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Marvel Tales 103

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Published August 1949 – August 1957
Issue Numbers 93 – 159
Total Issues 67
Continued From Marvel Mystery Comics
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How much is Marvel Tales #103 worth? Current market pricing for Marvel Tales #103 shows a latest raw sale of FR sold for $26.77 on November 1st, 2021, a latest graded sale of CGC FN 6.0 sold for $432 on July 9th, 2024.
Raw price ranges include Fair/Good $26.77 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 4.0 $162.50-$188 (2 comps); CGC 5.5 $129.95 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated May 18th, 2026.

Marvel Tales #103 (1951) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
October 1951
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Marvel Comics, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
Touch of Death!
Behind The Mask!
When Time Stood Still!
The Ink Blots!
 
Cover Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils guess
Christopher Rule inks guess
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Marvel Tales #103 was published by Marvel Comics, Inc. in October 1951. It is part of the Marvel Tales series, which ran from August 1949 to August 1957.

Cover credits include Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule.

Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "Touch Of Death." Indexed story credits include Hank Chapman and Paul Reinman, among others.

Stories

8489 Touch Of Death Page 1

Touch Of Death

Job # 8489
Pages 5
Type art
Credits
Hank Chapman script signed Paul Reinman pencils unsigned Paul Reinman inks guess
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Michaël Dewally: Story Scan
Notes: I looked at this a long time, feeling I should know the artist. And looked again. And again. Great inking, especially on the ghosts. Tonight it suddenly hit me... it's an early unsigned Reinman story. Quite obviously so, if you see it. The story is by Chapman and is his usual fare about a tortured soul... this time a grave digger who is so mad about money that when he accidentally frees a ghost from a grave and gets a wish, he wishes that everything he touches will turn to money. Like King Midas, it doesn't end well for him. - Ger A.

The Devil Is Davy Jones

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Job # 8562
Pages 2
Type text

When Time Stood Still

Credits
Ross Andru pencils unsigned
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # 8590
Pages 6
Type art
Notes: Another story about someone who wants to be rich so badly he does something stupid. And it's not the last one in the book. - Ger A.

Behind The Mask

Credits
Jerry Robinson pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # 8674
Pages 7
Type art
Notes: When the main character loans a mask that makes it possible for him to pretend he is a long lost tycoon, he decides not to bring it back and keep it on, fooling everyone... except the mysterious maskmaker. - Ger A.

The Ink Blots!

Credits
Manny Stallman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # 8789
Pages 5
Type art
Notes: The main character is a deaf man, who gets a job as a stooge for a magician. For his job he has to pretend to fly around the stage by the power of the magician's wand. He does this in an oldfashioned red and blue superhero type long underwear suit, with an H on his chest (because his name is Hubert, it seems). No archetype as far as I know. He kills the magician to get the wand of course. - Ger A.

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-05-18 16:21:17
Last Raw Sale FR sold for $26.77 on November 1st, 2021
Last Graded Sale CGC FN 6.0 sold for $432 on July 9th, 2024
Reported Sources PriceCharting / eBay sold listing, Heritage Auctions

Raw Price Ranges

Fair/Good $26.77 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 4.0 $162.50-$188 (2 comps)
CGC 5.5 $129.95 (1 comp)
CGC 6.0 $432 (1 comp)
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$26.77
November 1st, 2021
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FN 6.0
$432
July 9th, 2024
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$156
June 7th, 2020
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