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Cover: Kevin Nowlan
Strange Tales #5
“Vermin”
writer Bill Mantlo · artist, inker Bret Blevins · colorist Glynis Oliver · letterer Ken Bruzenak · cover Kevin Nowlan
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Cast · 17 characters
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writer Bill Mantlo
artist, inker Bret Blevins
colorist Glynis Oliver
letterer Ken Bruzenak
cover pencils, inks Kevin Nowlan
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Vermin, a man mutated into rat-like form by an enhanced pesticide, seeks revenge on New York for killing rats. Ordering his Super-Rats to capture children, Vermin imprisons them in the sewers so that, if the humans try to use pesticides again, the children will die. Nightmare plots to use Cloak to kill Dr. Strange. Cloak and Dagger defeat Vermin.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).