Strange Tales #88
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn Strange Tales #88, a 1961 Marvel classic, a gifted artist is drawn into a supernatural ordeal when an Aztec priest demands he conjure a creature using enchanted paints. Written by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, with dynamic art by Jack Kirby and inks by Steve Ditko, the story unfolds as the artist’s brush brings forth a monstrous being—only to create a second, more terrible force in response. The resulting chaos collapses the temple, leaving the priest with amnesia and the threat silenced. The cover, penciled by Kirby and inked by Ditko, captures the eerie intensity of the moment.
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An American comic book artist is forced by an Aztec priest to make a monster with magic paints. The artist creates another monster to fight the first, causing the temple to collapse on both monsters, giving the priest amnesia and ending the threat.
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