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Strange Tales#73
Cover: Jack Kirby & Bill Everett
Strange Tales #73
“Grottu, King of the Insects!”
writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist Jack Kirby · inker Bill Everett · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Artie Simek · cover Jack KirbyBill Everett
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
writer Larry Lieber
artist Jack Kirby
inker Bill Everett
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Artie Simek
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Bill Everett
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A journalist and an archaeologist go to Africa and find an atomically mutated giant ant with super-intelligence. The giant ant tries to lead an army of insects to world conquest, but is foiled when the humans use sugar to turn his ants against him.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).