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Strange Tales #73
Cover AMarket Value
- Graded copies for sale
- $80.95 - $5,040
- 20 graded copies listed, as of Oct 6, 2026
CGC Census
2,662
Total Graded
40
9.8 NM/MT
222
8.0 VF
Reprinted 17x
A journalist and an archaeologist go to Africa and find an atomically mutated giant ant with super-intelligence. The giant ant tries to lead an army of insects to world conquest, but is foiled when the humans use sugar to turn his ants against him.
Cover Date
February 1, 1960
On Sale Date
October 1, 1959
Pages
36
Cover Price
$0.10
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Editor
S.L
Credits
Writer
Penciller
Inker
Colorist
Letterer
Characters
Frank [Ulysses Bloodstone] (earliest published appearance according to later continuity); Lynn Avery; Kasenga; Grottu (introduction, origin)
science fiction
Collected in
- Mystic #20
- Spellbound #20
- Strange Tales Annual #1
- Creepy Worlds #15
- Spellbound #59
- Spellbound #65
- Fantasy Masterpieces #3
- Where Monsters Dwell #3
- Monsters on the Prowl #14
- Planet of the Apes #97
- Doctor Who Weekly #33
- Monster Masterworks #[nn]
- Monsters Unleashed Prelude #[nn]
- Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby #1
- Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #1
- Marvel Horror Lives Again! Omnibus #[nn]
- Creepy Worlds #68