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Issue: Uncanny Tales #50
Publication Date: December 1956
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Issues: #50 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)
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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
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Look Behind You!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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Look Behind You!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Louis uses his machine to spy on the past and alter minor events in the life of Vincent Di Varni and his descendants but because Louis was himself a descendant his life changes so that he was a grocer rather than an inventor.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #101 published ?
as Look Behind You! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-944
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Inside the Room of Shadows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Bascombe wanders to the Room of Shadows where a mysterious figure tells him if he will walk through a door he will finally know true happiness. Bascombe doesn't believe it and flees, but later regrets his decision.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #101 published ?
as Inside the Room of Shadows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K-978
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A Man Destroyed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: Dryden's inventions cause 2056 to become fully mechanized but criminals exploit the system by running the criminal detection unit. The entire drama turns out to be a television program.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #101 published ?
as A Man Destroyed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: L-6
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The Escape of Johnny York

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: While Johnny awaits to be part of a prisoner exchange, Tai-San helps him to see his wife and comfort her by having Johnny drink a special tea. Johnny appears in a dream to Lillian and consoles her.
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In Content Item: FlagSecrets of the Unknown #101 published ?
as The Escape of Johnny York [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: L-31
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The Blue Man

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Harry
Synopsis: A man finds out that he keeps turning blue because he is really an alien from a planet of blue people.
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From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #24 published May 1955
was The Journey [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Blue Man"
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Pages: 2
Job Number: F-890
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Valley of No Return!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: While hunting in the woods, Burt prevents Greg from shooting a white eagle. The two almost die in the wilderness but are led to safety by the same white eagle and according to a legend, it's the form of a Native chief.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: L-41
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It Happened to Henry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Henry is always bullying Porter with his practical jokes but one day everyone stops being aware of Henry's presence and he realizes the universe is playing a joke on him.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K-923

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