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Issue: Uncanny Tales #1
Publication Date: December 1973
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Issues: #1 of 12 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Room of No Return!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #2 published January 2012
as Uncanny Tales #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Like a Chicken Without a Head!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A doctor recommends a surgical procedure whereby the head is removed from the body and the heart is kept beating by artificial means so as to lengthen the time available for surgery. No one listens to him though, and being tired of being mocked, he destroys his formula. As he removes his head from his torso, he says to himself "The world isn't ready for us."
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From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #9 published June 1953
was Like a Chicken Without a Head! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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Rudolph's Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: An innkeeper keeps two large wolves in the cellar which devour curious guests so he can claim their valuables.
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From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #9 published June 1953
was Rudolph's Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: [C-450]
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Propaganda!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #9 published June 1953
was Propaganda [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: [C-698]
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Time Marches On!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man attempts to build a clock that can run forever by repairing itself, but no one understands why and mocks him, until he runs out of time and the undertaker pulls by his clothes to reveal he had replaced his inner organs with clock mechanism.
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From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #9 published June 1953
was Time Marches On! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Job Number: [C-543]
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Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Items: Martial arts comes to Marvel with Master of Kung Fu; new mystery and science-fiction anthologies Uncanny Tales, The Dead of Night, and Weird Wonder Tales make their debut; call Marvel if your college bookstore doesn't carry Marvel comics; humorist Art Buchwald comes to Crazy #2; more hype for FOOM and its magazine. Sad news with the announcement of the passing of long-time artist Syd Shores.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist; FOOM membership application.
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