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Strange Tales#81
Cover: Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers
Strange Tales #81
“The Scarecrow Walks!”
writer Stan Lee · artist, inker Steve Ditko · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Ray Holloway · cover Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
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Full credits
writer Stan Lee
artist, inker Steve Ditko
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Ray Holloway
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Dick Ayers
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A corrupt police chief uses fines to fund a giant prison in order to increase his prestige. He jails a passerby for no reason, but is shocked to find that he is an alien leader whose followers take the whole prison when they cannot open his cell, leaving the chief disgraced.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).