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Strange Tales 70

Atlas Tales

PublishedJune 1951 – September 1962
Issue Numbers1 – 100
Total Issues100
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Strange Tales #70 (1959) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
August 1959
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Zenith Publishing Corp.
 
Cover Titles
When Wakes the Sphinx!
 
Cover Credits
Jack Kirby pencils unsigned
Dick Ayers inks attributed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
How much is Strange Tales #70 worth? View Full Market Prices

Current market pricing for Strange Tales #70 shows a latest graded sale of CGC 5.0 sold for $239 on October 4th, 2015.
Graded price ranges include CGC 5.0 $239 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated July 12th, 2026.

Stories

Notes: Title character shows certain similarities to later Giant-Man character; cf. Tales to Astonish 49 (Dec 1963).
Notes: Plot resolution identical to that in H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (1898): invading aliens defeated by ordinary environmental microbes.
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Notes: Click here to see John Kaminski's profile on Zokae & Okzik, the two aliens from this story.

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-07-12 07:35:04
Last Graded Sale CGC 5.0 sold for $239 on October 4th, 2015
Reported Sources Heritage Auctions

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 5.0 $239 (1 comp)
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Grade
Price
Date
Source
Link
5.0
$239
October 4th, 2015
Heritage Auctions Auction 121540, Lot 11618

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Issue Overview

Strange Tales #70 was published by Zenith Publishing Corp. in August 1959. It is part of the Strange Tales series, which ran from June 1951 to September 1962.

Cover credits include Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "A Giant Walks the Earth!." Indexed story credits include Jack Kirby and Christopher Rule, among others.