Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) 6
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Issue #6
$59.00
View scans- Nearly full spine split with splitting to interior wraps. Centerfold and next two page wraps detached. Cover oxidation. Only one staple (manufacturing).
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$86.00
View scans- Near complete spine split. Centerfold detached at one staple.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
- Full-length spine split. Tape on interior covers. Staples added (not manufacturing). Cover and interior oxidation.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Other items consigned by Mike'sRack
Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler, Clayton Martin and unknown. Art by Sam Kweskin, Sid Greene, Matt Fox, Martin Thall, John Forte, Dick Ayers and unknown. "He Lurks in the Shadows" by Carl Wessler and Sam Kweskin - A killer wants to give up his gruesome trade but he loves his wife and wants to continue to give her expensive presents. He pulls one last job and resolves to tell her he's broke when he goes through a dark alley and feels a knife shoved deep into his back. It turns out his wife is in the same business for the same reason. Plus: "The Mark of Death!" with inks by John Forte - A man tries to shock his aunt into an early grave so he can get her money by pretending he sees the mark of death in her palm. At first he thinks his ploy has failed, because she doesn't show much of a reaction, but later in the evening she visits him with a gun and shoots him because she is concerned no one will be around to care for him after she's gone. Also in this issue: "The Man Who Changed" by Carl Wessler and Sid Greene - A beautiful woman who loves her ugly husband has her face deformed through surgery just as he is having his face made handsome by a plastic surgeon; "I Was a Vampire" with art by Matt Fox - A vampire falls in love with a woman and so takes a serum that can cure vampirism, but on their wedding night, his bride reveals herself to be a vampire; "The Stooge" with story by Clayton Martin and pencils by Martin Thall (as Martin Rose) - A circus freak with six hands murders his fat lady wife because, even with six hands, he can't keep up with all the orders she gives him; and 2-page text story "A Vampire Is Loose" with illo by Dick Ayers. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.
