Strange Tales of the Unusual #9

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They Meet at Night!

A Martian arrives to capture an Earth man, but he mistakenly abducts another Martian who had arrived a thousand years ago and disguised himself as a human.

| StoryTitle2 = Prophet of Doom! | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = Jim Mooney | Inker2_1 = Jim Mooney | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = Sam Rosen | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Drew **Supporting Characters:** * Mr. Morse **Antagonists:** * Unidentified State Police ** Three unnamed police officers **Other Characters:** * Unidentified Bank ** Unnamed Bank Guard ** Several unnamed employees **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America **** Califronia) ** Tibet, China, Asia

| Synopsis2 = A bank robber who thinks he can foresee the future brings about his own capture when he foresees the train he is on being in a wreck and pulls the emergency cord to exit. Since he stopped the train while it was on the tracks, it is indeed struck by another train and he gets clipped by a flying piece of debris which gives the authorities time to catch up and apprehend him.

| StoryTitle3 = A Matter of Life or Death! | Writer3_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler3_1 = Sol Brodsky | Inker3_1 = Sol Brodsky | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Tom Baker) **Supporting Characters:** * Death) Presenter * Harry Parris)

**Other Characters:** * Mirkell * Lamond Chemical Company) ** Unnamed Employee * Jeff * Unidentified Police Department ** Two unnamed police officers * Mr. Barton * Vic * Lou Macklin) * Burt **Races and Species:** * Abstract Entities * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America

| Synopsis3 = A gardener buys a can of pesticide that the chemical company had accidentally filled with Nitro instead.

| StoryTitle4 = Mind Reader! | Writer4_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler4_1 = Bernie Krigstein | Inker4_1 = Bernie Krigstein | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Pvt. Harry Judson (Hans Reuger)) **Supporting Characters:** * Nazis) ** Sicherheitsdienst) *** General Mahling ** Luftwaffe) *** Unnamed Pilot ** Kriegsmarine) *** Unnamed Captain **Antagonists:** * Pfc. Eddie White) **Other Characters:** * Adolf Hitler) * United States Army) ** General "Old Ironsides" Everett * Superintendent Poole **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe *** Germany **** Berlin ** North America *** United States of America **** New Jersey) ***** Newark) **** Unidentified City ***** Unidentified Munitions Plant **** Brooklyn, New York City, New York

| Synopsis4 = A Nazi saboteur with the ability to read minds makes friends as a cover with an American who can read minds as well, so when he tries to plant his time bomb at the munitions factory, the American wraps it up as a gift and gives it back to him so that it will detonate killing him and the submarine crew that has picked him up.

| ReprintOf5 = Marvel Tales Vol 1 143 | ReprintOfStory5 = 2 | StoryTitle5 = Image in the Mirror | Penciler5_1 = Gene Colan | Inker5_1 = Gene Colan

| StoryTitle6 = Stowaway in the Sky! | Writer6_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler6_1 = Ed Winiarski | Inker6_1 = Ed Winiarski | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Ralph Healy) **Supporting Characters:** * Jim Byers) * Don Gregg) **Antagonists:** * Communist Agents ** Anton Ruegel) ** Gustav Ladjo) **Other Characters:** * Chalmers Airplane Corporation) ** Ernest Chalmers) ** Three unnamed employees **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America ** Spain, Europe ** Atlantic Ocean ** Balkan Mountains, Europe **Items:** * Neutralium ** Neutralium Flight Suits **Vehicles:** * Neautralium Plane

| Synopsis6 = A man foils spies attempting to steal his plane made of gravity defying metal by outfitting his crew with safety harnesses made of the same material and having them bail out. The spies think the men have been killed, but as they hang motionless, they turn the plane around so that when it lands the spies are captured.

| StoryTitle7 = Captured By the Cave Men! | Writer7_1 = N/A | Penciler7_1 = Tony DiPreta | Inker7_1 = Tony DiPreta | Colorist7_1 = N/A | Letterer7_1 = N/A | Editor7_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Dr. Betty Cooper) * Dr. Curt Ford)

**Antagonists:** * Unidentified Species ** Numerous unnamed members **Other Characters:** * Du Lang Foundation) ** Unnamed Archaeologist **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ape-Men * Unidentified subterranean species **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Du Lang Foundation Archaeological Dig Site

| Synopsis7 = Two scientists discover a race of people living underground who hunt surface people. They destroy their equipment so that they no longer have access to the surface.

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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "Prophet of Doom!" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills Vol 1 14. * "A Matter of Life or Death!" is reprinted in Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 32.

| Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

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

Interior art: Mac Pakula, Jim Mooney, Sol Brodsky, Bernie Krigstein, Gene Colan, Ed Winiarski, Tony DiPreta

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

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