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Menace (1953 Atlas) comic books 1955 or before

  • Issue #1
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #4641070002
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • 7.5" Spine split from bottom. Front cover glued along spine. Cover detached at both staples (anchored with glue). Oxidation with chipping.
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. One Head Too Many!, script by Stan Lee, art by Bill Everett. The Man Who Couldn't Move, script by Stan Lee, art by George Tuska; A woman hires a man to kill her paralyzed husband making it look like a car accident, but he gets his sleeve caught in the door and goes over the cliff with the car. Poor Mr. Watkins, script by Stan Lee, art by Werner Roth; A practical joker torments a timid librarian until he transforms into a monster. They Wait in Their...Dungeon!, art by Russ Heath; After an execution in the gas chamber, a sadistic warden faces a revolt by the inmates and attempts to flee downstairs. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $850 Menace #1 GD/VG 3.0 Atlas 1953 Rare Horror
    $3,000 Menace #1 3.0 CGC PRE CODE HORROR - EXTREMELY RARE PRECODE PRE-CODE SOTI

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  • Issue #4
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 4
    • Trimmed
    • All three edges TRIMMED. Near full length spine split. Cover detached. Water damage.
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. A Vampire Is Born, script by Stan Lee, art by Fred Kida; this story reveals that Stalin was a vampire. Escape to the Moon!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A spy fails in his effort to steal an element required in the construction of a hydrogen bomb so he knows he faces death if caught by the police or the Communists. Genius!, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; A super intellect grows tired among life on Earth as mere humans are like children to him when he receives a telepathic message from what appears to be a beautiful woman on Saturn imploring him to build a rocket to journey to her. The Madman, script by Stan Lee, art by Bill Everett; Nurse Jane Bryant arrives at the mysterious Hagstone Sanitarium for a job, but she is really there on a secret mission of her own. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #6
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 6
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2004232007
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • 1" spine split from top. Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.
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    "The Graymoor Ghost" (script by Stan Lee), "Checkmate!" (script by Lee, art by Gene Colan), "The Corpse" (script by Lee, art by Russ Heath), "Flying Saucer!" (script by Lee, art by John Romita Sr.), and a two-page text story, "Trapped." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

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    $350 Menace #6 (1953 Atlas) CGC 2.5 Horror / Pre-Code — Classic Atlas ‘Ghost’ Issue
    $580 Menace 6 Atlas Comics 1953 CGC 4.0 OW-W Pages Russ Heath Art Everett Cover

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  • Issue #9
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 9
    • First wrap detached and stapled in place to front of book.
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    Cover art by Gene Colan. Kill Me a Monster, art by Paul Reinman; A professor hires an assassin to kill creatures who possess the bodies of men. Blood Relation, art by Ed Winiarski; This story postulates that love can cure hereditary vampirism. The Fangs of the Wolf, art by Bill Everett; A man who shoots dogs for fun is bitten by a werewolf; He even has hired a sharpshooter to kill any strays that might venture onto his property, but he regrets this action when he changes to wolf form and his hired hand shoots him. Symphony in Death, art by Joe Maneely; When a music critic steals a work from a composer and passes it off as his own, the composer attaches a rope to a phonograph and strangles the critic slowly by playing the recording. The Walking Dead, art by John Forte; A zombie tries to eat a man but is tricked into a crematory chamber. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $949 Menace #9 (1954) CGC 5.0 Atlas Horror First Zombie Simon Garth PCH Walking Dead
    $1,500 MENACE #9 (1954) - CGC GRADE 4.5 -GOLDEN AGE HORROR - WALKING DEAD!

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  • Issue #11
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 11
    Published May 1954 by Atlas.
    • 3" cumulative spine split, cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.
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    Cover art by Harry Anderson. I, The Robot, art by John Romita; A robot is given a command to kill the man in the room by someone who wishes to steal it after the robot has slain its creator. A Fate Worse Than Death, art by Seymour Moskowitz; A space explorer takes a poison capsule after learning a hideous female alien has selected him for her mate upon reaching her maturity day. Only a Beast, art by Al Eadeh; A bed-ridden old man hates those who will inherit his money so he establishes hypnotic control of his dimwitted caretaker and convinces him that he loves the woman and her husband is mean to her, so he must kill those who harm the one he loves. My Other Body!, art by Jack Katz; A man's conscience convinces him to steal money from a jewelry store for his girlfriend. Locked In!, art by Bob Powell; A woman trails after her husband for twenty years because, after they murdered a family, he skipped out on her with the loot. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    $400 Menace #11 1954
    $1,800 Menace #11 CGC 2.5 SS. 1954, John Romita & Stan Lee. Atlas Comics Last Issue

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