Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) comic books in grades to VG

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Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Jerry Robinson, Ed Winiarski, Don Perlin, Jack Keller, Gene Colan, Abe Simon and unknown. "Crazy" by Stan Lee and Jerry Robinson - A motorist hits a pedestrian and keeps going. When he gets to a small town the people observe him strangely and he thinks they must not get many visitors. They gather around his car with sticks and rope. They bind him and he asks them if they are crazy. It turns out the body of the man he struck is still in the car's grill. Plus: "The Slave" with art by Ed Winiarski - Sailor Joe Garcy travels to South America to seek his fortune. Discovering that Inca natives traditionally bury their dead with their belongings, he begins robbing crypts in search of riches. During a funeral procession, he disguises himself as an Inca slave to gain access to the burial vault. Once inside however, all of the slaves, including Joe Garcy, are sealed up behind the walls to die. Also in this issue: "The Tin Cup" with art by Don Perlin and Abe Simon - An actor poses as crippled, scarred and blind in one eye so as to bilk people out of sympathy money but then fate conspires to inflict such deformities upon him for real; "He Died Screaming" with art by Jack Keller - A man doesn't want his daughter to learn where he keeps his money so he shuts himself in with it, only remembering too late that his hiding place is soundproof and airtight; "Escape...to What?" - A man tries to escape from Hell and fails; and 2-page text story "Bill and the Beanstalk" with illo by Gene Colan. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $139.95 or Best Offer View scans Cover detached. Only one staple (manufacturing). Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $229.00 View scans 1-1/2" spine split from base of comic. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $129.95 or Best Offer View scans Mold. 6" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $95.00 or Best Offer View scans Staple rust. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $255.00 or Best Offer View scans Restored (see item notes) RESTORATION. Color touch. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $93.00 View scans 1" spine split from top. Water damage. Cover oxidation. 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 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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $61.00 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.

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.

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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.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Ross Andru, John Severin, John Forte, Ed Winiarski and unknown. "The Night the Sphinx Spoke!" with art by Dick Ayers - Criminal Jerry uses a microphone to make the Sphinx 'talk' and commands people bring jewels to it, where a pharaoh claims the gems. Vince is arrested with his gang who were supposed to be playing the part of the pharaoh and his guards, but they reveal they were nabbed before the performance -- the pharaoh was real. Also in this issue: "There Is No Escape" with art by Ross Andru - A robot tries to pit humans and androids against each other but the robot's creators intervene in time to stop him; "A Day to Remember" by Carl Wessler and John Severin - Rupert is almost kidnapped and brought to Mars but escapes his captors...realizing it was April Fool's Day, he decides it was all a prank...it wasn't; 2-page text story "Invasion"; "The Man Who Vanished!" with art by John Forte - After pricking himself with Keller's formula Ogden finds himself in prehistory hunting a woolly mammoth with cavemen but when the formula wears off he forgets the experience; "A Man's Best Friend" by Carl Wessler and Ed Winiarski - Jovians kidnap Bruce the dog, thinking him an Earthling...Bruce winds up thwarting Count Ryk's attempt to seize the emperor's throne, then the emperor sends Bruce home, afraid Bruce might take over the planet himself; and "Trapped in the Labyrinth!" - Holt and Wilson fashion games to test each other...Holt loses when Wilson employs Farrah to trap Holt in a maze within his own mind. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Bernard Baily, Sol Brodsky, Bill Benulis, Bob Forgione, Mort Drucker and unknown. "They Wait Below" with art by Bernie Krigstein - A lighthouse attendant is accosted by Sirens who wish the beacon to remain unlit so passing ships will founder upon the reef, but as he backs away from them, he knocks over a table lamp which starts a fire and warns the ship away. The next day, men who come to investigate tell him he imagined the Sirens, but he points to their footprints in the sand. Also in this issue: "The Mystery of Mercury" with art by Bernard Baily; 2-page text story "The Jackpot"; "The Little Men" with art by Sol Brodsky - An old man creates wooden statues that leprechauns collect; "Which Road to Take!" with art by Bill Benulis - A man driving through backroads finds himself dreaming about coming upon a sorcerer's town and rescuing a captive girl; "Mistaken Identity!" with pencils by Bob Forgione; and "The Telepathic Typewriter" with art by Mort Drucker - A writer buys a magic typewriter that shows a mental vision of the truth of any newspaper story that is typed on it. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by John Forte, Paul Reinman, Tony Mortellaro, Robert Q. Sale, Bob Powell and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "And After Death..." with art by John Forte; "The Hidden Answer" by Carl Wessler and Paul Reinman; "The Building That Grew"; "Don't Nobody Move" with art by Tony Mortellaro; 2-page text story "Circus Magic"; "Double Identity!" with art by Robert Q. Sale; and "The Man Who Saw a Groplin" with art by Bob Powell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Harry Lazarus, George Roussos, John Forte, Bob McCarthy and Paul Reinman. "Out of the Swamps!" with art by Dick Ayers - A scientist discovers a type of lemur living in the swamp that only lives for a week. He gets the idea to conduct an experiment in accelerated evolution and they produce wondrous discoveries which he shares with mankind. His contact with the outside world wants the power that such information would give him and so, after defeating the villain, the lemurs decide to return to the swamp where they will soon go back to their old ways of living. Plus: "Beyond Belief!" with art by Harry Lazarus - An inventor develops a gas that suspends gravity and tests it out on various houses before announcing his demands to the government. A stray dog jumps through an open window looking for a handout but the man shouts at it to get out. When it jumps back out the window it knocks over the entire canister of the gas, sending the man's house into orbit. Also in this issue: "The Frightened Man!" by Carl Wessler and George Roussos - A man disguises himself as an alien from Pluto to fool a paranoid dictator into imprisoning his entire cabinet on suspicion of treason so that the people can overthrow him; "She Came from Nowhere!" with art by John Forte; 2-page text story "Traveling Sam" - A bookkeeper gives up his fantasies of travel and goes back to handball after a strange encounter with two Indian magicians; "Planet of Doom" with art by Bob McCarthy; and "The Girl Who Didn't Exist!" by Carl Wessler and Paul Reinman - An archeologist fancies the maiden statue that is uncovered among Roman ruins so much that he is drawn back in time to marry her and become the next Caesar. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Pete Morisi, Gene Colan, Herb Familton, George Roussos, Robert Q. Sale, Bill Benulis and unknown. "Inside the Pit!" by Carl Wessler and Pete Morisi - A woman berates her husband for not being ambitious and he has an accident at the power plant which changes his personality. He attempts to extort the city by threatening to detonate the power plant, but another accident is arranged which puts his personality back the way it was and his wife is content. Plus: "Behind the Wall!" with pencils by Gene Colan - A man who resents the Great Wall of China as taking up resources that could have accelerated scientific progress finds himself back in time at its construction. He confronts the emperor who reveals that the wall was not built to keep out the Tartars, but rather alien invaders who ride dragon-like beasts and use gunpowder weapons. And: "The Men with Green Blood" with art by Herb Familton - A doctor treats a wounded patient with green blood, but the patient dies and the blood color reverts to red. After he leaves the clinic, two people tail him but he manages to give them the slip and follow them back to a house where he learns they are mutants. A fire starts, and he escapes, but he suffers a cut during the experience and learns that he is a mutant as well. Also in this issue: "The Hand!" with art by George Roussos; "The Cure!" with art by Robert Q. Sale - A doctor uses a time machine to try and wipe out the common cold virus in the past, but when he returns to the present he finds it overrun with beetles that the cold virus had destroyed before he mucked with time; 2-page text story "Movie Marvel"; and "An Hour to Live!" with art by Bill Benulis - A man given three months to live builds a time machine which takes him to a point in the future where Earth's oxygen is diminishing with only a few hours left. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Howard O'Donnell, Ted Galindo, Tony DiPreta, Lou Cameron, Robert Q. Sale and Bill Walton. Will you join Mike Gannon in..."The Room of No Return!" Don't miss this uncanny tale with art by Howard O'Donnell. Also in this issue: "Attila!" with art by Ted Galindo; "What on Earth" with art by Tony DiPreta; "Human on the Run!" by Carl Wessler and Lou Cameron; 2-page text story "Snowstorm"; "The Awful Emptiness" by Carl Wessler and Robert Q. Sale; and "Colossus" with art by Bill Walton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $50.00 View scans 4" Spine split from bottom. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by George Roussos, Bob Forgione, Jay Scott Pike, Bill Everett, Doug Wildey, Pete Morisi, and Jim Mooney. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $43.00 View scans Centerfold detached. Cover oxidation. Staple rust. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Vic Carrabotta, Gene Colan, Howard O'Donnell, Joe Orlando, George Roussos, and Ed Winiarski. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $41.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Staple rust with migration. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Dave Berg, Frank Bolle, John Forte, Bernie Krigstein, John Tartaglione, Marie Severin, and Fred Kida. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $43.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Staple rust. Water damage. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by TheInnerGeek

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $29.00 View scans 3" Cumulative spine split with lateral spine tearing. Cover detached at one staple and centerfold detached. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Fred Kida. Stories by Stan Lee, Bob Powell, Ruben Moreira, Ed Winiarski, Sol Brodsky, Joe Maneely, Bernie Krigstein, and Frank Bolle. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.