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Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) comic books 1954-1956

  • Issue #26
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 26
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #1618318015
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    The Last Stop, art by Gene Colan; When a gangster carries out a mob hit, he unintentionally catches his wife and children in the crossfire. Guinea Pig, art by Jack Katz; When a scientist rockets his assistant into space, aliens capture the craft and inject the man with a serum that increases his strength and drives him mad. The Busybody text story. A Grave Mistake, art by Tony DiPreta. To the Stars, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry; In 1980, men build a colony on the moon. It Could Be You, art by Vic Carrabotta. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $399 STRANGE TALES #26 (1954) VG/FN Golden Age Atlas (Pre-Marvel) Book
    8 hours left Auction Strange Tales #26 (1954) Atlas Fine- (5.5) Horror! Burgos cover! Golden Age!!

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  • Issue #32
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 32
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4351806005
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #2121217009

    Cover art by Harry Anderson. Man Or Beast, art by Paul Reinman. The Ticket text story. The Dreadful Disguise, art by Al Eadeh. Harley's Friend, art by Bob McCarty. The Wrong Man, art by Jim McLaughlin. The Horrible Years, art by Joe Maneely. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    8 hours left Auction Strange Tales #32 (1954) Atlas VG/FN (5.0) Horror! Maneely! Reinman! Golden Age!

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  • Issue #33
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 33
    • INCOMPLETE. Four full front/back pages and part of another page missing. The Spy and What Is It stories are complete, all others affected.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    "A Giant There Was!" with art by Pete Tomlinson; "The Schemers!" with art by Paul Reinman; "Step Lively, Please"; "The Spy"; "What Is It?"; and a two-page text story, "Haunted Man." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #37
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 37
    • Paper: White
    • Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Label #3860398006
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover art by Sol Brodsky. "A Stroke of the Pen," pencils by Jack Katz; A miser who owns many pieces of Americana is surprised to learn that a pen which belonged to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence has written a check by itself for a million dollars of his money to a charity benefiting refugees from tyranny around the world. "The Richest Man in the World," art by Mort Lawrence; A story that shares plot elements with Frederick Pohl's satire "Midas World." "Too Many Robots," art by Vic Carrabotta; A robot that is mistaken for human quells a potential riot against his kind. "The Hero" text story, art by John Romita. "Out of the Storm!", art by Dick Ayers; After sled dogs perish in a fire, their ghosts lead a stranded man in a blizzard to safety. "Don't Think So Loud," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Art Peddy; When a business tycoon gains the power to read the minds of others, he realizes that he is thought of poorly and changes his stingy ways. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #41
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 41

    "The Riddle of the Skull," "The Fishman" (art by Bill Everett), "The Strange Stick" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "They Won't Believe," "Man in the Dark" (art by Joe Orlando), and a two-page text story, "The Search!" Joe Maneely cover. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #44
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 44

    Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The Man Who Ran Away!, art by Bob Forgione. One World at a Time!, art by Joe Orlando. The Stone text story. The Mysterious Border, art by Robert Sale. Look Out Below, art by Bob Powell. Safari In the Sky!, art by Ed Winiarski. Take A Giant Step, art by Paul Reinman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    8 hours left Auction Strange Tales #44 (1956) Atlas Fine- (5.5) Orlando! Reinman! Sol Brodsky cover!!

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  • Issue #45
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 45
    • 2" Spine split from bottom of comic. Cover coming loose at both staples. Water damage. Staple rust, rust migration.

    Cover art by Bill Everett. Land of Vanishing Men, art by Joe Sinnott; Three men who dream of the adventure of knights join a mirage in the desert set during the Crusades. The Night People, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel; A cowardly boy is ashamed when space aliens interrogate him for when would be the best time to invade. The Eyes of Mr. Moody!, art by Jack Keller; A timid hypnotist hypnotizes himself hoping to give himself the daring to succeed in business. The Strange Exchange!, art by Ed Winiarski. The Impersonation text story. The Man Who Went Back!, art by Bernie Krigstein; A man who can experience the past in his imagination goes back to the creation. Sorry, Wrong Planet, pencils by Bernard Baily. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $299 Strange Tales #45 - Atlas Comics 1956 CGC 4.0 Carl Wessler story, Bill Everett c

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  • Issue #48
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 48
    • Centerfold detached at one staple. Cover oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    The Deserted Lighthouse, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel. The Man Who Stole a Skyscraper, art by Manny Stallman. The Men In Space, art by Bill Walton. I've Got To Hide, art by Mort Meskin. Muscle Man text story. Medicine Man, art by Ed Winiarski. The Last of Mr. Grimm, art by Dick Ayers. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $85 Strange Tales 48 VG- Atlas Horror Sci-Fi 1956

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  • Issue #51
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 51
    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold and additional piece missing, interrupts art and story.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    1st Silver Age issue. "The Insects!" with art by Paul Reinman; "Inside the Black Box" wiht art by Herb Familton; "No Place on Earth!" with art by Harry Lazarus; "He Stalks by Night!"; "Blackout!"; "The Thing in the Jungle!"; and a two-page text story, "Over the Moon." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #53
    Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) 53

    Cover art by Bill Everett. "I Died Tomorrow!", art by Pete Morisi; A man invents a time machine and begins to regularly predict the future until a mob is angry that there is nothing left to live for if everything is known in advance and burn down his lab. "The Brute!", script by Carl Wessler, art by John Forte; Julius Caesar has a dream that he and his close associates are 30's gangsters warning him of his impending assassination. "They Crawl By Night!", art by Vic Carrabotta; A bum finds self-respect when he rejects an offer of underground beings to be their leader in an invasion of the surface world. "What Stanley Saw!", script by Carl Wessler, art by Angelo Torres; A pilot sees a flying saucer land and loses his job over the publicity; He investigates and finds alien refugees attempting to keep a low profile. "The Thirtieth Century" text story. "The Gray Thing!", art by Gene Colan; In the year 2856 a man tells a friend a story about an antique robot he acquired that was built three hundred years ago. "The Man Who Crushed Rocks!", art by Reed Crandall; A man gets driven off into a swamp and finds a spring that gives him great strength; He returns to the town that drove him out and robs the bank. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.