Cover: Joe Maneely

Strange Tales #65

Oct 1958 · Marvel · 0.10 USD

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“Afraid to Open the Door!”

In "Afraid to Open the Door!", a desperate thief takes refuge in a reclusive scientist’s isolated lab, only to be trapped between two mysterious doors. With the scientist’s chilling warning echoing—choose wrong, and you’re lost in a shadow realm of unseen horrors—the thief must wait, frozen in suspense, as he watches for the next soul to step through one of the doors. Written by Jack Oleck and brought to life with tense, atmospheric art by Dan Loprino, this 1958 tale from Strange Tales #65 delivers a chilling game of survival and choice. The cover, a striking illustration by Joe Maneely, captures the story’s eerie tension in bold, dynamic lines.

artist, inker Dan Loprino · writer Jack Oleck · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Joe Maneely

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Full credits

artist, inker Dan Loprino

writer Jack Oleck

letterer Joe Letterese

cover pencils, inks Joe Maneely

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A thief trying to rob a reclusive scientist finds him in a room with two doors. The scientist tells him if he leaves through the wrong door he will be trapped in a shadow world of strange creatures so the criminal decides to wait until someone else enters by one of the doors so that he knows which one leads back to the ordinary world.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).