Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) 14 GD/VG 3.0
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.