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Issue: Uncanny Tales #9
Publication Date: June 1953
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Issues: #9 of 56 Issues (57 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Prime Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (6 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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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Propaganda!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
Inker(s): Bill Everett; Sol Brodsky ? (alterations)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Like a Chicken Without a Head!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee ?
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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."
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #1 published December 1973
as Like a Chicken Without a Head! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCrazy Magazine #76 published July 1981
as Like a Chicken Without a Head [Story on Interior Page(s)]same art but new dialogue and lettering
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: C-490
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Rudolph's Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Eadeh
Inker(s): Al Eadeh
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: An innkeeper keeps two large wolves in the cellar which devour curious guests so he can claim their valuables.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #1 published December 1973
as Rudolph's Racket [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor e i Vendicatori #167 published September 1977
as L'affare di Rudolph [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: C-450
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The Upside-Down Room

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (illustration)
Inker(s): Bill Everett (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: C-536
Disclose Notes: Job number from Tom Lammers
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Propaganda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Manny Stallman
Inker(s): Manny Stallman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #1 published December 1973
as Propaganda! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCapitan America #84 published June 1976
as Propaganda! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: C-698
Disclose Notes: The same story, with the same title, but with different art, in Journey Into Mystery #80.

Anti-communism story (note by Tom Lammers)
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The Executioner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Myron Fass
Inker(s): Myron Fass
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A story told from the point of view of a turkey on Thanksgiving day.
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In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #26 published January 1974
as The Executioner [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: C-500
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Time Marches On!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Anderson
Inker(s): Harry Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #1 published December 1973
as Time Marches On! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: C-543

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