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Series
Marvel Tales 142
Atlas Tales
- Cover Date
- January 1956
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Marvel Comics, Inc.
- Cover Titles
- It Wouldn't Let Go!
- Cover Credits
-
Sol Brodsky pencils signed
Sol Brodsky inks attributed
- Contributions
-
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Current market pricing for Marvel Tales #142 shows a latest graded sale of CGC 7.5 sold for $191.20 on November 23rd, 2014.
Graded price ranges include CGC 7.5 $191.20 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated June 27th, 2026.
Stories
The Vanishing Boy
Pieter Bell: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Pieter Bell: Story Scan
The Message
The Man Who Shrunk
Pieter Bell: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Pieter Bell: Story Scan
Man on Mars!
Frank Motler: Creator Credit
Tristan Lapoussiere: Creator Credit
Pieter Bell: Creator Credit
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Pieter Bell: Story Scan
The Thing in the Crate!
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Pieter Bell: Creator Credit
Pieter Bell: Story Scan
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Issue Overview
Marvel Tales #142 was published by Marvel Comics, Inc. in January 1956. It is part of the Marvel Tales series, which ran from August 1949 to August 1957.
Cover credits include Sol Brodsky.
Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "The Vanishing Boy." Indexed story credits include Manny Stallman and Bernie Krigstein, among others.