Marvel Tales (1949-1957 Marvel/Atlas) comic books

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Bill Everett cover. "A Night in Hangman's House" (art by Gene Colan); "Spectacles of Doom" (art by Bill Everett); "Hand of Horror;" "The Haunted Love" (art by Colan); Two page text story, "Fear Was My Playmate." Thanks to Grand Comics Database for the above artist information! Cover price $0.10.

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The World That Vanished; An explorer finds a great library in the East which contains books that detail the story of Atlantis. Atlantis vanished beneath the waves because a commoner partook of a black magic potion so he could gain the love of the vizier's daughter. Beyond the Grave; The king of an African tribe is jealous the influence the witch doctor possesses, and so opens the cage of a captured gorilla that the beast will slay the witch doctor. Clue in Sepia text story. Danger in the Sun!; Sun Girl investigates a group of Incas in Mexico conducting sacrifices to the sun. The Wooden Horror!, pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Christopher Rule; A puppeteer sorcerer creates wooden dolls to perpetrate crimes on the village below his castle. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Wax Museum" (script and art by Don Rico), "The Man Who Couldn't Die," "Terror in the Streets" (script by Hank Chapman), and "The Brain." 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"A Witch is Among Us," "The Man Who Dreamed" (art by Gene Colan), "The End of the World" (art by Basil Wolverton), and "The Island" (art by Cal Massy). Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Russ Heath. The Spider Waits!, pencils by Fred Kida; Sven is a factory worker who is charged with the task of keeping his workplace free of spiders; Unfortunately, Sven suffered a harrowing incident as a child and is deathly afraid of them; As an adult however, he manages to overcome his fear and takes great delight in killing every spider he can find. In Little Pieces; A man finds he has the power to kill people by tearing photos of them. The Curse Of Makhe-Sof text story. The Red Face; A man arranges for a rival to be murdered at Mardi Gras, but instead of meeting the assassin in a Devil costume, he gets hauled away by the real Devil. The Drop of Water, script by Hank Chapman, pencils by Gene Colan. The Man Who Vanished!, art by Joe Sinnott; An evil old man in a cabin tends plants who used to be people. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. The Thing in the Sewer, art by Fred Kida; A vampire fears a murderer's knife until he realizes that it is steel, not silver. The Strangler! text story. The Man With the Whip, art by Ogden Whitney; A three-eyed, fanged freak is kept locked in the dungeon, but the boy has a normal mental development and so he hates his guardian; When the guardian forgets to lock him in, he takes the opportunity to kill the man as he sleeps. Going My Way?, art by Bernie Krigstein. The Glass Eye, art by Al Bellman; When two museum guards plot to steal the gems from an idol's eye sockets, the idol cuts off their heads and plugs them into its eye sockets. Trapped By the Dead!, art by Gene Colan. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. "The Terrible Tunnel", by Bill Everett. "The Guillotine", art by John Romita. "Pain in the neck" , "Horror in the Moonlight", and other stories. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. The Empty Bus!, art by Syd Shores; A mobster gets on a bus during a rainy night that has no other riders in order to track down one of his former boys who took it on the lam; Suddenly a strange old man appears beside him and offers to tell him a story. Harry's Hobby!; An abusive wife pushes her husband past his breaking point. Foolproof!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A greedy landlord torches his building to collect the insurance but forgets one little detail in his plan. No Such Animal? text story. Peter and the Puppet!, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A ventriloquist's dummy is actually alive and becomes a rival for his girlfriend's affections. A Coffin for Carlos!, pencils by Don Perlin, inks by Abe Simon. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The Iron Lady, art by Al Luster. The Door text story. Brother of a Monster, script by Stan Lee; Two brothers, a deformed one and handsome one, are situated near the occurrence of murders; People suspect the deformed one as the culprit, but it turns out to be the other one. What's New?, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath. Terror Tale, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A vampire captures a fat man and takes his victim to display him to his brothers; They all agree that not even the Beast-Man captures such victims and ask the fat man his name; The fat man doesn't speak and instead transforms into the Beast-Man and attacks the vampires. The Man Who Isn't There, art by Tony DiPreta. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Voice from the Grave; A woman buries her husbands alive for their money until the ghost of the first victim digs up the latest and they get their revenge upon her. The Cannibals; A son is eaten by his father who has converted to the cannibal way of life. The Gamble!; A gambler's idiot son can spell out the names of winning ponies but refuses to do so after a few wins. Appointment with Death; A 25-year-old with a brain tumor is given small odds of surviving surgery to remove it and has a hallucination of encountering Death. Down Down Down; A professor and his assistant become the victims of mermen who open up their bathysphere in order to get a better look at them. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vampires Also Die; A vampire is jealous of his brother's prowess and so he bargains with a witch to kill him; The witch gives him a powder to sprinkle on his brother's wings so that they will be unresponsive when he attempts to flee the mob. A Thing of Evil text story. Buried Alive!; A magician gets his romantically-minded assistant out of the way by locking her in a safe and dumping it in the river so that she drowns as water leaks in. He Walks through Walls; When a bank president receives a shock in his bathroom which renders his body intangible he decides to rob his own bank. Skrak's Secret!; An envious artist wishes to learn how a painter paints the grotesque figures that he does so he sneaks into the studio and surprises the man in his work. Gone is the Gargoyle; A gargoyle disguises himself as a policeman to marry a human girl. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Harry Anderson. Emily, art by Pete Tumlinson; An alien marries a homely Earth girl who is treated cruelly by those around her and gives her a ring that will protect her when the rest of his invasion force lands. The Search! text story. When a Vampire Dies; Villagers kill a vampire who was appointed for their district and he is replaced by a vampire not content to feed merely upon the blood of animals. The Man Who Meddled!; A researcher looking to accelerate the life span of mice succeeds, but because he was exposed to the process as well, his son is dead from old age two weeks after his birth, and he is aging rapidly too. Walking Horror, art by Tom Cooke. Oh, Baby!, art by John Forte. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. Tornado, art by Vic Carrabotta; A tornado that behaves as though it were enslaved to a particular man turns out to be created by aliens to study his behavior. No Escape text story. Willie! Or Won't He?, art by Paul Hodge. The Next World!, art by John Forte. The Threat, art by Mort Lawrence. The Giant Killer, art by Sid Greene; Four mutant giants emerge from hiding after an atomic bomb test so that they can destroy the menacing mutant creatures created by the blast; They know that the radiation from the test will eventually prove deadly to all humans, but they are hunted down and killed before they can reveal how to stop this from happening. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky. Meet Maggie, art by Sid Greene; A woman has fantastic luck because she is married to an angel. The Radio text story. The Lonely Little Boy!, art by Vince Colletta; A couple get a robot child as a companion for their son, but over time they lose their ability to distinguish between the two of them. Inside the Box, art by Ed Winiarski; A man inherits a fortune and a mystical glass which displays a man's inner self; When he goes down to the pub to choose one of his friends to share his fortune with he is dismayed to see that through the glass, they are all scoundrels. The Talking Dog, art by Bob Powell; A dog lets his master in on the secret that dogs can talk, they just choose not to. The Coward, art by Mac Pakula; A nightwatchman who lets a thief escape with the loot because he fears assault is branded a coward and exiled from his city. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Lost...One Robot, pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel; A scientist attempts to build a robot companion but becomes jealous of its abilities; The machine can even read his mind and when the scientist thinks of dismantling the device, the robot falls apart in despair. Courage text story. The Door That Wouldn't Stay Shut!, art by Bob Powell; A landlord replaces a tenant's door with a door that continues to open of its own volition, so the man nails it shut for the night; When a fire breaks out, the door still opens itself, despite the nails. King of the World; A physicist wants his youth back so he can use his knowledge to lord it over people and drinks a youth serum that regresses him to infancy. He Came From Nowhere, art by John Forte; A man down on his luck is helped out by a 'dog' who is actually an angel. A Jinn Named Joe; An office employee gets a Jinn who helps him achieve material success, but then he becomes unpopular around the office. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. The Lost World!, art by Bob Forgione. Reach For the Stars!, art by Joe Maneely. As the Crowd Roars, art by Bob Powell. Address Unknown, art by Bob Bean; An inventor creates a machine to convert rocks into diamonds but kicks it when it doesn't work and turns to panhandling; The kick starts the machine up and it makes his old landlady very rich, but she cannot locate him. The Town That Wasn't text story. One Man's Leprechaun, art by Mort Drucker; A simple man who wants to be mayor helps a Leprechaun in the forest by letting him out of a cave. The Leprechaun gives him magic seeds and magic paint to revitalize the town, but when he asks the ungrateful townsfolk to be made mayor they scoff at him just as much as before when the town was rundown, so he goes back into the forest and takes the Leprechaun with him back into the cave. The Secret Land, art by Bob McCarty. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. Frozen Alive!, art by Bob Brown; Three scientists free a T-Rex frozen in a block of ice. The Trouble With Marcus, art by Frank Bolle; A man desires to the leave the ranks of the spacemen, but finds that after years in space, he doesn't fit in on Earth anymore. It Happened To the Captain, pencils by J. Infantino; A cruel sea captain demands the waves be calm as glass and finds his ship trapped in a bottle. The Boaster text story. The Vanishing Martians, art by Steve Ditko; A man oversees soldiers from Jupiter land their craft on Earth to make repairs after a successful war with Martians. The Perilous Prize, pencils by Sid Check. Voices In the Night!; A broadcaster inadvertingly saves lives when different dialogue parts of programs get sent out to people in dangerous situations. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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I Plunged Into Darkness!, art by Mort Drucker; A mountain climber meets a girl made of ice who saves his life and they fall in love; The ice people patriarch implants a mental block in the climber so that he will return to his own people. The House of Shadows!, art by Mac Pakula; Visitors from the future bring joy to a small town and then take the entire town with them back to the future. The Shrinking Man!, art by Bob Powell; A lab assistant knocks over a container filled with a new mold and thinks that the effect has shrunk him but it actually only works on inorganic matter and has enlarged the furniture and the house. The Man from Nowhere, art by Ed Winiarski. The Recipe text story. Ultimate Weapon, art by Vic Carrabotta; Foreign powers kidnap a scientist and he builds a teleportation machine to return back home. I'll Live Forever, art by Gray Morrow. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. Barely Human, art by Joe Orlando. Secret Weapon!, art by Paul Reinman; A scientist invents a mind control device to thwart an alien invasion and get the aliens to do some urban renewal projects to boot. A Phantom In the Sky!, art by Jay Scott Pike; A Nazi pilot crosses a dimensional barrier into another world pursuing a dirigible with the intent to capture it. Who Walks In the Ruins; A stamp collector attempts to steal the Midas stamp, which brings its owner great wealth. The Exchange text story. It's Alive, art by Bill Everett; Space explorers discover an Ego the Living Planet-type world. The Parasite!; Aliens intercede with the economic functioning of Earth when they show concern over a wealthy industrialist wishing a monopoly on space flight. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Trapped in the Chinese Garden" (art by Mac L. Pakula), "When the Bubble Burst" (art by Wally Wood), "When Mongorr Appeared," "Beware the Invisible Trap," "The Menace of the Mole-Men" (pencils by Bob Forgione, inks by Jack Abel), "The People That Never Were" (art by Gray Morrow), and a two-page text story, "The Magic Hotel." Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. They Prowl On Earth!, art by Herb Familton; Oil barons from Mercury are looking for places to drill in Texas when an Earthling picks up their thought transmissions and thinks he's developed telepathy. No One Can See Me!, art by Robert Q. Sale; An assistant to a professor arranges to dispose of the man's glasses so he must drive a dangerous road at night; When the man has an accident and dies, the assistant plots to sell his invisibility potion to a foreign power. It Can't Be Done!, art by Ted Galindo; A scientist takes a handgun back to 1756 for protection when confronting a gunsmith he hopes to stop from developing his 'ultimate weapon' so that wars will not be as devastating. The Last Man Alive! Music From Above text story. Scare At Sea!, art by Bill Everett. Saucer In the Sky!, art by Pete Morisi. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Something In the Sea!, art by Paul Reinman; A sailor meets a sea captain on a pier who tells him his fate is to run into a green fog concealing a giant white whale. I Live In Fear, art by Bob Powell; A reporter regrets getting his scientist friend to test out his invisibility ray on him when he detects non-human invisible creatures following humans around. The Mystery of the Black Box; A crook has a black box which links to the year 1791. The Hidden Man, art by Dave Berg; Two communist agents get taken for fools by a man disguised as a chemist who is actually the one that they are trying to arrest. Away From It All text story. The Stranger's Suitcase, art by Bill Walton. The Black Raven; A man hears the story of a wooden idol which points to an expensive gem and gets his buddies to follow him to Africa. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"I Walk Through Glass," "Forbidden Fruit," "When I Close My Eyes," "Man in a Trance," "The Saucer That Couldn't Fly," "The Lost Million," and a two-page text story, "Upside-Down." Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett. How High Is High?, art by Paul Reinman; Aliens from space try to destroy Earth by building two mile high skyscrapers which will destabilize the planet's orbit. The Door To...?; A hypnotist implants a suggestion into a prison's convicts that, if they escape, they have a recurring dream that passing through a door will grant them sanctuary and the door is that which enters the prison. Which Face Is Mine?; A crook gets the magical ability to change his face, but after pulling a robbery, he makes the mistake of changing his face to look like an escaped criminal and is shot to death by police. The Quill Pen text story. The Secret Formula; A secret formula gives a man the ability to project himself into the future. Sounds In the Night; A deserter from the war of 1812 feels redeemed when his grandson takes up arms to fight for the Union. Forbidden...Keep Out, art by Mac Pakula. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Man Who Believed, art by Paul Reinman. The Last Look, art by Bernie Krigstein. Wish You Were Here, art by Ed Winiarski; An artist with a poor memory for details comes across an old man who designs greeting cards with magic ink that makes what is drawn there actually occur. Four Who Vanished, art by Al Eadeh. Nose for News text story. Behind the Iron Gate!, art by Matt Fox. The Terrible Touch!, art by Syd Shores; A miner comes upon the immortal king Midas, takes him for a claim jumper and grabs him; The two men that the miner is telling the story to scoff in disbelief so the miner removes his gloves revealing solid gold hands. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.