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Strange Tales

#72

December 1959 · 0.10 USD · 36 pages

On sale 1959-07-31

Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority


Synopsis

An advanced supercomputer turns Earth into a utopia, but suspicion remains, only to be inflamed when it is found to be building a giant robot. Humanity turns on the computer and destroys the robot, only to find that it was intended to replace the supercomputer, which breaks down, leaving humanity without its intelligence.

Notes

Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements (pages 2, 9, 15, 19, 25, 27, 33-36 of comic including inside front cover, inside back cover and back cover); pages of comic not numbered. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person. Some information supplied by Tom Lammers and the Timely/Atlas discussion list. On-sale date from 1959 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Credits

Script
Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Plot
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby, Joe Maneely, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, John Forte, Steve Ditko
Inks
Christopher Rule, Steve Ditko, Joe Maneely, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, John Forte
Colours
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Editor
Stan Lee

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