Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) comic books 1954

Stories by unknown. Art by Joe Sinnott, Gene Colan, Joe Maneely, John Forte and Tony DiPreta. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "Zombie at Large" with art by Joe Sinnott; "The Seekers" with art by Gene Colan; "Fish Story" with art by Joe Maneely; "Cry-Baby" with art by John Forte; "Things'll Be Different" with art by Gene Colan; and 2-page text story "Maniac on the Loose!" with illo by Tony DiPreta, reprinted from Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) #111 (original title: "Haven on a Highway"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Lawrence, Paul Reinman, George Roussos, Chuck Winter, Gene Colan, Tony DiPreta? and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "I Live with Corpses!" with art by Mort Lawrence; "The New World" with art by Paul Reinman; "The Replacement!" with pencils by George Roussos; "Tomorrow I Die!" with art by Chuck Winter; "From Out of the Night" with art by Gene Colan; and 2-page text story "Beware of the Black Panther" with illo by Tony DiPreta?, reprinted from Adventures into Terror (1951) #5 (original title: "Black Vengeance"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by unknown. Art by John Forte, Ed Winiarski, Al Eadeh, Vince Colletta and Bob Powell. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "One Second Till Doom!" with art by John Forte; "The Last Vampire" with art by Ed Winiarski; "One Little Man" with art by Al Eadeh; "The Machine Age" with art by Vince Colletta; "The Face in the Mirror" with art by Bob Powell; and 2-page text story "A Favor from Satan," reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #13 (original title: "The Demon of Disaster"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Lawrence, Ed Moline, Chuck Winter, Sy Grudko, Vic Dowling? and Dick Briefer. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "More Than Human" with art by Mort Lawrence; "The Empty World" with art by Ed Moline; 2-page text story "Steps Going Down" with illo by Chuck Winter; "Timber!" with art by Sy Grudko; "Aftermath!" with art by Vic Dowling?; and "The Man Who Died Again!" with art by Dick Briefer. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Tony DiPreta, John Tartaglione, Tony Mortellaro, Doug Wildey and Jack Abel. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "When Walks the Zombie" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel; 2-page text story "Accidental Death"; "The Torturer" with art by Tony DiPreta; "Tomb for Two!" with art by John Tartaglione; "Fair Exchange!" with art by Tony Mortellaro; and "Bored to Death" with art by Doug Wildey. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by John Tartaglione, Doug Wildey, Chuck Winter, Dick Ayers, Jack Abel and unknown. "Half-Man!" with art by John Tartaglione - Androids are subject to discrimination until a war with space aliens breaks out and then they gain some measure of equality. One of them even plans to marry a human girl if he survives the conflict, but when the war is won, the androids find the old barriers have been put back in place. When the android sees his intended sweetheart on the street, she pretends not to know him. Also in this issue: "The Locked House!" with art by Doug Wildey - A couple finds themselves to be the only survivors of an alien attack; "Seeing Eye" with art by Chuck Winter - A thug hatches a plan to dognap a wealthy man's seeing eye dog for ransom, but it turns out that the man can see and the dog is actually a blind retired werewolf; "The Horror of Sleepy Hollow!" with pencils by Dick Ayers - A man tries to get rid of his rival by frightening him as the headless horseman, but the other guy has the same idea and succeeds in getting his rival committed to an asylum...the real headless horseman shows up to punish him; "The Unctuous Undertaker" with inks by Jack Abel - The Communists of East Germany are baffled by the murders of several of their agents...suspicion falls on an undertaker who transports corpses to West Germany -- an undertaker who turns out to be Death himself; and 2-page text story "Smaller Than an Atom," reprinted from Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) #5 (original title: "The Shrinking Death"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by unknown. Art by Bob McCarthy, Sheldon Moldoff, Mort Lawrence, Paul Hodge, Bob Forgione and Jack Katz. "Smile, Blast Ya, Smile" with art by Bob McCarthy - An editor for a science fiction publication is in danger of losing his job to a man who always smiles. The boss likes his story picks and so do the readers. When circulation rises the editor is fired and turns to drink. He attacks his former assistant with a knife, shredding the smiling mask, revealing the alien underneath. No one believes him and he is placed in an asylum. Plus: "Ask Me No Questions" with art by Sheldon Moldoff - A father thinks his son asks him silly questions and so he gives him silly answers which annoys his mother. When the boy asks him where he came from, the father replies "The stork brought you." The boy asks "How did the stork know where to bring me?" The father replies "I blew my magic whistle" (which is a hunter's moose horn). The boy takes the horn outside and blows it and when the father goes to retrieve it, he sees dozens of storks delivering dozens of babies. And: "Look Homeward, Werewolf!" with art by Mort Lawrence - A werewolf hires a boatman to get him across the river but warns the man that water causes a violent reaction among his kind and if a single drop touches him, his life is forfeit. The boatman agrees, as he claims to be the best boatman for miles around and will have no problem keeping the werewolf dry. They cross the river without incident, but then it starts to...rain. Also in this issue: "The Lucky Stiff!" with art by Paul Hodge - A homeless man receives a ragged old coat with pockets full of cash, but the cash disappears if he removes the coat, so everyone thinks he must have stolen the money, and won't accept it; "The Hidden Graveyard" with art by Bob Forgione - Explorers come upon an elephants graveyard deep in the jungle that is occupied by a monster with no eyes; and 2-page text story "The Real Nurse Kearney" with illo by Jack Katz, reprinted from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) #10 (original title: "Objewanga"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Harry Anderson. Stories by Paul S. Newman, Clayton Martin and unknown. Art by Robert Q. Sale, Myron Fass, Mannie Banks, Ed Moline, Joe Sinnott and unknown. "Who's Who?" with art by Robert Q. Sale - A masterful plastic surgeon is having an affair with his assistant's wife and she thinks her husband will not grant her a divorce so he switches faces with his assistant thinking he can lose his wealth and begin again, but try as he might, he cannot convince the woman that he is not her husband but the man she really loves. Plus: "Death!" with art by Myron Fass - A man wants a superstitious peasant girl for his wife, so when her husband is deathly ill, he gets the idea to disguise himself as Death and come during the night to carry off the husband. What he doesn't count on is the woman's fierce will to fight for her husband and she stabs him in the back. When she realizes who he is, the real Death appears and says that though he came for someone else, this one will suffice. Death leaves with the body of the slain man, sparing the woman's husband. And: "Escape!" with story by Clayton Martin - An escaped convict holds up a store for cash and the owner tosses hot pepper into his eyes. Blinded, he grabs a passerby and orders him to drive the getaway vehicle or he'll shoot. The man tells him he can't drive a car, but the crook tells him that tonight he's going to learn. His vision starts to clear and he gets a look at the person he has pressed into driving and sees that he's had the bad luck to grab a blind person off the street just before they go over a cliff. Also in this issue: "Wish You Were Here!" by Paul S. Newman and Mannie Banks - A man finds a stagecoach that takes him back to the year 1880; "The Last Man!" with art by Ed Moline - A man joins a club with a vampire where the goal is to outlive all other members; and 2-page text story "No Human Hand" with illo by Joe Sinnott, reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #13? (original title: "Terror on Stage"?). 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Harry Anderson. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, Vince Colletta, John Tartaglione, Ed Winiarski, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "The Man Who Couldn't Sing!" with art by Bill Benulis; "As Ye Sow!" with art by Vince Colletta; "The Man Who Wasn't" with art by John Tartaglione; "The Nervous Wreck!" with art by Ed Winiarski; "Dummy!" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky; and 2-page text story "The Penalty!", reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #16 (original title: "Dream's End"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by Sid Greene, Mort Lawrence, Bill Benulis, Ed Winiarski, Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. "Saucer Scare!" with art by Sid Greene - Invading Martians take advantage of a newspaper writer who turns in a hoax story about a flying saucer landing to use his home as a forward base since no one will believe anything he tells them. They tell him all their invasion plans because they know no one will believe. He sees a headline about a hydrogen bomb test in the desert, so he prints a story about the invading Martian fleet traveling through the desert and they take his route figuring no one will expect an attack from that route and are caught in the bomb blast. Plus: "Fair Exchange!" with art by Mort Lawrence - A conman from the future exchanges diamonds for uranium with a man in the past who owns low grade uranium mines. The future man wants the stuff because, as it moves forward in time, it becomes a better grade of uranium. When the diamonds go backward in time, however, the mine owner realizes he's been cheated as he winds up with lumps of coal. Also in this issue: "How?" with art by Bill Benulis - When a man commits robberies and fingerprints and eyewitness accounts don't jibe with the individual the police apprehend they are surprised to discover that the criminal they are pursuing is a pair of dwarfs which take turns standing on each other's shoulders under a disguise; "The Spider Man!" with art by Ed Winiarski - A crazy professor attempts to breed an army of conquering giant spiders with two male spiders; "Don't Count Your Chickens!" with art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache - A professor realizes that planets are actually eggs and eventually the creature growing in the Earth's core will hatch destroying all life upon the surface of Earth; and 2-page text story "Those Who Doubt"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Mort Lawrence, Ross Andru, John Forte, Ed Winiarski, Mort Meskin, George Roussos and unknown. Why did no human being dare stay inside of the..."House!" Find out in this uncanny tale with art by Mort Lawrence. Also in this issue: "How Dry I Am" with pencils by Ross Andru; "The Whispering Wind!" with art by John Forte; "The Little Man" with art by Ed Winiarski; "History" with art by Mort Meskin and George Roussos; and 2-page text story "The Creature!", reprinted from Adventures Into Weird Worlds (1952-1954 Marvel/Atlas) #13 (original title: "The Thing That Hatched"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.