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Issue: Uncanny Tales #54
Publication Date: April 1957
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Issues: #54 of 56 Issues (57 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Prime Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Moving Walls!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Carl Burgos
Inker(s): Carl Burgos
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mystery in Midville

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Forte (signed)
Inker(s): John Forte (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #17 published July 1975
as Mystery in Midville [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-733
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The Warning!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Inker(s): Bernie Krigstein (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #20 published August 1975
as The Warning! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBook of the Dead #2 published January 1994
as The Warning! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagGespenster Geschichten #1086 published ?
as Des Menschen Fluch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-828
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The Hidden Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Kida
Inker(s): Fred Kida
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man ventures out to a mist-hidden island that has curative properties in order to marry a couple there.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #94 published January 1969
as The Hidden Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTomb of Darkness #15 published July 1975
as The Hidden Island [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-751
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The Remedy Oil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Marie Severin (illustration)
Inker(s): Marie Severin (illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #50 published January 1959
as The Remedy Oil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #14 published December 1960
as The Remedy Oil [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #74 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1961
as The Remedy Oil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #30 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1962
as The Remedy Oil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #39 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1963
as The Remedy Oil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #92 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1963
as The Remedy Oil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #37 published August 1956
was The Old Shop [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-984
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustrations. Original title: "The Old Shop." Artist credit from www.atlastales.com.
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Inside the Tomb!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dave Berg (signed) [as Davy Berg]
Inker(s): Dave Berg (signed) [as Davy Berg]
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: An ancient tomb is guarded by hypnotists.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #94 published January 1969
as Inside the Tomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #19 published June 1975
as Inside the Tomb! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-804
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The Terrible Fate of Mr. Wren!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Tartaglione
Inker(s): John Tartaglione
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #36 published July 1975
as The Terrible Fate of Mr. Wren! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-797
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The Moving Walls!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-778
Disclose Notes: Wessler script from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

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