Strange Tales #83 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1961

About Strange Tales #83

Grogg appearance. Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers monster cover. Kirby, Ayers, and Steve Ditko art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Grogg Is Here!

Characters: Grogg

Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks: Dick Ayers (signed)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #27 (March 1974)

STORY DETAILS

(4 Stories)

Title: From Out of the Black Pit Came...Grogg!

Characters: Grogg (introduction); Miklos Kozlov (introduction); Col. Fedor Vorcutsky

Synopsis: A reluctant Soviet scientist wakes the ancient dragon Grogg with atomic tests. The dragon attacks the soldiers and gives the scientist the opportunity to defect to the US, just as he had hoped, since he knew in advance that Grogg existed.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks: Dick Ayers (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #27 (March 1974)

Notes: Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"The Awesome Vengeance of Grogg" (7 pp). Story is pages 3-7, 10-14, 16-18 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 13). The last page includes an editorial note that reads: "Want to see MORE of Grogg? Write Stan Lee, Strange Tales, 655 Madison Ave., N.Y.C. 21, N.Y." Grogg and Kozlov next appear in issue #87 (August 1961).

Title: Make a Wish

Characters: Gerald Harper; Jimmy Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Mr. Gordon

Synopsis: A man invents a wishing machine but loses the prototype on the way to the patent office.

Pages: 1.750

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the pages of the lead story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up stories. The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Title: Masquerade Party

Characters: Cara Frost; Alice Bond (née Dodd); Rex Bond

Synopsis: A beautiful but vicious socialite spoils the plans of an old rival by throwing a masquerade party. She is scared by her rival’s husband, who tricks her into thinking he is a demon.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee ?

Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #16 (May 1975)

Notes: The last two panels were added by a different artist, possibly Sol Brodsky, likely due to a Comics Code problem. The ending is altered so that the demon/devil is a normal man in disguise. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

Title: The Menace of Shandu!

Characters: Tommy Jones; Shandu the genie

Synopsis: A boy finds a magic book in a used bookstore and summons a genie, which vows to torture him after granting his wish. He wishes for everything to be restored to before he went to the bookshop, and he does not buy the book a second time.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #17 (May 1975)

Notes: The plot for this story was reused in "It's Only Magic!" by Stan Lee and John Buscema in Chamber of Darkness # 1, October 1969. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	4	2	3	4	4	9	10	13	10	10	8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	91
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	4	2	3	4	4	9	10	13	11	10	9	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	95

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