American Comics Update: Strange Tales 1959/60: Science Fiction and Big Panty Monsters
*Marvel: Two issues of Strange Tales this week, the first #68 from 1959 when the title had moved mainly to science fiction, the second #79 from 1960 when we were entering the age of the Big Panty Monsters.
PICTURED: STRANGE TALES
#68 FA+ £45 Cover by Kirby. Art by Sinnott, Maneely, Ditko, Kirby, Burgos, Buscema. Covers detached. Ragged edges and frail spine with splits. Cover creases break colour, particularly across bottom right corner. Pages are okay, with staples okay at centre.
#79 GD p £44 Pence printed. Cover by Kirby/Ditko. Art by Kirby, Ditko, Reinman, Heck. Subscription crease plus many others breaking colour. Small chip out central right edge. Spine intact. Staples attached, but lower quite rusty. Small and minor water stain at top corner of spine. Pages are a decent off-white.


