Auctions: comic books September 1954

Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) 24 GD- 1.8

1" spine split from bottom through all interior wraps. Cover and interior oxidation. Water damage.

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.

Weird Science-Fantasy (1954 E.C. Comics) 25 FR 1.0

Signed by artist Al Williamson, does not include certificate of authenticity. 7" cumulative spine split.

"Flying Saucer Report" (art by Wally Wood), "A Sound of Thunder" (art by Al Williamson with Angelo Torres and Roy Krenkel; adapted from the classic Ray Bradbury story), "Bellyful" (art by Bernard Krigstein), and "Harvest" (art by Joe Orlando). Letter to the editor from Bradbury praising "The Flying Machine" adaptation that appeared in issue 23 by Krigstein: it is "The finest single piece of art-drawing I've seen in the comics in years." Comics artist Dan Adkins writes another letter. Williamson cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.