Uncanny Tales #54

(April 1957)

Mystery in Midville (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

John Forte (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-733

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A petty thief comes across a city where every person is considerate and helpful. The man who takes him in tells him not to touch a certain box as it took him fifty years to gather its contents. The thief thinks that it must be very valuable and so opens the box that belongs to Pandora.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #55
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #37
• in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #17 (July 1975)

Keywords

Pandora's Box

Indexer Notes

Inspired by the Greek myth of Pandora's Box. (Note by Tom Lammers)

The Warning! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bernie Krigstein (signed)

Inks

Bernie Krigstein (signed)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-828 ?; L-888 ?

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A scientist recreates the serum that gave Midas his golden touch and feeds it to his dog. Anything the dog touches turns to gold and he donates the gold to help people. Another man with greedy intent breaks in and unlocks the dog's cage. While the two men are locked in a struggle, the dog touches them and they are transmuted into gold. The statue is displayed as a moral lesson for people of the struggle between selflessness and greed.

Reprints

• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #55
• in Gespenster Geschichten (Bastei Verlag, 1974 series) #1086
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #37
• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #20 (August 1975)
• in Book of the Dead (Marvel, 1993 series) #2 (January 1994)

The Hidden Island (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fred Kida

Inks

Fred Kida

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-751

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A man ventures out to a mist-hidden island that has curative properties in order to marry a couple there.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #22 (1965 ?)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #94 ([1969 ?])
• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #15 (July 1975)

The Remedy Oil (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marie Severin (illustration)

Inks

Marie Severin (illustration)

Colors

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

J-984

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm

Synopsis

An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (August 1956) [retitled]
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #50 (January 1959)
which is reprinted
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #11 (1963 ?), #25 (1965 ?)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #14 (December 1960)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 ([March] 2008)
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #74 (November 1961)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel: August 1961 Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #30 (April 1962)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #39 (January 1963)
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #92 (May 1963)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations. Original title: "The Old Shop." Artist credit from www.atlastales.com.

Inside the Tomb! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dave Berg (signed as Davy Berg)

Inks

Dave Berg (signed as Davy Berg)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-804

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

An ancient tomb is guarded by hypnotists.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #22 (1965 ?)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #94 ([1969 ?])
• in Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #19 (June 1975)

The Terrible Fate of Mr. Wren! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Tartaglione

Inks

John Tartaglione

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-797

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A scientist puts off marrying until he is wealthy because he wants to avoid the mistake of his parents always arguing since they were poor. He becomes wealthy by inventing a matter duplicator device. When the girl he wishes to marry steps in front of the device, there are now two of them, arguing over which one of them gets to marry him.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #21
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #36 (July 1975)

The Moving Walls! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Frank Bolle (signed as FWB)

Inks

Frank Bolle (signed as FWB)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-778

Genre

crime

Synopsis

An engineer builds a castle as a monument to man's greed that will collapse unless a beam of light shines directly upon a diamond that thieves attempt to steal in succession. Each thief must sit in place holding the diamond in the light until the next greedy man comes along otherwise the castle will collapse upon their heads.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #22 (1965 ?)

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.