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Uncanny Tales (1973 Marvel) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Uncanny Tales (1973 Marvel) 1
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3940211007
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    All reprints from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #9. Cover pencils by Gil Kane, inks by Tom Palmer. "Like a Chicken Without a Head!", 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. "Rudolph's Racket," art by Al Eadeh; An innkeeper keeps two large wolves in the cellar which devour curious guests so he can claim their valuables. "Propaganda!", art by Manny Stallman. "Time Marches On!", 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 clock mechanism. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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    $26 UNCANNY TALES #1 RETELLS 1950'S GOLDEN AGE HORROR SCI FI HIGHER GRADE NICE!
    $130 UNCANNY TALES #1 MARVEL COMICS CGC 8.5 GRADED! BRONZE AGE HORROR TITLE
    5 days left Auction Marvel Comics Uncanny Tales Issue 1 FN/VF /1-104
    5 days left Auction UNCANNY TALES #1 V.F.- 1973
    5 days left Auction Uncanny Tales #1 (1973) - Average/High Grade

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  • Issue #2
    Uncanny Tales (1973 Marvel) 2

    All reprints. Cover art by Carl Burgos and John Romita (alterations). "The Graves That Moved" (from Marvel Tales #126); The undead victims of a slumlord's unsafe living conditions fly their coffins to the man's lawn; He attempts to flee, but the coffins hem him in and bury him alive. "Out of the Swamps!" (from Uncanny Tales #44), 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. "Dead End!" (from Uncanny Tales #12), script by Burt Frohman, art by Tom Gill; A man travels back in time and kills his younger self. "Last Seen Climbing a Ladder!" (from Marvel Tales #138), art by Vic Carrabotta; A mocked scientist succeeds in building a ladder to an asteroid. "Superstition" (from Mystic #30), art by Syd Shores; Three escaped convicts from a penal colony in French Guyana steal a boat from a native tribe and set out in spite of warnings from the natives, which leads to their death. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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    $6 Uncanny Tales #2 (VG) (1974, Marvel)
    $7 38517: Marvel Comics UNCANNY TALES #2 VG Grade
    $13 31676: UNCANNY TALES #2 Fine Plus Grade
    $13 UNCANNY TALES #2 MARVEL BRONZE AGE RETELLS 1950'S GOLDEN AGE HORROR SCI FI SWAMP
    $13 31676: Atlas UNCANNY TALES #2 Fine Plus Grade

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  • Issue #3
    Uncanny Tales (1973 Marvel) 3

    Last 20-cent cover price. All reprints. Cover art by Russ Heath. "The Storm" (from Strange Tales #8), art by Vic Carrabotta; A killer hijacks a plane to escape the police; The pilot turns out to be Satan and he lands the plane in Hell. "This Way Out" (from Adventures into Weird Worlds #17), art by Carmine Infantino and Carl Burgos (last panel only); In a hospital prison ward, a condemned killer's other occupant in the room tells him that there are no bars on the window; The killer attempts to escape through the window, but the other patient in the room turns out to be Death and the window looks into the execution chamber. "The Little Monsters" (from Marvel Tales #114), art by Tony DiPreta; A nephew visits his uncle on an African plantation to ask for help with his gambling debts; When the uncle refuses, he resolves to murder him for the inheritance. "The Pharaoh Walks" (from Uncanny Tales #38) , script by Carl Wessler, art by 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. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.20.

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    $13 UNCANNY TALES #3 RETELLS 1950'S GOLDEN AGE HORROR SCI FI CITY MORGUE GHOUL COVER
    $25 Uncanny Tales for the Grave 3 FN+, Vault of Evil 14 VG, Worlds Unknown 5 GD+
    $39 UNCANNY TALES #3 8.0 // MARVEL COMICS 1974
    4 days left Auction Uncanny Tales From The Grave Volume 1 Issue 3 Marvel Comics 1974
    3 days left Auction UNCANNY TALES FROM THE GRAVE #3 MARVEL Comics 1974

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  • Issue #11
    Uncanny Tales (1973 Marvel) 11
    • Paper: White
    • Label #1618510016
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    All reprints. Cover inks by Frank Giacoia. "I Found the Mad Universe!" (from Strange Tales #76), art by Steve Ditko; A scientist uses a powerful new microscope to discover an entire world existing at the sub-atomic level; He is horrified to find that this world, Earth, is just as barbaric and violent as his own. "The Dead Don't Sleep!" (from Adventures into Terror #30), art by Al Eadeh; The ghost of a murderer kills a medium who has been disturbing the sleep of the dead. "I Saw the Elephants' Graveyard!" (from Strange Tales #72), art by John Forte; An ivory hunter searches for the legendary spot where elephants go to die, but he finds that the spot is an inaccessible pit of quicksand. "Escape!" (from Menace #4), 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; He reads of a rocket to the moon and thinks if he can get aboard that he will be safe, but he doesn't realize the test rocket is not large enough to hold a human passenger. "The Big Bang!!" Hostess snack cakes ad featuring Captain Marvel. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.