Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) comic books 1954-1956
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Published Feb 1954 by Marvel/Atlas.
- Cover oxidation. Moisture damage.
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$111.00
View scans- 1" Cumulative spine split. Chew. Heavy cover oxidation.
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- Interior is complete. Near full length spine split, cover detached and torn, centerfold detached at one staple.
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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Mar 1954 by Marvel/Atlas.$100.00
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The Voice from the Grave; A woman buries her husbands alive for their money until the ghost of the first victim digs up the latest and they get their revenge upon her. The Cannibals; A son is eaten by his father who has converted to the cannibal way of life. The Gamble!; A gambler's idiot son can spell out the names of winning ponies but refuses to do so after a few wins. Appointment with Death; A 25-year-old with a brain tumor is given small odds of surviving surgery to remove it and has a hallucination of encountering Death. Down Down Down; A professor and his assistant become the victims of mermen who open up their bathysphere in order to get a better look at them. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Apr 1954 by Marvel/Atlas.
- 6" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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Published Oct 1954 by Marvel/Atlas.$105.00
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Vampires Also Die; A vampire is jealous of his brother's prowess and so he bargains with a witch to kill him; The witch gives him a powder to sprinkle on his brother's wings so that they will be unresponsive when he attempts to flee the mob. A Thing of Evil text story. Buried Alive!; A magician gets his romantically-minded assistant out of the way by locking her in a safe and dumping it in the river so that she drowns as water leaks in. He Walks through Walls; When a bank president receives a shock in his bathroom which renders his body intangible he decides to rob his own bank. Skrak's Secret!; An envious artist wishes to learn how a painter paints the grotesque figures that he does so he sneaks into the studio and surprises the man in his work. Gone is the Gargoyle; A gargoyle disguises himself as a policeman to marry a human girl. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1954 by Marvel/Atlas.$230.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Label #3849625004
Cover art by Harry Anderson. Emily, art by Pete Tumlinson; An alien marries a homely Earth girl who is treated cruelly by those around her and gives her a ring that will protect her when the rest of his invasion force lands. The Search! text story. When a Vampire Dies; Villagers kill a vampire who was appointed for their district and he is replaced by a vampire not content to feed merely upon the blood of animals. The Man Who Meddled!; A researcher looking to accelerate the life span of mice succeeds, but because he was exposed to the process as well, his son is dead from old age two weeks after his birth, and he is aging rapidly too. Walking Horror, art by Tom Cooke. Oh, Baby!, art by John Forte. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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$334 Marvel Tales #128 FN- 5.5 Flying Saucer Cover Art Harry Anderson!!! Marvel Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Jan 1955 by Marvel/Atlas.
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #0276664007
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Cover art by Russ Heath. Tornado, art by Vic Carrabotta; A tornado that behaves as though it were enslaved to a particular man turns out to be created by aliens to study his behavior. No Escape text story. Willie! Or Won't He?, art by Paul Hodge. The Next World!, art by John Forte. The Threat, art by Mort Lawrence. The Giant Killer, art by Sid Greene; Four mutant giants emerge from hiding after an atomic bomb test so that they can destroy the menacing mutant creatures created by the blast; They know that the radiation from the test will eventually prove deadly to all humans, but they are hunted down and killed before they can reveal how to stop this from happening. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1955 by Marvel/Atlas.
- Paper: Off white to white
- Label #1197184001
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- Cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.
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Lost...One Robot, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel; A scientist attempts to build a robot companion but becomes jealous of its abilities; The machine can even read his mind and when the scientist thinks of dismantling the device, the robot falls apart in despair. Courage text story. The Door That Wouldn't Stay Shut!, art by Bob Powell; A landlord replaces a tenant's door with a door that continues to open of its own volition, so the man nails it shut for the night; When a fire breaks out, the door still opens itself, despite the nails. King of the World; A physicist wants his youth back so he can use his knowledge to lord it over people and drinks a youth serum that regresses him to infancy. He Came From Nowhere, art by John Forte; A man down on his luck is helped out by a 'dog' who is actually an angel. A Jinn Named Joe; An office employee gets a Jinn who helps him achieve material success, but then he becomes unpopular around the office. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1956 by Marvel/Atlas.$129.00
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- Label #4341446013
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Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Lost World!, art by Bob Forgione. Reach For the Stars!, art by Joe Maneely. As the Crowd Roars, art by Bob Powell. Address Unknown, art by Bob Bean; An inventor creates a machine to convert rocks into diamonds but kicks it when it doesn't work and turns to panhandling; The kick starts the machine up and it makes his old landlady very rich, but she cannot locate him. The Town That Wasn't text story. One Man's Leprechaun, art by Mort Drucker; A simple man who wants to be mayor helps a Leprechaun in the forest by letting him out of a cave. The Leprechaun gives him magic seeds and magic paint to revitalize the town, but when he asks the ungrateful townsfolk to be made mayor they scoff at him just as much as before when the town was rundown, so he goes back into the forest and takes the Leprechaun with him back into the cave. The Secret Land, art by Bob McCarty. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Oct 1956 by Marvel/Atlas.$175.00
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Cover art by Bill Everett. Barely Human, art by Joe Orlando. Secret Weapon!, art by Paul Reinman; A scientist invents a mind control device to thwart an alien invasion and get the aliens to do some urban renewal projects to boot. A Phantom In the Sky!, art by Jay Scott Pike; A Nazi pilot crosses a dimensional barrier into another world pursuing a dirigible with the intent to capture it. Who Walks In the Ruins; A stamp collector attempts to steal the Midas stamp, which brings its owner great wealth. The Exchange text story. It's Alive, art by Bill Everett; Space explorers discover an Ego the Living Planet-type world. The Parasite!; Aliens intercede with the economic functioning of Earth when they show concern over a wealthy industrialist wishing a monopoly on space flight. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1956 by Marvel/Atlas.$300.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #1198533017
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$90.00
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"Trapped in the Chinese Garden" (art by Mac L. Pakula), "When the Bubble Burst" (art by Wally Wood), "When Mongorr Appeared," "Beware the Invisible Trap," "The Menace of the Mole-Men" (pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel), "The People That Never Were" (art by Gray Morrow), and a two-page text story, "The Magic Hotel." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Dec 1956 by Marvel/Atlas.
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #1294524004
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Cover art by Bill Everett. They Prowl On Earth!, art by Herb Familton; Oil barons from Mercury are looking for places to drill in Texas when an Earthling picks up their thought transmissions and thinks he's developed telepathy. No One Can See Me!, art by Robert Q. Sale; An assistant to a professor arranges to dispose of the man's glasses so he must drive a dangerous road at night; When the man has an accident and dies, the assistant plots to sell his invisibility potion to a foreign power. It Can't Be Done!, art by Ted Galindo; A scientist takes a handgun back to 1756 for protection when confronting a gunsmith he hopes to stop from developing his 'ultimate weapon' so that wars will not be as devastating. The Last Man Alive! Music From Above text story. Scare At Sea!, art by Bill Everett. Saucer In the Sky!, art by Pete Morisi. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.