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Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) comic books 1953-1955

  • Issue #111
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 111
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back; Significant scuff(s) inner well
    • Label #4014110017
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  • Issue #120
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 120
    • 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.

  • Issue #121
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 121
    • Interior is complete. REMAINDER COPY. Cover oxidation.
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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.

  • Issue #122
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 122
    • 6" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust. Rust migration.
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  • Issue #127
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 127

    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.

  • Issue #128
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 128
    • 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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  • Issue #130
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 130
    • 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.

  • Issue #135
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 135
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    • Cover oxidation.

    This issue contains interior artwork by Dick Ayers and Mort Drucker (5 page story). "Mr. Dugan's Dragon!" (cover featured) features a reporter who looks enough like J. Jonah Jamison to be Jonah's father. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #137
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 137
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1197184001
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • 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.