Uncanny Tales comic books issue 20

Cover by Robert Q. Sale. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Briefer, Bill Walton, Jack Katz, Tony DiPreta and unknown. "Ted's Head!" - A scholar has a recurring dream of the executions which occurred during the French Revolution. He stops the guillotine by flashing a talisman at the executioner. When an acquaintance wants to take credit for the man's research he tries to accelerate the man's mental breakdown by substituting his talisman for a fake. The next time the scholar wakes from his dream he tells his daughter that the executioner just laughed at him when he flashed the talisman and went on with the executions. Outside his bedroom, the severed head of the schemer lies next to its body. Also in this issue: "Somewhere Lurks a Thing!" with art by Dick Briefer - A psychiatrist becomes possessed by his patient's demon; "The Only One" with art by Bill Walton - The only captured prisoner the communists can convince to return to North Korea is a madman; "Who Shall Judge" with art by Jack Katz - A judge commits suicide when his crooked ways catch up to him; "Proof Positive" with art by Tony DiPreta - A man discovers that the moon is being drawn towards Earth two miles every day by the force exerted on it from counter-Earth on the opposite side of the sun; and 2-page text story "The Uninvited Guest," reprinted from Journey into Mystery (1952) #2 (original title: "The Pact") - A historian, writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft, interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Issue #20 of Untold Tales of Spider-Man flipbook with Uncanny Origins #8. Cover price $1.99.