Adventures into Weird Worlds #17 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1953

About Adventures into Weird Worlds #17

Sid Greene cover. Russ Heath art. Stan Lee story.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Enter These Weird Worlds

Pencils: Sid Greene

Inks: Sid Greene

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Notes: Shows Independent Distributor logo. Shows ACMP (American Comic Magazine Publishers) Seal of Approval. Credit information from www.atlastales.com. Colors: Stan Goldberg states himself.

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: He Walks With a Ghost!

Synopsis: A thug inherits an estate that has a cemetery on it so he hires a steam shovel to dig it up. When the worker uncovers human remains, he runs away frightened. The thug gets up into the cab himself to disinter the remains, but grows weary with the work after awhile and sits down under a tree to sleep. He is woken by the sound of the steam shovel but is puzzled as to who could be driving it. It bears down upon him and just before the claw descends, he sees corpses through the cab window.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Sid Greene

Inks: Sid Greene ?

Reprints: Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (February 1974)

Title: The Man from Mars!

Synopsis: A scientist who observes a flying saucer builds a device to establish contact with the Martians in order to ask them if he could go with them to Mars to avoid the likely atomic war on Earth. When a saucer lands and he gets to ask his question, the Martian laughs and shows him a picture of constant warfare on Mars. He says "We've been flying over Earth to see if we could settle here."

Pages: 4.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Fred Kida

Inks: Jack Abel ?

Notes: The Fred Kida ink credit replaced with "Jack Abel ?" based on information from www.atlastales.com.

Title: This Way Out

Synopsis: In a hospital prison ward a condemned killer's other occupant in the room tells him that there are no bars on the window. The killer attempts to escape through the window, but the other patient in the room turns out to be Death and the window looks into the execution chamber. The killer's heart gives out.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: George Olesen

Inks: George Olesen

Reprints: Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (April 1974)

Title: The Nightmare!

Synopsis: A woman relates her nightmare to her psychologist of living a very ordinary housewife routine. The last panel reveals she is a witch with an abnormal desire to live as a regular person seeking treatment from her warlock psychologist.

Pages: 3.000

Pencils: George Klein ?

Inks: George Klein

Reprints: Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (February 1974)

Notes: The last panel of the story was redrawn by Carl Burgos to be more horrific, as Klein's version must not have been scary enough.

Title: The Gentlemen of the Jury!

Synopsis: Gangster Nick Rico's lawyer keeps him out of jail in spite of many murders. But when Nick's girlfriend has had enough of his violent ways she turns to black magic to ensure that he finally gets convicted.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Stan Lee

Pencils: Russ Heath (signed)

Inks: Russ Heath (signed)

Reprints: Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973 series) #9 (February 1974)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13

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