Uncanny Tales, #23

Published: August 1954

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Uncanny Tales #23

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Ask No Questions!
1 page horror-suspense
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Observation regarding the signed cover from Chris Brown, via the GCD Error List (2 January 2005). Cover signed at top of water at left side. Hard to see with deep blue/purple background. Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

The Lucky Stiff!
Story 1 5 pages horror-suspense
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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.

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The Real Nurse Kearney
Story 2 2 pages
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Smile, Blast Ya, Smile
Story 3 4 pages science fiction
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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.

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The Hidden Graveyard
Story 4 5 pages horror-suspense
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Explorers come upon an elephant’s graveyard deep in the jungle that is occupied by a monster with no eyes.

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Ask Me No Questions
Story 5 3 pages fantasy
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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.

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Script: Martin suggested by Atlas Tales

Back Again!
Story 6 1 page
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House ad for Human Torch #36, Captain America #76, and Sub-mariner #36.

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Blurbs read, "In answer to your many requests, Atlas Magazines, the greatest name in comics, brings back the greatest names in adventure!" and "These characters also appear in 'Young Men' and 'Men's Adventures'." Sequence added per Tom Lammers via the Timely-Atlas Group ([email protected]) April 2010.

Look Homeward, Werewolf!
Story 7 5 pages horror-suspense
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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.

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