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Menace (1953 Atlas) comic books

  • Issue #6
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 6
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #2004232007
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
    • Full spine split.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    "The Graymoor Ghost" (script by Stan Lee), "Checkmate!" (script by Lee, art by Gene Colan), "The Corpse" (script by Lee, art by Russ Heath), "Flying Saucer!" (script by Lee, art by John Romita Sr.), and a two-page text story, "Trapped." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 8

    Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Lizard-Man, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; A representative of an underground race of lizard-men asks the leaders of UN countries for some surface territory for their people; When he is rebuffed, he releases volcanic activity upon the surface world. The Werewolf Was Afraid, art by John Romita; An English sports hunter journeys to Austria with the intention of hunting werewolves. The Face of Horror, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; Derck Winters is quite possibly the ugliest man in the world; Trapped within a pitiful existence, Derck's shame prevents him from forming any sort of social bonds including friendships, romantic relationships or even the ability to hold a job. The Wooden Woman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #9
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 9
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4052862005
    • First wrap detached and stapled in place to front of book.
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    Cover art by Gene Colan. Kill Me a Monster, art by Paul Reinman; A professor hires an assassin to kill creatures who possess the bodies of men. Blood Relation, art by Ed Winiarski; This story postulates that love can cure hereditary vampirism. The Fangs of the Wolf, art by Bill Everett; A man who shoots dogs for fun is bitten by a werewolf; He even has hired a sharpshooter to kill any strays that might venture onto his property, but he regrets this action when he changes to wolf form and his hired hand shoots him. Symphony in Death, art by Joe Maneely; When a music critic steals a work from a composer and passes it off as his own, the composer attaches a rope to a phonograph and strangles the critic slowly by playing the recording. The Walking Dead, art by John Forte; A zombie tries to eat a man but is tricked into a crematory chamber. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #10
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 10
    Published Mar 1954 by Atlas.
    • Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover art by Russ Heath. Half Man, Half...?, art by Robert Q. Sale; A scientist invents a cobalt bomb that results in monstrous mutations in a few individuals present at the test site. The Night Crawlers, art by Tony DiPreta; A man who enjoys hunting night crawlers at night strangles his wife when she threatens to leave him and he buries the body in the yard. The Fake!, art by Al Eadeh; A hag that expertly applies makeup looks for a rich elderly man to support her. The Plotters!, art by Sheldon Moldoff; This story is told from the point of view of ants plotting to conquer humanity. In The Cardboard Box, art by Joe Sinnott; An old homicidal maniac uses his disguise as a mute wheelchair bound cripple to throw suspicion off of himself as he cuts off people's heads and collects them as trophies. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Menace (1953 Atlas) 11
    Published May 1954 by Atlas.
    • 3" cumulative spine split, cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover art by Harry Anderson. I, The Robot, art by John Romita; A robot is given a command to kill the man in the room by someone who wishes to steal it after the robot has slain its creator. A Fate Worse Than Death, art by Seymour Moskowitz; A space explorer takes a poison capsule after learning a hideous female alien has selected him for her mate upon reaching her maturity day. Only a Beast, art by Al Eadeh; A bed-ridden old man hates those who will inherit his money so he establishes hypnotic control of his dimwitted caretaker and convinces him that he loves the woman and her husband is mean to her, so he must kill those who harm the one he loves. My Other Body!, art by Jack Katz; A man's conscience convinces him to steal money from a jewelry store for his girlfriend. Locked In!, art by Bob Powell; A woman trails after her husband for twenty years because, after they murdered a family, he skipped out on her with the loot. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.