Strange Tales Annual #1
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- 1962
- Page count
- 76
- Cover price
- 0.25 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/16685
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Issue contents
Cover
Grottu! King of the Insects / The Indescribable Diablo / The Miraculous Martian / The Shadow Thing / The Serpent Creature
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Monsters
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
Jack Kirby ?
Notes
Nick Caputo, via the GCD Error List (26 November 2008) suggests that Kirby may have inked this cover.
1Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
inside cover
2Featuring
- Genre
- Monsters
- Code
- T-724
- Characters
- Shagg
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #59 (July 1960)
Notes
Narrated in the first person.
3Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- T-474
- Characters
- shadow creature; Casey
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #7 (January 1960)
Synopsis
An invader from the shadow world is defeated by a room of lights rigged up by an electrician.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- T-472
- Characters
- Anuxa
Credits
- Art
- Don Heck
Reprint history
- First print
-
Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #7 (January 1960) — He Waits For Us in the Glacier!
- Also printed
-
Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #2 (September 1970) — He Waits For Us in the Glacier!
-
Super Giant (Sport Magazine, 1973 series) ([January 1973?]) — He Waits for Us in the Glacier
-
Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006) — He Waits for Us in the Glacier!
- From GCD
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #7 (January 1960)
Synopsis
A nuclear submarine finds an alien hibernating in a glacier. He has been waiting thousands of years for humanity to wipe itself out so his race can claim the Earth, and now that nuclear weapons exist he thinks it won't be much longer.
Notes
Narrated in the first person.
5Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
- Code
- T-386
Credits
- Art
- Paul Reinman
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959)
Synopsis
A criminal sneaks aboard an experimental nuclear missile planning to hijack it and sell it to the Soviets, but after the rocket launches he discovers that it lacks internal control.
Notes
Narrated in the first person.
6Featuring
- Genre
- Monsters
- Code
- T-547
- Characters
- Frank [Ulysses Bloodstone] (earliest published appearance according to later continuity); Lynn Avery (only appearance); Kasenga (only appearance); Grottu (introduction, origin)
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Bill Everett
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #73 (February 1960)
Synopsis
A journalist and an archaeologist go to Africa and find an ant that has grown giant and gained super-intelligence due to an atomic test. The giant ant tries to lead an army of insects to world conquest, but is foiled when the humans use sugar to turn his ants against him.
Notes
Grottu next appears in Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 2005 series) #1 (December 2005). In later retcons it is established that Grottu's creation was planned by the Deviants. Inker credit of Dick Ayers removed based on information from Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list.
7Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
- Code
- T-84
- Characters
- Larry Winters; Rita Winters; Poltergeist
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959)
Notes
Narrated in the first person.
8Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
- Code
- T-436
Credits
- Art
- Don Heck
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #55 (December 1959)
Synopsis
A man dreams of a monster growing from an alien spore that is killed when it is eaten by a garter snake, a snake that he found in his yard as a boy.
9Featuring
- Code
- T-294
Credits
- Art
- John Forte
Reprint history
- From GCD
- From Journey Into Mystery (Marvel 1952 series) #53
10Featuring
- Genre
- Monsters
- Code
- T-631
- Characters
- Diablo; Ulysses Bloodstone (unnamed, identified in later retcon)
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #9 (May 1960)
Synopsis
An extradimensional smoke monster invades the Earth. It could have destroyed humanity, but an adventurer tricks it by blowing out the smoke from a lighter, making it think humans can destroy it.
Notes
Narrated in the first person.
11Featuring
- Genre
- Fantasy
- Code
- T-???
- Characters
- Prof. Dunn; giant; princess
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #55 (December 1959)
12Featuring
- Genre
- Horror
- Code
- T-740
- Characters
- Gustav; Hans (only appearance for both)
Credits
- Art
- Don Heck
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #76 (August 1960)
Synopsis
A fleeing criminal in Transylvania hides in an abandoned house, but aliens from a parallel dimension appear to him. He is relieved to find they cannot hurt him, but instead they phase him into an invisible, immaterial state and leave him there forever.
Notes
Narrated in the first person.
13Featuring
- Genre
- Monsters
- Code
- T-383
- Characters
- Prof. George Ailen
Credits
- Art
- Steve Ditko
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #6 (November 1959)
Synopsis
Narrated in the first person.
14Featuring
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Code
- T-864
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
Reprint history
- From GCD
- from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #78 (November 1960)
Synopsis
A man happens upon a Martian spy in human form scouting Earth for an invasion but cannot get the authorities to believe him. He tracks down and kills the Martian, revealing that he himself is a Venusian agent in disguise working to protect Earth.
Notes
Narrated in the first person.
15Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
inside back cover
16Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
back cover
Notes
Distributed to newstands in July 1962 (at the same time as issues cover-dated September and October 1962).
Some information on this issue supplied by Tom Lammers and the Atlas/Timely discussion list, including Job Numbers supplied by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely list. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.