejected by society applies for a job at a circus. It turns out to be a ruse by aliens who are uniformly gorgeous, and so want a man with an ugly face they find fascinating to marry their queen.

Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Dear Reader: What Would You Have Done if You Were the… Worm Man
Storyline

A spy calling himself 'Worm Man' uses shrinking pills to easily discover military secrets. On a crucial mission, he is attacked by a rat and loses his growth pills, trapping him forever in his tiny form.

Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Possible Lee script per Nick Caputo's examination at his blog: http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).