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

  • Issue #97
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 97
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3723178016

    The World That Vanished; An explorer finds a great library in the East which contains books that detail the story of Atlantis. Atlantis vanished beneath the waves because a commoner partook of a black magic potion so he could gain the love of the vizier's daughter. Beyond the Grave; The king of an African tribe is jealous the influence the witch doctor possesses, and so opens the cage of a captured gorilla that the beast will slay the witch doctor. Clue in Sepia text story. Danger in the Sun!; Sun Girl investigates a group of Incas in Mexico conducting sacrifices to the sun. The Wooden Horror!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Christopher Rule; A puppeteer sorcerer creates wooden dolls to perpetrate crimes on the village below his castle. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #99
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 99
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2004031010
    • Cover detached at one staple. Water spotting. Tape.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    "The Wax Museum" (script and art by Don Rico), "The Man Who Couldn't Die," "Terror in the Streets" (script by Hank Chapman), and "The Brain." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #109
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 109
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2104152007
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #23-4081923-001
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #2104152008
    • Paper: White
    • Pedigree: Spokane
    • Spokane.
    • Label #1211211001
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  • Issue #110
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 110
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4014110016
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    Cover art by Russ Heath. The Empty Bus!, art by Syd Shores; A mobster gets on a bus during a rainy night that has no other riders in order to track down one of his former boys who took it on the lam; Suddenly a strange old man appears beside him and offers to tell him a story. Harry's Hobby!; An abusive wife pushes her husband past his breaking point. Foolproof!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A greedy landlord torches his building to collect the insurance but forgets one little detail in his plan. No Such Animal? text story. Peter and the Puppet!, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A ventriloquist's dummy is actually alive and becomes a rival for his girlfriend's affections. A Coffin for Carlos!, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $200 Marvel Tales #110 1952 GVG 3.0 GA PCH Ghouls Vampires Ghosts Atlas/Marvel Comics
    $325 Marvel Tales #110 CGC VG 4.0 Story Atlas Comics 12/52

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  • 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 #118
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 118
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1135342001

    Moon Madness!; A newspaper magnate wishes to build a private rocket to the moon in order to secure mineral rights, so he spreads tales of the moon being the source of werewolves to get public pressure hindering the government's moon effort. Typhoid; A couple come up with a fraud scheme to collect a life insurance policy during a typhoid outbreak and then actually encounter a carrier on the train they are leaving town on in order to spend the money in another state. The Infernal Coach text story. Noah; this time, Noah and his space ark leave Earth because of a protracted drought. The Magic Word; A magician threatens the life of a fakir unless he reveals his levitation trick. When a World Went Mad!; A scientist gives the world a serum which grants immortal life, but without the fear of death, atomic war breaks out and ruins civilization. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • 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 #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.

  • 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.

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    $400 MARVEL TALES #130 CGC 3.0 RUSS HEATH

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  • 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.

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    $80 Marvel Tales 137 FR-GD (cntrfld detached) -- Atlas Golden Age 1955

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  • Issue #146
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 146
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #4341446013
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    Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Lost World!, art by Bob Forgione. Reach For the Stars!, art by Joe Maneely. As the Crowd Roars, art by Bob Powell. Address Unknown, art by Bob Bean; An inventor creates a machine to convert rocks into diamonds but kicks it when it doesn't work and turns to panhandling; The kick starts the machine up and it makes his old landlady very rich, but she cannot locate him. The Town That Wasn't text story. One Man's Leprechaun, art by Mort Drucker; A simple man who wants to be mayor helps a Leprechaun in the forest by letting him out of a cave. The Leprechaun gives him magic seeds and magic paint to revitalize the town, but when he asks the ungrateful townsfolk to be made mayor they scoff at him just as much as before when the town was rundown, so he goes back into the forest and takes the Leprechaun with him back into the cave. The Secret Land, art by Bob McCarty. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #149
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 149
    • Interior is complete. Severe water damage. 2 1/2" tear on back cover.

    Cover art by Bill Everett. Among the Missing!; A prospector returns for the man who staked his expedition when he finds a city of marble and gold, but the man thinks his tales are the result of sunstroke and doesn't believe him, until he sees photographic proof. The Last Warning!, art by Vic Carrabotta; A woman has a premonition that her pilot husband is going to crash, but despite several of her dream details matching reality, he lands safely. Charlie's Choice!, art by Frank Bolle; An employee finds that by turning the hands of his factory's time clock he can enter the time dimension where no one is aware of his presence. The Broken Man!, art by Tony Mortellaro; astaways attempt to subdue one of their number whom they feel has cracked from the strain of island living. Palace of Truth text story. Stop Us If You've Read This Before, art by Jim Infantino. The Thief!, art by Joe Orlando. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $69 Marvel Tales 149 FR-GD -- Bill Everett Cover, Joe Orlando Art, Atlas 1956

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  • Issue #151
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 151
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. Barely Human, art by Joe Orlando. Secret Weapon!, art by Paul Reinman; A scientist invents a mind control device to thwart an alien invasion and get the aliens to do some urban renewal projects to boot. A Phantom In the Sky!, art by Jay Scott Pike; A Nazi pilot crosses a dimensional barrier into another world pursuing a dirigible with the intent to capture it. Who Walks In the Ruins; A stamp collector attempts to steal the Midas stamp, which brings its owner great wealth. The Exchange text story. It's Alive, art by Bill Everett; Space explorers discover an Ego the Living Planet-type world. The Parasite!; Aliens intercede with the economic functioning of Earth when they show concern over a wealthy industrialist wishing a monopoly on space flight. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #152
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 152
    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #3866520002
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1198533017
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    "Trapped in the Chinese Garden" (art by Mac L. Pakula), "When the Bubble Burst" (art by Wally Wood), "When Mongorr Appeared," "Beware the Invisible Trap," "The Menace of the Mole-Men" (pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel), "The People That Never Were" (art by Gray Morrow), and a two-page text story, "The Magic Hotel." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #153
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 153
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #1294524004
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. They Prowl On Earth!, art by Herb Familton; Oil barons from Mercury are looking for places to drill in Texas when an Earthling picks up their thought transmissions and thinks he's developed telepathy. No One Can See Me!, art by Robert Q. Sale; An assistant to a professor arranges to dispose of the man's glasses so he must drive a dangerous road at night; When the man has an accident and dies, the assistant plots to sell his invisibility potion to a foreign power. It Can't Be Done!, art by Ted Galindo; A scientist takes a handgun back to 1756 for protection when confronting a gunsmith he hopes to stop from developing his 'ultimate weapon' so that wars will not be as devastating. The Last Man Alive! Music From Above text story. Scare At Sea!, art by Bill Everett. Saucer In the Sky!, art by Pete Morisi. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #155
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 155
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #16-1BFE732-006
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    "I Walk Through Glass," "Forbidden Fruit," "When I Close My Eyes," "Man in a Trance," "The Saucer That Couldn't Fly," "The Lost Million," and a two-page text story, "Upside-Down." Cover price $0.10.

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    $89 Marvel Tales 155 GD -- Bill Everett Art, Atlas 1957
    $120 Marvel Tales 155 VG condition from 1957-quite attractive lower grade book

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  • Issue #157
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 157
    • INCOMPLETE. Piece of back cover and last page missing, does not affect art or story. Centerfold detached, tears throughout.
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  • Issue #159
    Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) 159
    • 2" spine split from top of comic. Water saturation. Cover oxidation.
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    The Man Who Believed, art by Paul Reinman. The Last Look, art by Bernie Krigstein. Wish You Were Here, art by Ed Winiarski; An artist with a poor memory for details comes across an old man who designs greeting cards with magic ink that makes what is drawn there actually occur. Four Who Vanished, art by Al Eadeh. Nose for News text story. Behind the Iron Gate!, art by Matt Fox. The Terrible Touch!, art by Syd Shores; A miner comes upon the immortal king Midas, takes him for a claim jumper and grabs him; The two men that the miner is telling the story to scoff in disbelief so the miner removes his gloves revealing solid gold hands. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.