Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $2,880.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1951-06-01 |
| RAW | $1,470.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1951-06-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 71 graded copies for Strange Tales #1 (1951). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Strange Men
Doctor Lemut from Saturn discusses his plans for Earth conquest with a captured Navy pilot, but the man succeeds in escaping. Unfortunately for Earth, when the pilot attempts to warn his superior of impending attack the superior turns out to be one of Lemut's agents.
| StoryTitle2 = The Beast | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = Manny Stallman | Inker2_1 = Manny Stallman | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = N/A | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Roger Phillips_(Earth-616)) **Supporting Characters:** * Numerous unnamed zoo keepers **Antagonists:** * Paul Lorenze) * Professor Manheim) **Other Characters:** * Gorilla **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Apes ** Gorillas * Horses * Neanderthals) * Dinosaurs **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Hallturn University *** Unidentified Zoo **Items:** * Professor Manheim's Evolution Serum
| Synopsis2 = An evil man is regressed into an ape and he attacks and kills the experimenter. The authorities capture and place him in a zoo.
| ReprintOf3 = War Comics Vol 1 2 | ReprintOfStory3 = 3 | StoryTitle3 = Death!
| StoryTitle4 = The Room That Didn't Exist | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = N/A | Inker4_1 = N/A | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * James Reston) **Supporting Characters:** * Karl) **Antagonists:** * Luren) **Other Characters:** * Unnamed Hotel Manager (Hotel Grimwald) * Dracula) * Numerous unnamed ghosts **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Vampires * Demons * Ghosts * Birds * Bats) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earthspace ** Earth *** Europe **** Germany ***** Baden-Württemberg ****** Black Forest ******* Rhine ******* Wildbad **** Romania ***** Hotel Grimwald *** Park Avenue, New York, New York, United States of America, North America * Heaven) **Items:** * Luren's Ring
| Synopsis4 = A man encounters the ghost of a woman in the forest who used to lure travelers to their doom back in 1616.
| StoryTitle5 = A Call in the Night | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = George Tuska | Inker5_1 = George Tuska | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Joe) **Supporting Characters:** * Mary * Mary **Antagonists:** * Mr. Grey) * Wulfken) * Mr. Brown) * Wulfken) **Other Characters:** * Aunt Sue **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Dream Dimension ** Earth *** United States of America **** Joe's Home **** Grayvesend * Earthspace ** Earth *** United States of America **** Joe's Home *** Sunnyside Road *** Grayvesend * Heaven)
| Synopsis5 = A TV repairman has a dream wherein his wife becomes the victim of a man who encases people in bronze. When he wakes, he finds the circumstances of the dream coming true.
| Solicit = A Navy pilot becomes privy to a Saturnian doctor’s bid for world domination!
| Notes = | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Interior art: Paul Reinman, Manny Stallman, N/A, George Tuska
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 8972
PANEL PROFITS: 2388821