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Strange Tales#88
Cover: Jack Kirby & Steve Ditko

Strange Tales #88

Sep 1961 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
“Zzutak the Thing That Shouldn't Exist!!”
writer Stan Lee · writer Larry Lieber · artist Jack Kirby · inker Steve Ditko · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Artie Simek · letterer Ray Holloway · cover Jack KirbySteve Ditko

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Full credits

writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Artie Simek
letterer Ray Holloway
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Steve Ditko

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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.

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