Strange Tales #99 (Marvel, Aug 1962)
Cover by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. This pre-hero Marvel issue delivers a mix of sci-fi and suspense tales from the House of Ideas. Stories include: “Mister Morgan’s Monster” (Kirby/Ayers) — humanoid robots are outlawed, but one inventor hides his creation, which is then targeted by invading aliens; “The Day Before Doomsday!” (Kirby/Ayers) — Cold War paranoia takes center stage as a US scientist defects to the USSR; “The Man in the Glass Cage!” (Don Heck) — a spurned sound engineer’s murderous plan backfires; “A Switch in Time!” (Stan Lee/Steve Ditko) — a criminal uses time travel to attempt a cover-up. Plus: the text feature “Music Master.” Early Marvel anthology magic just months before the dawn of the superhero Silver Age. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.
MAJ. PICTO’S GRADING NOTES: VG– (3.5) – cover wear with some creasing and edge tears, light spine stress, but staples remain firm and interior pages present clean with good readability. Solid mid-grade example of this pre-hero Kirby/Ditko issue.
Strange Tales #99 (Marvel, Aug 1962)
Cover by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. This pre-hero Marvel issue delivers a mix of sci-fi and suspense tales from the House of Ideas. Stories include: “Mister Morgan’s Monster” (Kirby/Ayers) — humanoid robots are outlawed, but one inventor hides his creation, which is then targeted by invading aliens; “The Day Before Doomsday!” (Kirby/Ayers) — Cold War paranoia takes center stage as a US scientist defects to the USSR; “The Man in the Glass Cage!” (Don Heck) — a spurned sound engineer’s murderous plan backfires; “A Switch in Time!” (Stan Lee/Steve Ditko) — a criminal uses time travel to attempt a cover-up. Plus: the text feature “Music Master.” Early Marvel anthology magic just months before the dawn of the superhero Silver Age. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.
MAJ. PICTO’S GRADING NOTES: VG– (3.5) – cover wear with some creasing and edge tears, light spine stress, but staples remain firm and interior pages present clean with good readability. Solid mid-grade example of this pre-hero Kirby/Ditko issue.
