Strange Tales #30

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CGC records 40 graded copies for Strange Tales #30 (1954). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Science Fiction

A science fiction magazine editor publishes a story which gets the attention of the FBI since it describes a scientific device which has proved difficult to develop. They contact the editor and wish to meet the writer, but the editor doesn't have his address. As he leaves the building, he sees the writer driving away in a cab and follows him. At the door of the writer's house the editor looks down and sees alien feet. The writer pulls him inside and tells him that Saturian people can assume Earth form, but it is irksome and he was relaxing. Now that the editor knows of their impending invasion, he must be eliminated. The FBI have followed and they shoot the alien before he can kill the editor. The editor returns home, and unknown to him, his wife is a Saturian relaxing in the bedroom assuming its natural form.

| StoryTitle2 = The Smile of Mrs. Orko | 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:** * Detective Jack Kingsly) **Supporting Characters:** * Morey Samson) * Mickey Diamond) **Antagonists:** * Mrs. Orko **Other Characters:** * Pop * Unidentified Police Department ** Captain Fredricks **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ghosts **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Valley Street

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| StoryTitle3 = Look, Ma... a Vampire | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Mort Drucker | Inker3_1 = Mort Drucker | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Harold Ingram)

**Antagonists:** * Dr. Rogers **Other Characters:** * Mrs. Ingram * Ms. Mills * Tiger (Cat) * Mr. Mooney * Unnamed Shopkeeper **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Cats * Vampires **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City

| Synopsis3 = A man with the appearance of a vampire robs and kills to get enough money to pay a doctor to change his appearance to that of a normal man. The operation is a success, but when he goes to pay the man he discovers that the doctor is...a vampire!

| StoryTitle4 = Kill Him! | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Bill Walton | Inker4_1 = Bill Walton | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Town Mob ** Creech ** Joe ** Numerous unnamed members **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed Centertown Sheriff * Unnamed Centertown Deputy * Dr. Green **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Quarantined Man **Other Characters:** * Shorty * Hansen **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Horses **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Centertown **** Todd's Store

| Synopsis4 = A small town mob kill who they believe is a dangerous criminal, but the man was actually in quarantine for a highly contagious swamp disease and now there are all infected.

| StoryTitle5 = The Slimy Things | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Sy Moskowitz | Inker5_1 = Sy Moskowitz | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * John Sheridan) **Supporting Characters:** * United States Atomic Energy Commission) ** Two unnamed scientists **Antagonists:** * Unidentified Aliens ** Knixe ** Unnamed Alien **Other Characters:** * United States Army) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York *** California) *** Washington, D.C.

| Synopsis5 = A businessman finds his plane empty of all people and discovers it's the work of aliens who wish to steal earth's technology, he gets away and tries to warn people but when nobody notices him the man realizes he's either dead or in another dimension but still tries to warn the reader about the upcoming invasion.

| StoryTitle6 = The Thing in the Box! | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Dick Ayers | Inker6_1 = Ernie Bache | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = Dick Ayers | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Charlie Cobb) **Supporting Characters:** * Benjamin Marsden) (President of Marsden Hormone Company) **Antagonists:** * Giant Frog **Other Characters:** * Marsden Hormone Company) ** Harry ** Unnamed Office Boy **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Frogs * Monkeys * Mice * Rats * Snakes) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America **Items:** * Hormone X Extract

| Synopsis6 = Charlie Cobb, a scientist, creates a growth formula and injects it on a poisonous frog, Cobb's plan is to smuggle the frog in his lunchbox into his boss office before the formula takes effect in order to kill him, however unknown to him the box is sent by the boss back to his lab and he's killed by the frog.

| Solicit = No matter the temptation, don't look in the box. This issue is not for the faint of heart!

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Creative credits

Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

Interior art: Bill Benulis, N/A, Mort Drucker, Bill Walton, Sy Moskowitz, Dick Ayers

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

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