Strange Tales #13

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CGC records 59 graded copies for Strange Tales #13 (1952). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

The Witching Hours!

A man marries the beautiful daughter of a witch. After he clouts her over the head, she tells him "Now that we're married, you'll have to stop being so mean to mother."

| StoryTitle2 = The Power of Hatred | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = N/A | Inker2_1 = N/A | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = Typeset | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Warren Courtney) **Supporting Characters:** * Dr. Martin **Antagonists:** * Julie Courtney) **Other Characters:** * Dr. Harmon Sutter) * Unnamed Nurse **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

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| StoryTitle3 = Death Makes a Deal! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Ed Robbins | Inker3_1 = Ed Robbins | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Frank Kane) **Supporting Characters:** * Jim (Editor) **Antagonists:** * Death) **Other Characters:** * Sun_(Earth-616)) * Evening News) * Standard Chronicle) * David Merrivale) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Abstract Entities **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis3 = Frank Kane, a washed-up reporter, is in serious danger of being fired, but he spends most of his time in bars instead of looking for stories. Finally, desperate for a scoop, he plans to manufacture one by murdering his own editor, and he runs into Death himself, who is waiting to collect the editor's body. In order to prove that he's the legitimate article, Death predicts that there'll be a bombing in the financial district the next day. Frightened, Kane leaves without killing the editor or investigating Death's claims, but the bombing really does occur the next day. Death then returns to Kane and predicts the suicide of a movie star. This time, Kane writes up the suicide story and sends it to his paper--and, again, the suicide occurs. After receiving several more predictions from Death, Kane becomes a huge success as a reporter, but he's still not satisfied because he wants to be the paper's editor. To his excitement, Death appears to him and predicts that the editor will soon jump out of the office window. Kane rushes back to the office, only to find that the previous editor has retired and *he* has been appointed as the next editor! As the figure of Death advances on him, he is forced back towards the window...

| StoryTitle4 = The Hiding Place | Writer4_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler4_1 = John Tartaglione | Inker4_1 = John Tartaglione | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Nick Anson) **Supporting Characters:** * Rudy Davis) * Bart **Antagonists:** * Unidentified Police Department ** Sullivan ** Brophy ** McKee **Other Characters:** * Wallace (Night Watchman) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Rats **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis4 = Three thugs rob a bank and hide the loot by dropping it into a deep pool in an old rock quarry. One of them, Nick Anson, is worried that his partners will either give themselves up to the cops or try to retrieve the money for themselves, but eventually he becomes convinced that his pals wouldn't do that to him. After much deliberation, Nick decides that he's going to cut out his buddies and take the money for himself, so he goes out to the quarry and dives into the pool, but he gets stuck between some boulders before he can get the money. As he's drowning, he sees the bodies of his friends, trapped in exactly the same way.

| StoryTitle5 = The Bugs! | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Larry Woromay | Inker5_1 = Larry Woromay | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Three unnamed alien researchers

**Other Characters:** * "Bugs" (Earthlings) **Races and Species:** * Unidentified alien species * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Solar System ** Earth * Unidentified Planet

**Vehicles:** * Spacecraft

| Synopsis5 = Alien scientists are disgusted when they look at the humans they have collected from Earth under their microscopes and recommend that the small planet be destroyed.

| StoryTitle6 = The Secret of Christopher Morse | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Ed Winiarski | Inker6_1 = Ed Winiarski | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Christopher Morse) **Supporting Characters:** * George Hart) * Helga Frome)

**Other Characters:** * Garry Gray) * Ben Stahl) **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis6 = Christopher Morse is a stage actor who is billed as "The Handsomest Man in the World," but lately his plays have been unable to find success. The only thing his agent can offer him is the role of a disfigured villain in a horror story. He initially refuses, but he later reconsiders because he is eager to marry his fiancée and the couple needs money to start a home together. He accepts the role on the condition that he be allowed to do his own makeup, and audiences are fascinated by the horrible face of his character. Later, at her apartment, his fiancée spills coffee all over his face, and she sees something which causes her to scream horribly. When the neighbors break into the apartment, they find that Morse has killed her and then committed suicide. It turns out that the horrible face of his character in the horror play was actually his *own* face, and the "handsome" face was mere makeup.

| Solicit = A person duels with Death himself! Plus, a burglary spawns a terrible curse, alien scientists, and more!

| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "The Witching Hours" is reprinted in Vault of Evil Vol 1 2. * "The Power of Hatred" is reprinted as "Hate is the Master" in Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 18. * "The Bugs" is reprinted in Vault of Evil Vol 1 2. * "The Hiding Place" is reprinted in Vault of Evil Vol 1 2.

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Creative credits

Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, Carl Wessler, N/A, N/A

Interior art: Ed Goldfarb, N/A, Ed Robbins, John Tartaglione, Larry Woromay, Ed Winiarski

Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

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