Uncanny Tales #23 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1954

About Uncanny Tales #23

Russ Heath cover. Sheldon Moldoff, Jack Katz, and Bob Forgione art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Ask No Questions!

Pencils: Russ Heath (signed)

Inks: Russ Heath (signed)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Notes: Observation regarding the signed cover from Chris Brown, via the GCD Error List (2 January 2005). Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

Reprints: Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (January 1974)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Hidden Graveyard

Synopsis: Explorers come upon an elephant’s graveyard deep in the jungle that is occupied by a monster with no eyes.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Bob Forgione

Inks: Bob Forgione

Reprints: Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #3 (April 1974)

Title: The Lucky Stiff

Synopsis: A homeless man receives a ragged old coat with pockets full of cash, but the cash disappears if he removes the coat, so everyone thinks he must have stolen the money, and won't accept it.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Paul Hodge

Inks: Paul Hodge

Reprints: Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (January 1974)

Title: Look Homeward, Werewolf!

Synopsis: A werewolf hires a boatman to get him across the river but warns the man that water causes a violent reaction among his kind and if a single drop touch him, his life is forfeit. The boatman agrees, as he claims to be the best boatman for miles around and will have no problem keeping the werewolf dry. They cross the river without incident, but then it starts to...rain.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Mort Lawrence

Inks: Mort Lawrence

Reprints: Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (January 1974)

Title: Smile, Blast Ya, Smile

Synopsis: An editor for a science fiction publication is in danger of losing his job to a man who always smiles. The boss likes his story picks and so do the readers. When circulation rises the editor is fired and turns to drink. He attacks his former assistant with a knife, shredding the smiling mask, revealing the alien underneath. No one believes him and he is placed in an asylum.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Bob McCarthy

Inks: Bob McCarthy

Reprints: Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (January 1974)

Title: Ask Me No Questions

Synopsis: A father thinks his son asks him silly questions and so he gives him silly answers which annoys his mother. When the boy asks him where he came from, the father replies "The stork brought you." The boy asks "How did the stork know where to bring me?" The father replies "I blew my magic whistle" (which is a hunter's moose horn). The boy takes the horn outside and blows it and when the father goes to retrieve it, he sees dozens of storks delivering dozens of babies.

Pages: 3.000

Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Inks: Sheldon Moldoff (signed)

Reprints: Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #8 (January 1974)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	5	6	3	1	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
CGCxJSA	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	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	6	6	6	3	1	7	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38

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