Strange Tales Vol 1 100

Strange Tales #100

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Appearing in "The Man in the Crazy Maze"

Featured Characters:

• Charlie Burke(First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Daily Press
  • Johnson(First appearance; dies)

Antagonists:

• Fate

Other Characters:

• Numerous unnamed maze patrons
• Tommy
• Tommy's Father
• Unnamed Doctor
• Unidentified Police Department
  • Unnamed Police Officer

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Cows(Invoked)
• Tigers
• Sharks

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Unidentified Amusement Park
        • Mad Maze
      • Unidentified Amusement Park
        • Fate's Maze

Synopsis for "The Man in the Crazy Maze"

A crooked amusement part owner builds a maze that has no exit and offers ten thousand dollars to anyone who can find the exit. He makes a great deal of money until a reporter threatens to expose him as a cheat and the owner takes him to the maze after closing time and locks him into an airtight section. The authorities rule it an accidental death, but his business has dropped off due to competition from another maze across town. The murderer talks to the owner of the other maze about becoming partners and the owner agrees if he can find the exit of his maze. The killer thinks that will be easy since he knows how mazes are constructed, but he soon becomes lost and notes that the maze has been stocked with enough food and water to keep a man alive for years. The owner of the new maze is revealed to be Fate, and he states that his maze actually does have one exit, but not one his unfortunate guest is going to like. The exit goes straight down to Hell.

Appearing in "Blueprint for Victory"

Featured Characters:

• LTC Cam Westover(First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• United States Army
  • Maj. Franks(First appearance)
• OSS
  • Bill Trayne(First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Nazis
  • Wehrmacht
    • General Von Kretz(First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Bill Trayne's Brother(Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Earth
    • Europe
      • Germany
        • Reichsdorf(First appearance)
        • Wuppertal(Mentioned)
        • Klugenhorst(First appearance)
        • Berlin(Mentioned in narration or thoughts)
      • Rhine

Events:

• World War II

Synopsis for "Blueprint for Victory"

Appearing in "The Imitation Man"

Featured Characters:

• Carlos Zarago(First appearance)(Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Numerous Zarago clones

Antagonists:

• Pedro Lopez(First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Unidentified Army
  • Numerous unnamed soldiers

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Dogs(Mentioned)
• Cats(Mentioned)
• Clones

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Earthspace
    • Earth
      • Unidentified Country
  • Heaven(Mentioned)

Items:

• Duplication Machine(First appearance; destruction)

Synopsis for "The Imitation Man"

A dictator forces a scientist to use his duplicator machine on him so that he can can have a substitute appear in public places to avoid assassination attempts. The duplicate is too much like the original, however, and refuses to subject himself to danger when he can seize power to rule the country. The dictator returns to the machine with the intent of destroying it only to find it has continually been producing duplicates. While the twelve individuals are distracted arguing among themselves, a revolution occurs, and the new democratic regime deports all versions of the former dictator.

Appearing in "Beware the Uboongi!"

Featured Characters:

• Russian Astronauts(Apparent death)
  • Igor(Apparent death)
  • Numerous unnamed astronauts(Apparent death)

Supporting Characters:

• Government of Russia

Antagonists:

• Uboongi(First appearance)
  • Two unnamed Uboongi

Other Characters:

• United States Government
  • United States Astronauts
    • Numerous unnamed astronauts

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Unidentifiedalien species
• Uboongi(First appearance)

Locations:

• Earth-Unknown
  • Solar System
    • Uranus
    • Earth
      • North America
        • United States of America
      • Europe
        • Russia
          • Moscow

Vehicles:

• United States Spacecraft
• V-300 Superthrust Rocket

Synopsis for "Beware the Uboongi!"

The planet Uranus. Sometime in the future. Americans land on the planet, but can't claim it because they are chased off by ferocious creatures. Back on Earth, they report that Uranus has two species: one is peaceful, the other, the Uboongi, is deadly. Communists hear that the Americans weren't able to claim the planet, so they make preparations to claim it, heedless of the Americans' warnings. The twist is that the Russians didn't know that the ferocious-looking beasts were harmless, but it was the tame-looking ones that were the menace.

Appearing in "The Mighty Oak!"

Featured Characters:

• Mighty Oak(First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• United States Government
  • Numerous unnamed scientists
  • Numerous unnamed government officials

Other Characters:

• Joe(First appearance)
• Unidentified Police Department
  • Unnamed Police Officer

Races and Species:

• Mutated Oak Trees
• Humans
• Birds(Mentioned in narration or thoughts)

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Earth
    • United States of America
  • Sun

Items:

• Atomic Bomb

Synopsis for "The Mighty Oak!"

An atomic test gives an oak tree the ability to think and uproot itself to move and plots the destruction of man's implements of war and crime. At the end of the story the scientists are revealed to be knowledgeable as to what effect the atomic test would have upon the oak and they are willing to accept the oak and its offspring will provide better governance of Earth than humanity.

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See Also

• 6 image(s) from Strange Tales Vol 1 100
• 6 reprint(s) of Strange Tales Vol 1 100

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