Strange Tales #96 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1962

About Strange Tales #96

Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers cover and art. Steve Ditko and Don Heck art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: I Dream of Doom!

Characters: Frank Atwell

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

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

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: I Dream of Doom!

Characters: Frank Atwell

Synopsis: 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?

Pages: 7.000

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

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #10 (June 1975), | Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (May 1972)

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

Title: The Universal Gadget

Characters: Bill Jordan

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 1.750

Letters: typeset

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.

Title: The Impossible Tunnel!

Characters: Robert Saunders; Omor

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 6.000

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

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: Dick Ayers

Letters: Ray Holloway ?; Artie Simek (splash)

Reprints: Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #36 (July 1975), | Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #16 (March 1972)

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.)

Title: Beware the Future Man!

Characters: Elsa Peterson

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 5.000

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

Pencils: Don Heck (signed)

Inks: Don Heck (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (July 1975)

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

Title: The Clock-Maker!

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Weird Wonder Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #11 (August 1975)

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.)

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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	0	0	1	3	0	2	0	4	4	9	7	5	5	17	8	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	77
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	4	4	9	7	5	6	17	8	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	80

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