Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) 39
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Issue #39
- Cover oxidation. Water damage.
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- 6" Spine split from bottom. Cover and centerfold detached. Only one staple (manufacturing).
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Everett, Vic Carrabotta, Ross Andru, Syd Shores, Paul Reinman and unknown. "I Dare Not Sleep!" with art by Bill Everett - While trying to sleep, Hugh wanders into a strange dimension where people lie asleep in rooms. Hugh's friend Dean appears and explains while people sleep their dreams create reality and Hugh understands his own life is a dream. Hugh goes to find his other self as it sleeps to prevent it from waking up, but suddenly Hugh himself awakens. He decides it was all a dream and writes a story about it. Also in this issue: 2-page text story "Wrong Number"; "The Hunted!" with art by Vic Carrabotta - Jim and Andrew go hunting and are confronted by creatures from prehistory due to a child in a parallel dimension playing with his family's timelock device; "The Building That Grew" with pencils by Ross Andru - Tom declares he'll build the world's tallest skyscraper...his building continues to rise without ending until it reaches an alien race, who welcome him to join them; "Lost and Found" with art by Syd Shores - Clark investigates a strange advertisement posted in the newspaper asking someone to return a lost raygun...when the raygun turns up in the mail Clark tests it and disappears, reappearing on Mars...an ad appears in the paper announcing they found the missing Clark; and "Till Death Do Us Part!" with art by Paul Reinman - Nora shuts down an atomic pile and suffers a terrible dose of radiation...as she struggles in the hospital, Mark appears to her and tells her to share what she knows with his colleagues...Mark was lost at sea, it was his spirit who visited Nora. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
