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Strange Tales , #96 British

Published: May 1962

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Issue Contents:
I Dream of Doom!
Credits
Story Notes

Pencil and inks credits from Frank Lovece on 20 December 2004; previously credited to Steve Ditko.

I Dream of Doom!
Storyline

Frank Atwell can't sleep because he has nightmares in which a monster tries to catch him. His doctor sedates him and he sleeps so heavily that the monster catches him before he can wake up. He discovers his dream world is the real world, and he is its king, while the mundane world was a dream, or was it?

Credits
Story Notes

Script by Bob Bailey, 2008-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

The Universal Gadget
Storyline

A mysterious salesman offers a product that can do anything, but his customer decides that his ordinary contentment is better than the risk of the unknown.

Story Notes

The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "I Dream of Doom!", while the second page is printed between "Beware the Future Man!" and "The Clock-Maker!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

The Impossible Tunnel!
Storyline

Robert Saunders wants to build a sub-oceanic tunnel from North America to Europe. He discovers a gentle underground civilization and he destroys the tunnel to protect them from the upper world.

Credits
Story Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Kirby. Bill Everett inker credit changed based on information from the Atlas/Timely discussion list. Script added by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Beware the Future Man!
Storyline

A gangster tries to escape the police by forcing an old man to take him to another state. The old man turns out to be from the future and is looking for a male specimen to put on display.

Credits
Story Notes

Script and synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

The Clock-Maker!
Storyline

The Clock-Maker cannot stand anything that's not perfect. When his bookkeeper makes a mistake it sounds like he has killed him. The local police arrive to discover the bookkeeper was a clockwork man and the Clock-Maker was repairing him.

Credits
Story Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Synopsis by Bob Bailey, 2005-08-12 (Per Sandell ed.)

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)
Story Notes

This shares the last page of "The Universal Gadget". Average circulation of each issue published October 1960–September 1961 (issues #82–92, despite monthly cover dates): 191,261.