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Uncanny Tales 1

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Published June 1952 – September 1957
Issue Numbers 1 – 56
Total Issues 56
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How much is Uncanny Tales #1 worth? Current market pricing for Uncanny Tales #1 shows a latest raw sale of FR sold for $69 on December 13th, 2015, a latest graded sale of CGC VG/FN 5.0 sold for $600 on April 15th, 2025.
Raw price ranges include Fair/Good $69 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 3.0 $94 (1 comp); CGC 3.5 $239 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated May 30th, 2026.

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Issue Information
Cover Date
June 1952
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Prime Publications, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
While the City Sleeps!
Satan!
The Drop Of Blood!
 
Cover Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils and inks attributed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Uncanny Tales #1 was published by Prime Publications, Inc. in June 1952. It is part of the Uncanny Tales series, which ran from June 1952 to September 1957.

Cover credits include Sol Brodsky.

Atlas Tales indexes 5 stories for this issue, including "While The City Sleeps." Indexed story credits include Stan Lee and Russ Heath, among others.

Stories

While The City Sleeps

Credits
Stan Lee script signed Russ Heath pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # A-70
Pages 7
Type art
Notes: Plot similarities to Plan Nine from Outer Space (Distributors Corporation of America, 1959): a flying saucer lands in a cemetery and aliens resurrect the dead in a plot to conquer the Earth.

The Night Horror

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # A-191
Pages 2
Type text

They Live Alone!

Credits
Manny Stallman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # A-217
Pages 5
Type art
Notes: Signed on tablecloth.

The Drop Of Blood

Credits
Carl Wessler script attributed Dick Ayers pencils signed (Signed: "Ayers") Ernie Bache inks attributed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # A-194
Pages 5
Type art

Satan and Sammy Snodgrass

Credits
Stan Lee script signed Paul Reinman pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # A-109
Pages 6
Type art
Notes: It's a slow day in hell and the devil goes to Lefty's saloon looking for new... `tenants'. He meets Sammy Snodgrass, who never refused or lost a bet. The devil bets him that he will refuse him to grant Sammy a wish (and thereby winning his soul). So Sammy doesn't refuse him. He wishes the devil will never claim his soul. So now the devil can claim his soul... but he can't. Sammy leaves the devil to work that on out and he is still working on it. - Ger A.

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-05-30 07:20:55
Last Raw Sale FR sold for $69 on December 13th, 2015
Last Graded Sale CGC VG/FN 5.0 sold for $600 on April 15th, 2025
Reported Sources Heritage Auctions

Raw Price Ranges

Fair/Good $69 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 3.0 $94 (1 comp)
CGC 3.5 $239 (1 comp)
CGC 4.0 $191.20-$480 (3 comps)
CGC 4.5 $600-$960 (3 comps)
CGC 5.0 $600 (1 comp)
CGC 5.5 $660-$900 (2 comps)
CGC 6.0 $1,140 (1 comp)
CGC 6.5 $191.20 (1 comp)
CGC 7.0 $896.25 (1 comp)
CGC 7.5 $418.25 (1 comp)
CGC 8.5 $776.75 (1 comp)
CGC 9.2 $23 (1 comp)
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December 13th, 2015
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