Strange Tales
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Strange Tales was the name of several comic book anthology series that have been published by Marvel Comics.
The series began as a horror anthology, featuring science fiction and weird monsters, but switched over to featuring superheroes during the Silver Age of Comic Books. The first superhero to be featured was the Human Torch, and his fellow Fantastic Four teammate, the Thing, also joined him for several issues. The sorceror Doctor Strange made his debut in #110, and World War II combat hero Nick Fury received his own feature beginning in #135, with Fury now a spy for an elite U.S. government agency called SHIELD.
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The series temporarily ended with #168. Doctor Strange's adventures continued in Doctor Strange #169, Nick Fury's in Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #1. When Doctor Strange was cancelled, Strange Tales resumed at its old numbering (#179), featuring Adam Warlock and introducing Brother Voodoo. The series was cancelled again at #188, with Warlock #1 picking up Warlock's story.
After Doctor Strange's second series was cancelled in the 1980s, Strange Tales was relaunched, featuring Strange in the lead story and Cloak and Dagger in the backup feature. This lasted for nineteen issues, after which new Doctor Strange and Cloak and Dagger series were launched.
A two issue Strange Tales mini-series featuring Man-Thing and Werewolf by Night was published in 1998 to tie up plotlines after their own individual series were cancelled due to low sales.
Bibliography
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- Strange Tales #1-188 (June 1951 - May 1968, September 1973 - November 1976)
- Strange Tales of the Unusual #1-11 (December 1955 - August 1957)
- Strange Tales Annual #1-2 (1962 - 1963)
- Strange Tales #1-19 (April 1987 - October 1988)
- Strange Tales oneshot (November, 1994)
- Strange Tales: Dark Corners #1 (May 1998)
- Strange Tales #1-2 (September 1998 - October 1998)
Other uses
Two unrelated pulp magazines also bore the name Strange Tales. Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror was published in the U.S. from September, 1931 through January, 1933, for only seven issues. The second, simply titled Strange Tales, was a British science fiction pulp published from April through October of 1946.