Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) comic books 1953-1955

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, Harry Anderson, Larry Woromay, Bob Brown and Howie Post. "Kill, Clown, Kill!" with art by Harry Anderson - A clown kills his clown rival so he can have his fame and his girlfriend. He tries to find a plastic surgeon to alter his looks so he will appear as the dead man, but fails. The police track him back to the circus where he is shot resisting arrest. He dies at the foot of the woman he professes his love to as he realizes she is blind. Plus: "The Witch of Landor" with art by Larry Woromay - A duke forces a witch to call up his ancestor so that he can ask the ghost where the castle's hidden treasure is. When the witch does as she is bidden, the ghost replies that the treasure location was a secret even in his time and that the duke will have to seek further back. The witch calls up several spirits in succession without the knowledge of the treasure's location until she calls up a gorilla which strangles the duke. Also in this issue: "The Gal Who Talked Too Much!" with art by Bob Brown - A (mad?) scientist looking for 'volunteers' to spend the rest of their lives buried in a time capsule gives two sleeping pills to a husband and his blabber-mouth wife, lying to the both of them that they can be rid of each other if they administer the pill to their spouse...while they are asleep, he transfers both of them to the time capsule; "Planet of Death!" with art by Howie Post - Aliens find Earth air poisonous so they observe a man haranguing a crowd about flying saucers through a telescope; "I Was Locked in a...Haunted House!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely - When a boy tells his friends that he doesn't believe in the spooky things they read about in comic books, they dare him to spend an hour in a haunted house at midnight; and 2-page text story "The Twins"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by John Forte, George Roussos, Joe Maneely, Manny Stallman, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Bring Back My Face" by Stan Lee and John Forte; "Gravedigger's Ghost" with art by George Roussos; "Day of Execution" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely; 2-page text story "Pact in Blood" with illo by Manny Stallman; "If I Look I'll Go Mad!" with art by Jay Scott Pike; and "The Big Blow-Up" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Al Eadeh, Bill Everett, Manny Stallman, Myron Fass and Harry Anderson. "Like a Chicken without a Head!" with art by Reed Crandall - A doctor recommends a surgical procedure whereby the head is removed from the body and the heart is kept beating by artificial means so as to lengthen the time available for surgery. No one listens to him though, and being tired of being mocked, he destroys his formula. As he removes his head from his torso, he says to himself "The world isn't ready for us." Also in this issue: "Rudolph's Racket" with art by Al Eadeh - An innkeeper keeps two large wolves in the cellar which devour curious guests so he can claim their valuables; 2-page text story "The Upside-Down Room" with illo by Bill Everett; "Propaganda" with art by Manny Stallman; "The Executioner" with art by Myron Fass - A story told from the point of view of a turkey on Thanksgiving day; and "Time Marches On!" with art by Harry Anderson - A man attempts to build a clock that can run forever by repairing itself, but no one understands why and mocks him, until he runs out of time and the undertaker pulls by his clothes to reveal he had replaced his inner organs with a clock mechanism. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, John Romita, Sr., Sam Burlockoff, Myron Fass and Paul Reinman. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Money Mad!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely; "The Mark of Death" with art by John Romita, Sr.; "Murder Will Out!" with art by Sam Burlockoff; "Call for Luther Kane" with art by Myron Fass; "The Man Who Came Back to Life" with art by Paul Reinman; and 2-page text story "The Ghost of Nesterfield Hall," reprinted from Adventures into Terror (1951) #8 (original title: "The Nesterfield Horror"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Harry Anderson, Gene Colan, Bill Walton, Sid Greene and Jack Abel. "The Man Who Changed" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel - A timid, unimpressive man stays behind to witness an H Bomb test on an island with the guinea pigs figuring that any change will be an improvement. The bomb flash blinds and burns him, but when he recovers in the hospital, he finds that he has grown taller, powerfully built and handsome. He resolves to leave the institution, although the personnel attempt to restrain him for fear of his contamination, and marry the girl he's wild about. She reacts in fear to his presence though, and all people shun him. He returns to the test island where the guinea pigs accept him. Also in this issue: "If Looks Could Kill!" with art by Harry Anderson - When a beautiful woman cheats a smitten scientist out of ten thousand dollars to gamble with, he gets revenge by transforming her ageless beauty into stone; "The Hungry Jaws" with art by Gene Colan - A plantation owner attempts to buy time to ignite a moat defense against swarming ants by sacrificing his workers to them, but even though the ploy works, the ants cross over the burning moat by crossing over the dead ant corpses and kill him; "Joe's Weak Spot" with art by Bill Walton - A man finds that he cannot be the boxer he wants to be with his literal glass jaw; "The Mental Case" with art by Sid Greene - A psychologist treats a man who claims to have a demon in his head and ends up with it himself; and 2-page text story "The Sentence!", reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #9 (original title: "Vengeance of the Time Stream"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Burt Frohman and unknown. Art by Tom Gill, Bill Everett, Paul Reinman, Sam Kweskin and Bob Powell. In this issue: "Dead End!" by Burt Frohman and Tom Gill - A man travels back in time and kills his younger self; "The New Tenants" with art by Bill Everett - A man works for a miser who cheats people on real estate deals until he gets so fed up with his boss selling run down dumps to kindly old folks that he kills him and shores up the floor support in the cellar with the man's body; 2-page text story "The Phantom Gladiator"; "Devil's Island" with art by Paul Reinman - A man takes his unfaithful lover in the dark to the largest pearl she has ever seen...it's still inside the giant clam which closes on her; "Bertha Gets Buried" with art by Sam Kweskin - A man assumes his wife is cheating, kills her, and buries her in the cellar...it turns out that the man he thought she was cheating with is a handyman she hired to clean out the cellar like her husband asked her to...he is digging up the floor to lay down cement when he uncovers her body; and "The Man from Outer Space" with art by Bob Powell - A woman on a farm who is always complaining that she doesn't have six hands to do all the work that she is asked to gets her wish when an alien crash lands in the barn with the power to grow new limbs. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Jerry Robinson, Bob Fujitani, Tony DiPreta and Russ Heath. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "The Man Who Was Scared out of His Skin!" with art by Joe Sinnott; 2-page text story "The Actor"; "Where There's Smoke" with art by Jerry Robinson; "Open Wider, Please!" with art by Bob Fujitani; "Are You a Weakling?" with art by Tony DiPreta; and "Meet Mr. Jones!" with art by Russ Heath. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Stories by unknown. Art by Ed Winiarski, Russ Heath, Dick Ayers, Mort Lawrence, Joe Sinnott and unknown. "For the Birds!" with art by Ed Winiarski - When Professor Gorey realizes that there is a valuable market in interplanetary birds, he begins stealing eggs from other worlds, hatching them, and selling the rare birds. However, on one trip to a new planet, he finds a giant bird taller than a skyscraper, who mistakes his spaceship for its egg and sits down on it, crushing the ship and the professor. Also in this issue: "The Victims of Vonntor!" with art by Russ Heath - A man with eight arms kills people and avoids being arrested for the crimes because when he is fingerprinted he shows the police a different set of hands; 2-page text story "The Dreadful Formula"; "The Hidden Martians" with pencils by Dick Ayers - A man charged with detecting hidden Martians is unaware that his girlfriend is one; "The Horselaugh" with art by Mort Lawrence; and "Find a Pin and Pick It Up!" with art by Joe Sinnott - A man fashions a voodoo doll to kill his partner and winds up killing himself. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Tony DiPreta, Al Eadeh, Ross Andru and Myron Fass. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Escape from Mars" with art by Joe Sinnott; 2-page text story "The Bat Doctor"; "The Man Who Saw Death!" with art by Tony DiPreta; "Who Called?" with art by Al Eadeh; "Phooey on Phoonga" with art by Ross Andru; and "Home Sweet Home" with art by Myron Fass. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Gene Colan, Joe Maneely, John Forte and Tony DiPreta. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Zombie at Large" with art by Joe Sinnott; "The Seekers" with art by Gene Colan; "Fish Story" with art by Joe Maneely; "Cry-Baby" with art by John Forte; "Things'll Be Different" with art by Gene Colan; and 2-page text story "Maniac on the Loose!" with illo by Tony DiPreta, reprinted from Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) #111 (original title: "Haven on a Highway"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Lawrence, Paul Reinman, George Roussos, Chuck Winter, Gene Colan, Tony DiPreta? and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "I Live with Corpses!" with art by Mort Lawrence; "The New World" with art by Paul Reinman; "The Replacement!" with pencils by George Roussos; "Tomorrow I Die!" with art by Chuck Winter; "From Out of the Night" with art by Gene Colan; and 2-page text story "Beware of the Black Panther" with illo by Tony DiPreta?, reprinted from Adventures into Terror (1951) #5 (original title: "Black Vengeance"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by unknown. Art by John Forte, Ed Winiarski, Al Eadeh, Vince Colletta and Bob Powell. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "One Second Till Doom!" with art by John Forte; "The Last Vampire" with art by Ed Winiarski; "One Little Man" with art by Al Eadeh; "The Machine Age" with art by Vince Colletta; "The Face in the Mirror" with art by Bob Powell; and 2-page text story "A Favor from Satan," reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #13 (original title: "The Demon of Disaster"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Lawrence, Ed Moline, Chuck Winter, Sy Grudko, Vic Dowling? and Dick Briefer. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "More Than Human" with art by Mort Lawrence; "The Empty World" with art by Ed Moline; 2-page text story "Steps Going Down" with illo by Chuck Winter; "Timber!" with art by Sy Grudko; "Aftermath!" with art by Vic Dowling?; and "The Man Who Died Again!" with art by Dick Briefer. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Robert Q. Sale. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Briefer, Bill Walton, Jack Katz, Tony DiPreta and unknown. "Ted's Head!" - A scholar has a recurring dream of the executions which occurred during the French Revolution. He stops the guillotine by flashing a talisman at the executioner. When an acquaintance wants to take credit for the man's research he tries to accelerate the man's mental breakdown by substituting his talisman for a fake. The next time the scholar wakes from his dream he tells his daughter that the executioner just laughed at him when he flashed the talisman and went on with the executions. Outside his bedroom, the severed head of the schemer lies next to its body. Also in this issue: "Somewhere Lurks a Thing!" with art by Dick Briefer - A psychiatrist becomes possessed by his patient's demon; "The Only One" with art by Bill Walton - The only captured prisoner the communists can convince to return to North Korea is a madman; "Who Shall Judge" with art by Jack Katz - A judge commits suicide when his crooked ways catch up to him; "Proof Positive" with art by Tony DiPreta - A man discovers that the moon is being drawn towards Earth two miles every day by the force exerted on it from counter-Earth on the opposite side of the sun; and 2-page text story "The Uninvited Guest," reprinted from Journey into Mystery (1952) #2 (original title: "The Pact") - A historian, writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft, interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Tony DiPreta, John Tartaglione, Tony Mortellaro, Doug Wildey and Jack Abel. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "When Walks the Zombie" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel; 2-page text story "Accidental Death"; "The Torturer" with art by Tony DiPreta; "Tomb for Two!" with art by John Tartaglione; "Fair Exchange!" with art by Tony Mortellaro; and "Bored to Death" with art by Doug Wildey. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by John Tartaglione, Doug Wildey, Chuck Winter, Dick Ayers, Jack Abel and unknown. "Half-Man!" with art by John Tartaglione - Androids are subject to discrimination until a war with space aliens breaks out and then they gain some measure of equality. One of them even plans to marry a human girl if he survives the conflict, but when the war is won, the androids find the old barriers have been put back in place. When the android sees his intended sweetheart on the street, she pretends not to know him. Also in this issue: "The Locked House!" with art by Doug Wildey - A couple finds themselves to be the only survivors of an alien attack; "Seeing Eye" with art by Chuck Winter - A thug hatches a plan to dognap a wealthy man's seeing eye dog for ransom, but it turns out that the man can see and the dog is actually a blind retired werewolf; "The Horror of Sleepy Hollow!" with pencils by Dick Ayers - A man tries to get rid of his rival by frightening him as the headless horseman, but the other guy has the same idea and succeeds in getting his rival committed to an asylum...the real headless horseman shows up to punish him; "The Unctuous Undertaker" with inks by Jack Abel - The Communists of East Germany are baffled by the murders of several of their agents...suspicion falls on an undertaker who transports corpses to West Germany -- an undertaker who turns out to be Death himself; and 2-page text story "Smaller Than an Atom," reprinted from Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) #5 (original title: "The Shrinking Death"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob McCarthy, Sheldon Moldoff, Mort Lawrence, Paul Hodge, Bob Forgione and Jack Katz. "Smile, Blast Ya, Smile" with art by Bob McCarthy - An editor for a science fiction publication is in danger of losing his job to a man who always smiles. The boss likes his story picks and so do the readers. When circulation rises the editor is fired and turns to drink. He attacks his former assistant with a knife, shredding the smiling mask, revealing the alien underneath. No one believes him and he is placed in an asylum. Plus: "Ask Me No Questions" with art by Sheldon Moldoff - A father thinks his son asks him silly questions and so he gives him silly answers which annoys his mother. When the boy asks him where he came from, the father replies "The stork brought you." The boy asks "How did the stork know where to bring me?" The father replies "I blew my magic whistle" (which is a hunter's moose horn). The boy takes the horn outside and blows it and when the father goes to retrieve it, he sees dozens of storks delivering dozens of babies. And: "Look Homeward, Werewolf!" with art by Mort Lawrence - A werewolf hires a boatman to get him across the river but warns the man that water causes a violent reaction among his kind and if a single drop touches him, his life is forfeit. The boatman agrees, as he claims to be the best boatman for miles around and will have no problem keeping the werewolf dry. They cross the river without incident, but then it starts to...rain. Also in this issue: "The Lucky Stiff!" with art by Paul Hodge - A homeless man receives a ragged old coat with pockets full of cash, but the cash disappears if he removes the coat, so everyone thinks he must have stolen the money, and won't accept it; "The Hidden Graveyard" with art by Bob Forgione - Explorers come upon an elephants graveyard deep in the jungle that is occupied by a monster with no eyes; and 2-page text story "The Real Nurse Kearney" with illo by Jack Katz, reprinted from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) #10 (original title: "Objewanga"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Anderson. Stories by Paul S. Newman, Clayton Martin and unknown. Art by Robert Q. Sale, Myron Fass, Mannie Banks, Ed Moline, Joe Sinnott and unknown. "Who's Who?" with art by Robert Q. Sale - A masterful plastic surgeon is having an affair with his assistant's wife and she thinks her husband will not grant her a divorce so he switches faces with his assistant thinking he can lose his wealth and begin again, but try as he might, he cannot convince the woman that he is not her husband but the man she really loves. Plus: "Death!" with art by Myron Fass - A man wants a superstitious peasant girl for his wife, so when her husband is deathly ill, he gets the idea to disguise himself as Death and come during the night to carry off the husband. What he doesn't count on is the woman's fierce will to fight for her husband and she stabs him in the back. When she realizes who he is, the real Death appears and says that though he came for someone else, this one will suffice. Death leaves with the body of the slain man, sparing the woman's husband. And: "Escape!" with story by Clayton Martin - An escaped convict holds up a store for cash and the owner tosses hot pepper into his eyes. Blinded, he grabs a passerby and orders him to drive the getaway vehicle or he'll shoot. The man tells him he can't drive a car, but the crook tells him that tonight he's going to learn. His vision starts to clear and he gets a look at the person he has pressed into driving and sees that he's had the bad luck to grab a blind person off the street just before they go over a cliff. Also in this issue: "Wish You Were Here!" by Paul S. Newman and Mannie Banks - A man finds a stagecoach that takes him back to the year 1880; "The Last Man!" with art by Ed Moline - A man joins a club with a vampire where the goal is to outlive all other members; and 2-page text story "No Human Hand" with illo by Joe Sinnott, reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #13? (original title: "Terror on Stage"?). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Anderson. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Vince Colletta, John Tartaglione, Ed Winiarski, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "The Man Who Couldn't Sing!" with art by Bill Benulis; "As Ye Sow!" with art by Vince Colletta; "The Man Who Wasn't" with art by John Tartaglione; "The Nervous Wreck!" with art by Ed Winiarski; "Dummy!" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky; and 2-page text story "The Penalty!", reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #16 (original title: "Dream's End"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by Sid Greene, Mort Lawrence, Bill Benulis, Ed Winiarski, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. "Saucer Scare!" with art by Sid Greene - Invading Martians take advantage of a newspaper writer who turns in a hoax story about a flying saucer landing to use his home as a forward base since no one will believe anything he tells them. They tell him all their invasion plans because they know no one will believe. He sees a headline about a hydrogen bomb test in the desert, so he prints a story about the invading Martian fleet traveling through the desert and they take his route figuring no one will expect an attack from that route and are caught in the bomb blast. Plus: "Fair Exchange!" with art by Mort Lawrence - A conman from the future exchanges diamonds for uranium with a man in the past who owns low grade uranium mines. The future man wants the stuff because, as it moves forward in time, it becomes a better grade of uranium. When the diamonds go backward in time, however, the mine owner realizes he's been cheated as he winds up with lumps of coal. Also in this issue: "How?" with art by Bill Benulis - When a man commits robberies and fingerprints and eyewitness accounts don't jibe with the individual the police apprehend they are surprised to discover that the criminal they are pursuing is a pair of dwarfs which take turns standing on each other's shoulders under a disguise; "The Spider Man!" with art by Ed Winiarski - A crazy professor attempts to breed an army of conquering giant spiders with two male spiders; "Don't Count Your Chickens!" with art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache - A professor realizes that planets are actually eggs and eventually the creature growing in the Earth's core will hatch destroying all life upon the surface of Earth; and 2-page text story "Those Who Doubt"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Lawrence, Ross Andru, John Forte, Ed Winiarski, Mort Meskin, George Roussos and unknown. Why did no human being dare stay inside of the..."House!" Find out in this uncanny tale with art by Mort Lawrence. Also in this issue: "How Dry I Am" with pencils by Ross Andru; "The Whispering Wind!" with art by John Forte; "The Little Man" with art by Ed Winiarski; "History" with art by Mort Meskin and George Roussos; and 2-page text story "The Creature!", reprinted from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) #13 (original title: "The Thing That Hatched"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Russ Heath. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Lawrence, Joe Kubert, Bill Walton, Dick Ayers, Bill Benulis, Jack Abel and Werner Roth. What was the strange secret of..."The Maze!" Find out in this uncanny tale with art by Mort Lawrence. Also in this issue: "The Vanishing Lady" with art by Joe Kubert; "Wiped Out!" with art by Bill Walton; "The Lonely House!" with art by Dick Ayers; "The Martians!" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel; and 2-page text story "The Search!" with illo by Werner Roth, reprinted from Menace (1953 Atlas) #1 (original title: "Quest"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

First Comics Code issue. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Art Peddy, Robert Q. Sale, Pete Tumlinson and Sy Moskowitz. "Sarah" with art by Joe Sinnott - A woman attempts to steal a sword that used to belong to Benedict Arnold from a farmer who dug it up on his property, but when she is confronted by a silent, grinning stranger whom she takes to be a rival collector, her shame gets the better of her and she confesses her theft to a passing police car rather than be turned over to the police by the man. After the police lead her away, the man is revealed to be a French tourist seeking directions who knows no English. Plus: "Deep Down" with art by Art Peddy - A man is chased by a monster in a cave and so blocks him in with a large gold nugget. He wants the gold but cannot figure out how to remove it without the monster getting him. Every year for 50 years he has returned to the surface and recruited another to help him think of a way to acquire the gold without being attacked. The story ends when all 50 men leave the cave after deciding that there was no way and the gold wasn't worth the effort. Also in this issue: "The Barefoot Man" with art by Robert Q. Sale - A thief desires to acquire a pair of boots for the status that it will afford him, so he steals the first pair that he comes across, but they belong to a murderer and the authorities track him down by the prints his boots leave in the dirt; "The Albatross!" with art by Pete Tumlinson - When a sailor kills an albatross, which represents good luck to the crew, the ship flounders with a dead radio until the men lash the sailor to the mast with the albatross tied around his neck as punishment...when the man dies, the ship's bad fortune clears, and they make their way back to port; "Only One to a Customer" with art by Sy Moskowitz - After a pitchman abuses the hospitality of tiny alien visitors by attempting to sell them on the street for profit, they take him back to their planet where he is sold as a toy mechanical giant; and 2-page text story "Death Comes Calling"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Sid Greene, Dick Ayers, Bill Benulis, Ed Winiarski, John Forte, Syd Shores and Ernie Bache. Many surprises are in store for you when you read..."Too Human" with art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Also in this issue: "Stumblebum" by Carl Wessler and Sid Greene; "Collector's Item!" with art by Bill Benulis; "One in a Million" with art by Ed Winiarski; "First Prize!" with art by John Forte; and 2-page text story "The Seekers" with illo by Syd Shores. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Art Peddy, Sid Greene, Manny Stallman and Ed Winiarski. "The Miracle!" with art by Art Peddy - A girl doesn't want her flower to die in the winter but her mean brother cuts it off and presents it to her. The child's mother doesn't want her belief in the power of love to be extinguished so she fibs to her that her corsage from the wedding never faded and asks the girl to place the rose in with the memento. Surprisingly, the rose does not fade. Plus: "Paddy and His Leprechauns!" with art by Sid Greene - When a man won't let Paddy marry his stepdaughter because he's got no money he goes for a walk in the forest to cool his temper. He lifts a large stone and tosses it from him as a workout. Beneath the stone leprechauns escape their prison and offer to help Paddy. When they accost the stepfather he thinks he'll get their gold when Paddy marries into the family so he accepts him as son-in-law. Paddy is so happy that he tosses the stone back over the hole and seals the leprechauns in. Also in this issue: "Paid in Full!" with art by Sid Greene - A truck driver is kind to a lonely clerk who has no friends...when the man dies, his ghost appears to ward off the driver from crossing a bridge that gets washed out by a flash flood; "Moon Ahead" with art by Manny Stallman - The first men to land on the moon realize that Jules Verne was there ahead of them; "It Grows on Trees!" with art by Ed Winiarski - Money grows on a tree in this story; and 2-page text story "The Ice Age"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Paul Reinman, Sy Moskowitz, Bill Everett, John Forte, Jay Scott Pike and John Romita, Sr. "Mr. Jones" is someone you won't soon forget! Don't miss this uncanny tale with art by Paul Reinman. Also in this issue: "The Poor Relation" with art by Sy Moskowitz; "Illusion" by Paul S. Newman and Bill Everett; "Those Who...Change!" by Paul S. Newman and John Forte; "The Fat Man!" with art by Jay Scott Pike; and 2-page text story "The Inventor" with illo by John Romita, Sr. (note: illo is taken from "I, The Robot" from Menace (1953 Atlas) #11). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Carl Wessler, Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Manny Stallman, John Forte, George Roussos, Pete Tumlinson and Bill Benulis. When it all happened, why was Doctor Lionel Abbot the only man who saw..."The Warning!" by Carl Wessler and Manny Stallman. Also in this issue: "The Silent Man!" by Carl Wessler and John Forte; "The Vending Machine!" by Paul S. Newman and George Roussos; "A Secret Life" with art by Pete Tumlinson; "The Man Who Couldn't Stand It!" with art by Bill Benulis; and 2-page text story "Enchanted Land"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Jack Katz, Bob Powell, Ed Winiarski, Robert Q. Sale and John Forte. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Look to the Sky!" by Paul S. Newman and Jack Katz; 2-page text story "The Magician"; "The Man Who Could Do Anything!" with art by Bob Powell; "The Seven Years!" with art by Ed Winiarski; "The Thing in the Box" by Paul S. Newman and Robert Q. Sale; and "He Saved the World!" with art by John Forte. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $58.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Pete Tumlinson, Joe Maneely, John Forte, Mort Lawrence, Bob Forgione and Jack Abel. Were they really..."The Last Two on Earth!" Find out in this uncanny tale with art by Pete Tumlinson. Also in this issue: "The Man Who Lived Again!" with art by Joe Maneely; "The Magic Coin!" by Carl Wessler and John Forte; "He Stands in the Shadows!" with art by Mort Lawrence; "They Appear at Night!" with art by Bob Forgione and Jack Abel; and 2-page text story "The Space Kid" with illo by Joe Maneely. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler, Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Jack Katz, Bob Powell, Bill Everett, Paul Reinman, Vic Carrabotta and Christopher Rule. "The Sorcerers!" by Carl Wessler, Jack Katz and Christopher Rule - King Harlow offers a bag of gold and his daughter to the most impressive sorcerer. Edwin doesn't seem to have any powers while Golvany shows off many impressive conjuring feats. Finally, Edwin casts a spell which makes himself, the princess and the gold disappear. Edwin and the princess get a castle of their own. Also in this issue: "The Nameless One!" by Carl Wessler and Bob Powell - Nolan escapes prison and has a scientist give him his teleportation device...however, everywhere Nick goes is in the midst of a terrible danger so he finally has to return to his cell...the inventor of the device was Fate himself; 2-page text story "The Treasure" - A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes; "The Parrot!" with art by Bill Everett - Samson poses as 'Marvelo', a large talking parrot for an act led by Jim Hall but Tiny resents Hall taking most of the money and frames him...however, the cleaning lady at their hotel has never liked 'Marvelo' and throws his cage out a window, nearly killing Samson; "The Model!" by Paul S. Newman and Paul Reinman - Ed photographs an entrancing model who refuses to give her name...eventually he learns she's the original Mona Lisa; and "Escape!" with art by Vic Carrabotta - The future is in a state of constant war...to escape, Alan uses a time machine to go back in time but he ends up in 1941, right in the middle of the draft. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $33.00 View scan 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Oxidation. Interior pages splitting along spine. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Bob Forgione, Dick Ayers, Mort Drucker, Ed Winiarski, Joe Sinnott and Jack Abel. In this issue: "The Rescue" by Carl Wessler, Bob Forgione and Jack Abel - A man's son flies a jet back into time in order to save his father during WWI trench fighting; "Something Strange About Sarah!" by Carl Wessler and Dick Ayers; "Never Double Cross a Martian!" by Carl Wessler and Mort Drucker - Believing Earth is to be attacked by Mars, two men intend on making contact with the alien beings, befriend them and steal their ship to flee Earth to avoid the impending invasion, only they have no clue what awaits them on Mars; 2-page text story "The Fan" - When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat; "The Flying Horse!" by Carl Wessler and Ed Winiarski; and "The Master of Men" with art by Joe Sinnott. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Ed Winiarski, Manny Stallman, Bob Powell and Joe Sinnott. "Morgan's Magic Picture!" by Carl Wessler and Bill Benulis - When a man paints objects onto the canvas of a picture containing a model who loves him, the objects magically appear. He cares only for wealth, not her, and so she leaves him, and he finds that he cannot make objects appear without her. Also in this issue: "Plague!" with art by Ed Winiarski; "The Pharaoh Walks" by Carl Wessler and Manny Stallman - A bookkeeper who resents his job rides an Egyptian solar ship into the beyond, where the Pharaoh makes him his bookkeeper for all eternity; "Behind the Locked Door!" with art by Bob Powell - A man thinks himself a failure until he walks along a strange corridor in an abandoned house that shows him the positive consequences of his charitable acts; 2-page text story "The Big Surprise"; and "Something in Space!" with art by Joe Sinnott. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.