Uncanny Tales
#14
(November 1953)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Prime Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
job numbers from atlastales.com
The Victims of Vonntor!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-102
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Reprints
-
in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #21 (September 1975)
-
The Dreadful Formula
text story / 1.67 pages
- Job Number
- D-240
Indexer Notes
"This is a text story with no illo"--from Chris Brown (confirmed by Doc Vassallo and Dave O'Dell) on 2 January 2005; art previously credited to Joe Sinnott.
The Hidden Martians
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Inks
- Dick Ayers ?; Ernie Bache ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Job Number
- D-215
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A man charged with detecting hidden Martians is unaware that his girlfriend is one.
- Reprints
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #19 (September 1975) which is reprinted
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #52 ([Décembre 1975]) -
in La Mujer Araña (Novedades, 1982 series) #10 (Mayo 27, 1982)
-
Polio Precautions
public service announcement / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Sequence information from Tom Lammers
For the Birds!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- D-170
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Reprints
- in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #22 (October 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Similar plot to the Ditko story in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #80.
Pencils and inks credits from Chris Brown (confirmed by Doc Vassallo and Dave O'Dell) on 2 January 2005.
The Horselaugh
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Lawrence (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-178
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits from Chris Brown (confirmed by Doc Vassallo and Dave O'Dell) on 2 January 2005; previously credited to Bernie Krigstein.
Find a Pin and Pick It Up!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- D-179
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man fashions a voodoo doll to kill his partner and winds up killing himself.
- Reprints
- in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #17 (November 1975)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Victims of Vonntor!
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1.
The Victims of Vonntor!
-
2.
The Dreadful Formula
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3.
The Hidden Martians
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4.
Polio Precautions
-
5.
For the Birds!
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6.
The Horselaugh
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7.
Find a Pin and Pick It Up!
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