Uncanny Tales
#56
(September 1957)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Bi-Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Prime Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
The Glass Man; False Face!; Out of This World!
cover / 1 page
- Reprints
-
in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #5 (1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
The Glass Man
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Bob Powell (signed as Powell)
- Inks
- Bob Powell (signed as Powell)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-183
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- When a man buys a can of radioactive re-silvering paint, his evil image escapes from the mirror.
- Reprints
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #5 (1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.
The Thing In the Sky!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-199
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A scientist builds a miniature representation of the solar system which somehow allows him to observe events in the past and future. When his cat jumps into the device, it becomes suspended and people outside on the street see an image of the animal. He dismantles the device as he is concerned about the possible effects damage to the model Earth could have on the real Earth.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.
False Face!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Ed Winiarski (signed as Win)
- Inks
- Ed Winiarski
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-184
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- An impersonator picks the wrong man to use as a disguise for a heist when the police pick him up because the bank president he's disguised as has been jailed on embezzlement charges.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.
A Cry For Help!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sol Brodsky (signed as Solly)
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky (signed as Solly)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-140
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- Three punks try to mug an organ grinder but regret it when his monkey turns out to be a large gorilla.
- Reprints
- in Voodoo (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #1 ([no date])
- in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #5 (1960)
-
Indexer Notes
Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.
Maestro Ricardo
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- H-91
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
-
from Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #6 (December 1955) [as "Maestro Ricardo"] - in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #5 (1960)
-
Out of This World
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- M-157
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Thieves interrupt scientists conducting an experiment so that they can steal uranium, but they wind up in another dimension.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.
Confession of Murder!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Frank Bolle (signed as FWB)
- Inks
- Frank Bolle (signed as FWB)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- M-252 ?
- Genre
- crime; detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- A destitute man confesses to manslaughter, but the police tell him that he saw a ghost and give him a job referral.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Unknown script per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Glass Man; False Face!; Out of This World!
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1.
The Glass Man
-
2.
The Thing In the Sky!
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3.
False Face!
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4.
A Cry For Help!
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5.
Maestro Ricardo
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6.
Out of This World
-
7.
Confession of Murder!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Keith Chandler
- Peter Croome
- Ethan Hoddes
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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