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Strange Tales #81 (1961) · The Collector

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Strange Tales (1951)
#81

Marvel#81

Strange Tales

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Strange Tales #81

The Scarecrow Walks! / A Giant There Was! / I Went Too Far Back! / The Thing in the Cell!

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: February 1961
On sale: Sep 28, 1960
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Grand Comics Database issue 16111

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A landlord cheats poor farmers out of their land in order to sell it for nuclear tests. Radiation animates the farmers' abandoned scarecrow which tracks down the man and forces him to give his profits to the farmers before its life ebbs away.

Writers: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Pencillers: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditko
Inkers: Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditko
Colorist: Stan Goldberg
Letterers: Artie Simek, Ray Holloway
Covers: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Cover colors: Stan Goldberg
Editor: Stan Lee
Cover letters: Artie Simek

Characters

Albert Smith
Hans Vogez
Jarvis Cragstone
Joe Farrow
Martha Smith
Scarecrow
Simon Burr

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