Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $758.79 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1953-03-01 |
| 8.0 | $5,040.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1953-03-01 |
| 9.2 | $6,552.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1953-03-01 |
| RAW | $169.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-03-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 53 graded copies for Strange Tales #16 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
You Can't Kill Me!
A scientist develops a method of reattaching severed heads, but when his beloved daughter makes him promise to reattach the head of an executed killer she wishes to marry, he puts the man's head back on upside down to save her from herself.
| StoryTitle2 = The Hitchhiker | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = N/A | Inker2_1 = N/A | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = Typeset | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * George Ramsey)
**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Hitchhiker **Other Characters:** * Mrs. Donohue **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ghosts * Rabbits * Chickens **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Midale **** Mrs. Donohue's Boarding House
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| StoryTitle3 = The Man in the Mud | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Sy Barry | Inker3_1 = Sy Barry | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = Ray Holloway | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Marty **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed Wealthy Man **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Pickpocket **Other Characters:** * Ed * Barney * United States Marine Corps) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Weasels * Turkeys * Cats **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America
| Synopsis3 = Marty, a pickpocket, always gets kicked out of fancy restaurants when he tries to trick the proprietors into giving him food. He thinks it's his lucky day when he steals a man's wallet and finds over $800 inside, so he buys a fancy suit of clothes and waltzes into a nice restaurant. The waiters recognize him and get suspicious, so he decides to show them that he really does have the money...but he finds out that his pocket's been picked!
| StoryTitle4 = The Sissy! | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = William Robert Brown | Inker4_1 = William Robert Brown | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Stephen **Supporting Characters:** * Joey * Unnamed Shop Owner (Black Magic Shoppe) **Antagonists:** * Hester (Stephen's Aunt) Turned into a frog **Other Characters:** * Ms. Perkins * Mrs. Malone * Teddy Malone) * Joey's Mother **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Frogs * Owls **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Black Magic Shoppe **Items:** * Unidentified Black Magic Book
| Synopsis4 = Stephen, a scrawny kid, lives with his cruel aunt who never lets him do anything he wants to do, so he buys a spell-book from a "Black Magic Shoppe" and uses it to turn her into a frog.
| StoryTitle5 = Suicide! | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Louis Zansky | Inker5_1 = Louis Zansky | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Mr. Jenks **Supporting Characters:** * Lucky * Mr. Farley
**Other Characters:** * NYPD) ** Unnamed Police Officer * Cyrus B. Jenks) (Mr. Jenks' Uncle) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Horses * Jellyfish * Hyenas **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City *** Canada
| Synopsis5 = Jenks, a bum who thinks he has no future in life, makes two suicide attempts, but fails in both of them. When he returns home, he meets a lawyer who announces that his rich uncle has just died and he's inherited a million dollars. However, when he rushes out to celebrate, he falls down the stairs and breaks his neck.
| StoryTitle6 = They Made Me A Ghost! | Writer6_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler6_1 = Mike Sekowsky | Inker6_1 = Bill Walton | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Blackie Droome) First appearance; dies and becomes a ghost **Supporting Characters:** * Judge Parker * Unnamed Death Row Inmate **Antagonists:** * Devil_(Earth-616)) **Other Characters:** * Death Row Inmate's Wife * Tom * Unnamed Correction Officer **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Demons * Bats) * Ghosts **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earthspace ** Earth *** United States of America * Hell
| Synopsis6 = A condemned man makes a deal with Satan to be made a ghost so that he can haunt the judge responsible for his sentence. As a ghost, he finds himself unable to affect the physical world and the wind eventually blows him out into the void of space where he drifts for eternity.
| Solicit = A scientist learns how to raise the dead, a boy obtains a book of curses, a ghost sells his soul, and more!
| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "You Can't Kill Me" is reprinted in Tomb of Darkness Vol 1 21. * "They Made Me A Ghost" is reprinted in Tomb of Darkness Vol 1 22.
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Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, Stan Lee
Interior art: Harry Anderson, N/A, Sy Barry, William Robert Brown, Louis Zansky, Mike Sekowsky
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 10382
PANEL PROFITS: 2388888