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Series: Strange Tales

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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Strange Tales
Issue: 83
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: April 1961
Volume: 1

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Story Title: Grogg Is Here! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Grogg


Story Title: From Out of the Black Pit Came...Grogg! - comic story
Pages:13
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Grogg (introduction); Miklos Kozlov (introduction); Col. Fedor Vorcutsky
Synopsis:A reluctant Soviet scientist wakes the ancient dragon Grogg with atomic tests. The dragon attacks the soldiers and gives the scientist the opportunity to defect to the US, just as he had hoped, since he knew in advance that Grogg existed.


Story Title: Make a Wish - text story
Pages:1.75
Letters:typeset
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Gerald Harper; Jimmy Gordon; Mrs. Gordon; Mr. Gordon
Synopsis:A man invents a wishing machine but loses the prototype on the way to the patent office.


Story Title: Masquerade Party - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Cara Frost; Alice Bond (née Dodd); Rex Bond
Synopsis:A beautiful but vicious socialite spoils the plans of an old rival by throwing a masquerade party. She is scared by her rival’s husband, who tricks her into thinking he is a demon.


Story Title: Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) - statement of ownership
Pages:0.25
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Menace of Shandu! - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Tommy Jones; Shandu the genie
Synopsis:A boy finds a magic book in a used bookstore and summons a genie, which vows to torture him after granting his wish. He wishes for everything to be restored to before he went to the bookshop, and he does not buy the book a second time.


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