Strange Tales #24

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CGC records 44 graded copies for Strange Tales #24 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

The Things in the Coffins

A drifter takes a job as cemetery caretaker, but when he notices that none of the tombstones have names, he digs one up only to uncover a buried invasion force from Pluto.

| StoryTitle2 = A Man of Decision | 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:** * Paul Owen)

**Antagonists:** * Arabella

**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Vampires **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** France *** French Riviera

| Synopsis2 = Paul Owens courts a rich woman in a vein attempt to get access to her money only to be devoured by her when he learns that she is a vampire and that many of her previous suitors met the same fate.

| StoryTitle3 = Mission to Mars! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Ed Goldfarb | Inker3_1 = Ed Goldfarb | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Johnny **Supporting Characters:** * New United Nations) ** Unnamed President * Earth Diplomacy Team ** Captain Brisbane ** Wells ** Chando ** Leonard ** Marou ** Temple ** Franz * Martians ** Numerous unnamed Martians

**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Martians **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Solar System ** Mars) ** Earth *** Earth Orbit **** Unidentified Space Station

**Vehicles:** * Earth Diplomacy Team Rocket

| Synopsis3 = In 2253 a diplomatic mission is sent to Mars to trade for food as Earth has been ravaged by atomic war. All of the men take their mission very seriously, except the young pilot who is kind of a class clown. He has a doll which resembles the captain and he makes it do a silly dance but the other men find no humor in his antics. When the group arrives on Mars and meets the inhabitants they find themselves repulsed by the physical differences of the creatures and go for their guns. The situation is defused when the pilot, still laughing at his doll's antics, notices a member of the Martian group has a figure of their leader and they share a laugh at the other's expense. With the tension broken, the diplomatic mission becomes a success.

| StoryTitle4 = Russia! | Writer4_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler4_1 = Sam Kweskin | Inker4_1 = Sam Kweskin | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Ray Holloway | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna) **Supporting Characters:** * Gregory Rasputin) * Empress Alexandra Feodorovna) * Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia) * Nicholas II) * Duchess Olga Nikolaevna) * Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna) * Duchess Maria Nikolaevna) * Ivan Korovsky) **Antagonists:** * Bolsheviks) ** Yurovsky) ** Numerous unnamed members **Other Characters:** * Felix Yusupov) * Dr. Lasavert * Purishkevich) * Dmitri Pavlovich) * Vladimir Lenin * Leon Trotsky * Provisional Regional Government of the Urals|Ural Council * Anna Demidova) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Horses **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe *** Russia **** Saint Petersburg) ***** Winter Palace ***** Yusupov Palace **** Tolbusk **** Moscow **** Ekaterinburg **** Tomsk *** Germany **** Berlin *** Holland

**Events:** * Russian Revolution Category:Russian Revolution

| Synopsis4 = As Anastasia Romanov lies dying, she remembers the events of the Russian revolution and the execution of her family, along with the curse of Rasputin that if harm were to come to him Russia would be ruined.

| StoryTitle5 = Come In! | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Vic Carrabotta | Inker5_1 = Vic Carrabotta | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Unnamed Man **Supporting Characters:** * Madam Tanya)

**Other Characters:** * United States Army) **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis5 = A young man about to enlist visits a fortune teller as he wishes to know if he will be killed in war. The fortune teller gazes into her crystal ball and tells him no, and he is relived until she hands his money back. He thinks that maybe she lied to him but she swears that he will not be killed in the army. Perplexed, he leaves the tent and is struck and killed by a steamroller.

| StoryTitle6 = The Fat Man | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Bob Fujitani | Inker6_1 = Bob Fujitani | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Carl "Cookie" Gross) **Supporting Characters:** * Alec * Bill **Antagonists:** * Unidentified Tribe ** Numerous unnamed cannibals

**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Rats * Sharks * Fish * Pigs **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Pacific Ocean *** Unidentified Island

| Synopsis6 = The ship's cook and two sailors are stuck on a life raft that reaches an island. The native chief lets the two skinny sailors go, but puts the obese cook in a caldron, as he is quite fat from eating food he hoarded from his comrades.

| Solicit = A mysterious graveyard yields an extraterrestrial secret. Plus, a mission to Mars, a marooned crew, and more!

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Creative credits

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

Interior art: Joe Sinnott, N/A, Ed Goldfarb, Sam Kweskin, Vic Carrabotta, Bob Fujitani

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

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