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Strange Tales , #79

Published: December 1960

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Issue Contents:
The Thing
Credits
I Was in the Clutches of the Living Shadow
Storyline

A writer witnesses the landing of two-dimensional alien warriors disguised as shadows. The writer escapes and warns the authorities in time for the shadow warriors to be uncovered and driven away.

Credits
Story Notes

Warlord Kaa next appears in Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #184 (February 1975). 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).

Music Master
Storyline

A struggling band takes on a poor but talented young harp player who turns out to be a young angel studying on Earth.

Credits
Story Notes

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

The Ghost of Grismore Castle!
Storyline

A practical jokester tricks his friend into fleeing a haunted house only to be attacked by real ghosts. He promises never to play a prank again while his friend, actually a ghost, watches approvingly.

Credits
Story Notes

Possible Lee script per Nick Caputo's examination at his blog: http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

I Found the Perfect Hiding Place!
Storyline

A burglar plans to steal the crown jewels and then use a time machine to escape into the past. Instead, he is stranded in a hideous alternate world with no human civilization.

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).

The Thing on the Moon
Storyline

Earth sends an expedition to the moon looking for a place to settle. They find a fertile valley and a robot left by the ancient empire of Atlantis to mark their claim to the moon.

Credits
Story Notes

Set in 1970. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).