Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) comic books 1953

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, Harry Anderson, Larry Woromay, Bob Brown and Howie Post. "Kill, Clown, Kill!" with art by Harry Anderson - A clown kills his clown rival so he can have his fame and his girlfriend. He tries to find a plastic surgeon to alter his looks so he will appear as the dead man, but fails. The police track him back to the circus where he is shot resisting arrest. He dies at the foot of the woman he professes his love to as he realizes she is blind. Plus: "The Witch of Landor" with art by Larry Woromay - A duke forces a witch to call up his ancestor so that he can ask the ghost where the castle's hidden treasure is. When the witch does as she is bidden, the ghost replies that the treasure location was a secret even in his time and that the duke will have to seek further back. The witch calls up several spirits in succession without the knowledge of the treasure's location until she calls up a gorilla which strangles the duke. Also in this issue: "The Gal Who Talked Too Much!" with art by Bob Brown - A (mad?) scientist looking for 'volunteers' to spend the rest of their lives buried in a time capsule gives two sleeping pills to a husband and his blabber-mouth wife, lying to the both of them that they can be rid of each other if they administer the pill to their spouse...while they are asleep, he transfers both of them to the time capsule; "Planet of Death!" with art by Howie Post - Aliens find Earth air poisonous so they observe a man haranguing a crowd about flying saucers through a telescope; "I Was Locked in a...Haunted House!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely - When a boy tells his friends that he doesn't believe in the spooky things they read about in comic books, they dare him to spend an hour in a haunted house at midnight; and 2-page text story "The Twins"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by John Forte, George Roussos, Joe Maneely, Manny Stallman, Jay Scott Pike, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Bring Back My Face" by Stan Lee and John Forte; "Gravedigger's Ghost" with art by George Roussos; "Day of Execution" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely; 2-page text story "Pact in Blood" with illo by Manny Stallman; "If I Look I'll Go Mad!" with art by Jay Scott Pike; and "The Big Blow-Up" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall, Al Eadeh, Bill Everett, Manny Stallman, Myron Fass and Harry Anderson. "Like a Chicken without a Head!" with 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. As he removes his head from his torso, he says to himself "The world isn't ready for us." Also in this issue: "Rudolph's Racket" with art by Al Eadeh - An innkeeper keeps two large wolves in the cellar which devour curious guests so he can claim their valuables; 2-page text story "The Upside-Down Room" with illo by Bill Everett; "Propaganda" with art by Manny Stallman; "The Executioner" with art by Myron Fass - A story told from the point of view of a turkey on Thanksgiving day; and "Time Marches On!" with 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 a clock mechanism. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, John Romita, Sr., Sam Burlockoff, Myron Fass and Paul Reinman. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Money Mad!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely; "The Mark of Death" with art by John Romita, Sr.; "Murder Will Out!" with art by Sam Burlockoff; "Call for Luther Kane" with art by Myron Fass; "The Man Who Came Back to Life" with art by Paul Reinman; and 2-page text story "The Ghost of Nesterfield Hall," reprinted from Adventures into Terror (1951) #8 (original title: "The Nesterfield Horror"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Harry Anderson, Gene Colan, Bill Walton, Sid Greene and Jack Abel. "The Man Who Changed" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel - A timid, unimpressive man stays behind to witness an H Bomb test on an island with the guinea pigs figuring that any change will be an improvement. The bomb flash blinds and burns him, but when he recovers in the hospital, he finds that he has grown taller, powerfully built and handsome. He resolves to leave the institution, although the personnel attempt to restrain him for fear of his contamination, and marry the girl he's wild about. She reacts in fear to his presence though, and all people shun him. He returns to the test island where the guinea pigs accept him. Also in this issue: "If Looks Could Kill!" with art by Harry Anderson - When a beautiful woman cheats a smitten scientist out of ten thousand dollars to gamble with, he gets revenge by transforming her ageless beauty into stone; "The Hungry Jaws" with art by Gene Colan - A plantation owner attempts to buy time to ignite a moat defense against swarming ants by sacrificing his workers to them, but even though the ploy works, the ants cross over the burning moat by crossing over the dead ant corpses and kill him; "Joe's Weak Spot" with art by Bill Walton - A man finds that he cannot be the boxer he wants to be with his literal glass jaw; "The Mental Case" with art by Sid Greene - A psychologist treats a man who claims to have a demon in his head and ends up with it himself; and 2-page text story "The Sentence!", reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #9 (original title: "Vengeance of the Time Stream"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Burt Frohman and unknown. Art by Tom Gill, Bill Everett, Paul Reinman, Sam Kweskin and Bob Powell. In this issue: "Dead End!" by Burt Frohman and Tom Gill - A man travels back in time and kills his younger self; "The New Tenants" with art by Bill Everett - A man works for a miser who cheats people on real estate deals until he gets so fed up with his boss selling run down dumps to kindly old folks that he kills him and shores up the floor support in the cellar with the man's body; 2-page text story "The Phantom Gladiator"; "Devil's Island" with art by Paul Reinman - A man takes his unfaithful lover in the dark to the largest pearl she has ever seen...it's still inside the giant clam which closes on her; "Bertha Gets Buried" with art by Sam Kweskin - A man assumes his wife is cheating, kills her, and buries her in the cellar...it turns out that the man he thought she was cheating with is a handyman she hired to clean out the cellar like her husband asked her to...he is digging up the floor to lay down cement when he uncovers her body; and "The Man from Outer Space" with art by Bob Powell - A woman on a farm who is always complaining that she doesn't have six hands to do all the work that she is asked to gets her wish when an alien crash lands in the barn with the power to grow new limbs. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Jerry Robinson, Bob Fujitani, Tony DiPreta and Russ Heath. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "The Man Who Was Scared out of His Skin!" with art by Joe Sinnott; 2-page text story "The Actor"; "Where There's Smoke" with art by Jerry Robinson; "Open Wider, Please!" with art by Bob Fujitani; "Are You a Weakling?" with art by Tony DiPreta; and "Meet Mr. Jones!" with art by Russ Heath. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Stories by unknown. Art by Ed Winiarski, Russ Heath, Dick Ayers, Mort Lawrence, Joe Sinnott and unknown. "For the Birds!" with art by Ed Winiarski - When Professor Gorey realizes that there is a valuable market in interplanetary birds, he begins stealing eggs from other worlds, hatching them, and selling the rare birds. However, on one trip to a new planet, he finds a giant bird taller than a skyscraper, who mistakes his spaceship for its egg and sits down on it, crushing the ship and the professor. Also in this issue: "The Victims of Vonntor!" with art by Russ Heath - A man with eight arms kills people and avoids being arrested for the crimes because when he is fingerprinted he shows the police a different set of hands; 2-page text story "The Dreadful Formula"; "The Hidden Martians" with pencils by Dick Ayers - A man charged with detecting hidden Martians is unaware that his girlfriend is one; "The Horselaugh" with art by Mort Lawrence; and "Find a Pin and Pick It Up!" with art by Joe Sinnott - A man fashions a voodoo doll to kill his partner and winds up killing himself. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Tony DiPreta, Al Eadeh, Ross Andru and Myron Fass. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Escape from Mars" with art by Joe Sinnott; 2-page text story "The Bat Doctor"; "The Man Who Saw Death!" with art by Tony DiPreta; "Who Called?" with art by Al Eadeh; "Phooey on Phoonga" with art by Ross Andru; and "Home Sweet Home" with art by Myron Fass. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.