Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $552.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1951-10-01 |
| 6.0 | $780.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1951-10-01 |
| 8.0 | $3,480.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1951-10-01 |
| 9.2 | $4,524.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1951-10-01 |
| RAW | $254.14 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1951-10-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 48 graded copies for Strange Tales #3 (1951). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Shadow!
When a man's rival slugs him and he falls and breaks his neck, he doesn't realize that he's dead until he notices the absence of his shadow. Eventually he spies the shadow and it darts away from him. He gives chase and pursues it back to the cemetery and his grave.
| StoryTitle2 = The Man Who Never Was | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = John Romita Sr. | Inker2_1 = Les Zakarin | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = N/A | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Jerry Bramley) Removed from existence **Supporting Characters:** * Roger Hunt) Removed from existence * Paul Kendrick) Removed from existence **Antagonists:** * Death) **Other Characters:** * Casey * Etta * Unidentified Police Department ** Unnamed Police Officer * Louise (Paul's Aunt) **Races and Species:** * Abstract Entities * Humans) (flashback) **Realities:** * Earth-616 (flashback) **Locations:** * Earth (flashback) ** United States of America (flashback) *** Casey's *** Bartlett Street **** Paul Kendrick's House (110 Bartlett Street)
| Synopsis2 = A man who conceives of Death as a person is wiped out of existence along with his friends.
| StoryTitle3 = Trapped in the Cave of Horror | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = N/A | Inker3_1 = N/A | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = Typeset | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Fred * Betty **Supporting Characters:** * Antonio (Guide) **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Artist (Spirit) **Other Characters:** * Teztazell * Death) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ghosts **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Caribbean Sea *** Aruba **** Caves of Horror ** Venezuela **Items:** * Medal of Teztazell
| Synopsis3 = A married couple named Fred and Marry are visiting Aruba with their guide Antonio to the Caves of Horror. A place that the locals care for the graves of those who visit the cave and witness their likeness carved into its walls, soon after they die. Antonio took the couple to the caves where they witnessed the "Artist" a spirit who carved the faces into the wall. Fred being an off duty private detective attempted to fire his service revolver at the spirit but it was no use. Antonio however informed the spirit of his Medal of Teztazell and the spirit backed off even going so far as to call Antonio master. Fred believed that the ones who died could have been people Antonio did not like.
| StoryTitle4 = Invisible Death | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Mike Sekowsky | Inker4_1 = Bill Walton | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Kevin Scott) **Supporting Characters:** * Moira * Palomar * Albert **Antagonists:** * Monduvians ** Numerous unnamed Monduvians **Other Characters:** * USSR) ** Numerous unnamed soldiers * United Nations) * United States Government) ** Unnamed President **Races and Species:** * Monduvians * Humans) * Dogs **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Earthspace ** Milky Way *** Solar System **** Earth ***** North America ****** United States of America ******* New York) ******** New York City ********* United Nations Headquarters ***** Europe ****** Russia ******* Moscow ***** South America ***** Africa ***** Asia ** Unidentified Solar System *** Mondu) * Heaven)
| Synopsis4 = Invisible invaders from the planet Mondu are thwarted by a blind man who can sense their presence.
| StoryTitle5 = The Madman! | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Joe Maneely | Inker5_1 = Joe Maneely | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Unnamed Landlord **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed Professor **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Poltergeist **Other Characters:** * Numerous unnamed tenants **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ghosts **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Unidentified Apartment Building **** Apartment 3A
| Synopsis5 = A man is turned invisible by a spiteful poltergeist.
| StoryTitle6 = Voodoo | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Bill LaCava | Inker6_1 = Bill LaCava | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Harry
**Antagonists:** * Lovella) * Benzali **Other Characters:** * Unnamed Doctor * Jasper Kimball) (Lovella's Uncle) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Mosquitoes * Birds **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Haiti *** El Diablo (Movie Theater)
| Synopsis6 = A man gets a voodoo practitioner to cause his wife to die, but when he finds out she has inherited a large sum of money, he asks the practitioner to call off the spell. She finds out he tried to have her killed and gets the voodoo practitioner to give her husband the treatment.
| Solicit = After breaking his neck, a man believes that he has cheated death...until he realizes his shadow is missing!
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Creative credits
Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Interior art: Joe Maneely, John Romita Sr., N/A, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Maneely, Bill LaCava
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 9193
PANEL PROFITS: 2388912