Uncanny Tales (1952 Atlas) 22
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$71.00
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Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by unknown. Art by John Tartaglione, Doug Wildey, Chuck Winter, Dick Ayers, Jack Abel and unknown. "Half-Man!" with art by John Tartaglione - Androids are subject to discrimination until a war with space aliens breaks out and then they gain some measure of equality. One of them even plans to marry a human girl if he survives the conflict, but when the war is won, the androids find the old barriers have been put back in place. When the android sees his intended sweetheart on the street, she pretends not to know him. Also in this issue: "The Locked House!" with art by Doug Wildey - A couple finds themselves to be the only survivors of an alien attack; "Seeing Eye" with art by Chuck Winter - A thug hatches a plan to dognap a wealthy man's seeing eye dog for ransom, but it turns out that the man can see and the dog is actually a blind retired werewolf; "The Horror of Sleepy Hollow!" with pencils by Dick Ayers - A man tries to get rid of his rival by frightening him as the headless horseman, but the other guy has the same idea and succeeds in getting his rival committed to an asylum...the real headless horseman shows up to punish him; "The Unctuous Undertaker" with inks by Jack Abel - The Communists of East Germany are baffled by the murders of several of their agents...suspicion falls on an undertaker who transports corpses to West Germany -- an undertaker who turns out to be Death himself; and 2-page text story "Smaller Than an Atom," reprinted from Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) #5 (original title: "The Shrinking Death"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.