Strange Tales #100

In "The Imitation Man," a tyrant desperate to survive assassination attempts forces a scientist to duplicate him, only to find the copy too intelligent—and too ambitious—to remain a mere stand-in. As the original dictator tries to destroy the machine, he discovers it has been churning out endless copies, each vying for control, while chaos unfolds in the real world.

In "Beware the Uboongi!" from Strange Tales #100, American explorers abandon Uranus in terror after encountering its monstrous wildlife, leaving the planet to the Soviets. When the Soviet team arrives, they dismiss the warnings and fail to see that the seemingly harmless sheep-like creatures in the highlands are, in fact, the deadly Uboongi.

In "The Mighty Oak!" from Strange Tales #100 (1962), a sudden atomic test awakens an ancient oak tree, granting it consciousness and the power to move—prompting it to take a stand against the very weapons that nearly destroyed it. As the tree begins to dismantle humanity’s tools of war and crime, the scientists behind the test watch with quiet understanding, realizing that the oak’s wisdom may one day guide Earth better than those who created its ruin.