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Strange Tales , #82

Published: March 1961

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Issue Contents:
It
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The Thing Called...It!
Storyline

A scientist builds a creature to kill a rival, but it refuses to obey. Its creator turns the local people against it, and in trying to kill the creature, the scientist is killed and the thing’s mind is transferred to his body, freeing it to live as a man.

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Story Notes

This story is divided into two chapters: Chapter 1: The Thing Called It! (6 pp) and Chapter 2: 'It' Lives! (7 pp). Story is pages 3-7, 10-14, 16-18 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 13).

The Utopia
Storyline

Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.

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Story Notes

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

The World Beyond
Storyline

A scientist creates a pill to shrink himself to subatomic size, convinced that whole other worlds exist at microscopic levels. His pill works, and he vanishes into a whole new world called Earth.

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Story Notes

This story is a retelling of "I Shrunk Away to Nothing!", also drawn by Ditko, from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #56 (January 1960). Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Fangs of the Monster
Storyline

A cruel hunter pursues a sea monster for sport, but finds himself at its mercy. The creature is intelligent and telepathically berates the hunter, leaving him alive to suffer the punishment of never finding anyone who will believe his story.

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Story Notes

Narrated in the first person. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).