Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) comic books 1956

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Everett, Vic Carrabotta, Ross Andru, Syd Shores, Paul Reinman and unknown. "I Dare Not Sleep!" with art by Bill Everett - While trying to sleep, Hugh wanders into a strange dimension where people lie asleep in rooms. Hugh's friend Dean appears and explains while people sleep their dreams create reality and Hugh understands his own life is a dream. Hugh goes to find his other self as it sleeps to prevent it from waking up, but suddenly Hugh himself awakens. He decides it was all a dream and writes a story about it. Also in this issue: 2-page text story "Wrong Number"; "The Hunted!" with art by Vic Carrabotta - Jim and Andrew go hunting and are confronted by creatures from prehistory due to a child in a parallel dimension playing with his family's timelock device; "The Building That Grew" with pencils by Ross Andru - Tom declares he'll build the world's tallest skyscraper...his building continues to rise without ending until it reaches an alien race, who welcome him to join them; "Lost and Found" with art by Syd Shores - Clark investigates a strange advertisement posted in the newspaper asking someone to return a lost raygun...when the raygun turns up in the mail Clark tests it and disappears, reappearing on Mars...an ad appears in the paper announcing they found the missing Clark; and "Till Death Do Us Part!" with art by Paul Reinman - Nora shuts down an atomic pile and suffers a terrible dose of radiation...as she struggles in the hospital, Mark appears to her and tells her to share what she knows with his colleagues...Mark was lost at sea, it was his spirit who visited Nora. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Ross Andru, John Severin, John Forte, Ed Winiarski and unknown. "The Night the Sphinx Spoke!" with art by Dick Ayers - Criminal Jerry uses a microphone to make the Sphinx 'talk' and commands people bring jewels to it, where a pharaoh claims the gems. Vince is arrested with his gang who were supposed to be playing the part of the pharaoh and his guards, but they reveal they were nabbed before the performance -- the pharaoh was real. Also in this issue: "There Is No Escape" with art by Ross Andru - A robot tries to pit humans and androids against each other but the robot's creators intervene in time to stop him; "A Day to Remember" by Carl Wessler and John Severin - Rupert is almost kidnapped and brought to Mars but escapes his captors...realizing it was April Fool's Day, he decides it was all a prank...it wasn't; 2-page text story "Invasion"; "The Man Who Vanished!" with art by John Forte - After pricking himself with Keller's formula Ogden finds himself in prehistory hunting a woolly mammoth with cavemen but when the formula wears off he forgets the experience; "A Man's Best Friend" by Carl Wessler and Ed Winiarski - Jovians kidnap Bruce the dog, thinking him an Earthling...Bruce winds up thwarting Count Ryk's attempt to seize the emperor's throne, then the emperor sends Bruce home, afraid Bruce might take over the planet himself; and "Trapped in the Labyrinth!" - Holt and Wilson fashion games to test each other...Holt loses when Wilson employs Farrah to trap Holt in a maze within his own mind. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by John Forte, Bill Benulis, Sol Brodsky, Joe Sinnott, Syd Shores, Dick Ayers and Gene Colan. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "The First Man!" with art by John Forte; "The Richest Man on Earth!" with art by Bill Benulis; "Unlucky Thirteen" by Carl Wessler and Sol Brodsky; "Shadows from the Past!" with art by Joe Sinnott; "Beyond the Four Doors" by Carl Wessler and Syd Shores; "The Pyramid's Secret!" with art by Dick Ayers; and 2-page text story "The Disappearance" with illo by Gene Colan. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Bernie Krigstein, Bernard Baily, Sol Brodsky, Bill Benulis, Bob Forgione, Mort Drucker and unknown. "They Wait Below" with art by Bernie Krigstein - A lighthouse attendant is accosted by Sirens who wish the beacon to remain unlit so passing ships will founder upon the reef, but as he backs away from them, he knocks over a table lamp which starts a fire and warns the ship away. The next day, men who come to investigate tell him he imagined the Sirens, but he points to their footprints in the sand. Also in this issue: "The Mystery of Mercury" with art by Bernard Baily; 2-page text story "The Jackpot"; "The Little Men" with art by Sol Brodsky - An old man creates wooden statues that leprechauns collect; "Which Road to Take!" with art by Bill Benulis - A man driving through backroads finds himself dreaming about coming upon a sorcerer's town and rescuing a captive girl; "Mistaken Identity!" with pencils by Bob Forgione; and "The Telepathic Typewriter" with art by Mort Drucker - A writer buys a magic typewriter that shows a mental vision of the truth of any newspaper story that is typed on it. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by John Forte, Paul Reinman, Tony Mortellaro, Robert Q. Sale, Bob Powell and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "And After Death..." with art by John Forte; "The Hidden Answer" by Carl Wessler and Paul Reinman; "The Building That Grew"; "Don't Nobody Move" with art by Tony Mortellaro; 2-page text story "Circus Magic"; "Double Identity!" with art by Robert Q. Sale; and "The Man Who Saw a Groplin" with art by Bob Powell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Harry Lazarus, George Roussos, John Forte, Bob McCarthy and Paul Reinman. "Out of the Swamps!" with art by Dick Ayers - A scientist discovers a type of lemur living in the swamp that only lives for a week. He gets the idea to conduct an experiment in accelerated evolution and they produce wondrous discoveries which he shares with mankind. His contact with the outside world wants the power that such information would give him and so, after defeating the villain, the lemurs decide to return to the swamp where they will soon go back to their old ways of living. Plus: "Beyond Belief!" with art by Harry Lazarus - An inventor develops a gas that suspends gravity and tests it out on various houses before announcing his demands to the government. A stray dog jumps through an open window looking for a handout but the man shouts at it to get out. When it jumps back out the window it knocks over the entire canister of the gas, sending the man's house into orbit. Also in this issue: "The Frightened Man!" by Carl Wessler and George Roussos - A man disguises himself as an alien from Pluto to fool a paranoid dictator into imprisoning his entire cabinet on suspicion of treason so that the people can overthrow him; "She Came from Nowhere!" with art by John Forte; 2-page text story "Traveling Sam" - A bookkeeper gives up his fantasies of travel and goes back to handball after a strange encounter with two Indian magicians; "Planet of Doom" with art by Bob McCarthy; and "The Girl Who Didn't Exist!" by Carl Wessler and Paul Reinman - An archeologist fancies the maiden statue that is uncovered among Roman ruins so much that he is drawn back in time to marry her and become the next Caesar. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Pete Morisi, Gene Colan, Herb Familton, George Roussos, Robert Q. Sale, Bill Benulis and unknown. "Inside the Pit!" by Carl Wessler and Pete Morisi - A woman berates her husband for not being ambitious and he has an accident at the power plant which changes his personality. He attempts to extort the city by threatening to detonate the power plant, but another accident is arranged which puts his personality back the way it was and his wife is content. Plus: "Behind the Wall!" with pencils by Gene Colan - A man who resents the Great Wall of China as taking up resources that could have accelerated scientific progress finds himself back in time at its construction. He confronts the emperor who reveals that the wall was not built to keep out the Tartars, but rather alien invaders who ride dragon-like beasts and use gunpowder weapons. And: "The Men with Green Blood" with art by Herb Familton - A doctor treats a wounded patient with green blood, but the patient dies and the blood color reverts to red. After he leaves the clinic, two people tail him but he manages to give them the slip and follow them back to a house where he learns they are mutants. A fire starts, and he escapes, but he suffers a cut during the experience and learns that he is a mutant as well. Also in this issue: "The Hand!" with art by George Roussos; "The Cure!" with art by Robert Q. Sale - A doctor uses a time machine to try and wipe out the common cold virus in the past, but when he returns to the present he finds it overrun with beetles that the cold virus had destroyed before he mucked with time; 2-page text story "Movie Marvel"; and "An Hour to Live!" with art by Bill Benulis - A man given three months to live builds a time machine which takes him to a point in the future where Earth's oxygen is diminishing with only a few hours left. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Gray Morrow, Joe Certa, Ed Winiarski, Howard O'Donnell, John Tartaglione, Mike Sekowsky and unknown. The most uncanny tales ever told! In this issue: "The Uninvited!" with art by Gray Morrow; "The Sinister One" with art by Joe Certa; "The Traveling Companion" with art by Ed Winiarski; "The Green Man" with art by Howard O'Donnell; 2-page text story "Mystery Trip"; "She Never Returned!" with art by John Tartaglione; and "The Day the Earth Froze" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Howard O'Donnell, Ted Galindo, Tony DiPreta, Lou Cameron, Robert Q. Sale and Bill Walton. Will you join Mike Gannon in..."The Room of No Return!" Don't miss this uncanny tale with art by Howard O'Donnell. Also in this issue: "Attila!" with art by Ted Galindo; "What on Earth" with art by Tony DiPreta; "Human on the Run!" by Carl Wessler and Lou Cameron; 2-page text story "Snowstorm"; "The Awful Emptiness" by Carl Wessler and Robert Q. Sale; and "Colossus" with art by Bill Walton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by George Roussos, Bob Forgione, Jay Scott Pike, Bill Everett, Doug Wildey, Pete Morisi, and Jim Mooney. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Vic Carrabotta, Gene Colan, Howard O'Donnell, Joe Orlando, George Roussos, and Ed Winiarski. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Edited by Stan Lee. Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Joe Orlando, Ed Winiarski, Angelo Torres, Herb Familton, Bob Powell, and Robert Sale. Tantalizing tales of suspense and horror, sometimes with science fiction elements. 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.