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5August 1959
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Strange Worlds #5

Marvel · August 1959

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Series: Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series)
Issue: #5
Publication date: August 1959
Key date: 1959-08-00
Indicia publisher: Manvis Publications Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Three Who Vanished!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Christopher Rule; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Roger; Clark; Dave
1	We Are the 3 Who Vanished!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Roger; Clark; Dave
2	The Holiday	text story	2	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Zed; Zack
3	I Couldn't Stop the Runaway Comet!	comic story	5	pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Victor Sage
4	I Am...Gorilla!	comic story	4	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Bongo
5	Don't Send Me...Out There!!!	comic story	4	pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos; letters: Artie Simek
6	They Call Me...Space Pirate	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway	Sandor

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