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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $504.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1953-03-01 |
| 6.0 | $576.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1953-03-01 |
| RAW | $127.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-03-01 |
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CGC records 22 graded copies for Uncanny Tales #6 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
He Lurks in the Shadows
A killer wants to give up his gruesome trade but he loves his wife and wants to continue to give her expensive presents. He pulls one last job and resolves to tell her he's broke when he goes through a dark alley and feels a knife shoved deep into his back. It turns out his wife is in the same business for the same reason.
| StoryTitle2 = A Vampire is Loose | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = Dick Ayers | Inker2_1 = Dick Ayers | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = Typeset | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
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| StoryTitle3 = The Man Who Changed | Writer3_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler3_1 = Sid Greene | Inker3_1 = Sid Greene | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Luther Hobson) **Supporting Characters:** * Dorothy Bryant-Hobson)
**Other Characters:** * Frank's Date * Frank * Abner (Justice of the Peace) * Abner's Wife * Two unnamed witnesses * Dr. Sigmund Wells) * Two unnamed nurses **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City ****** Nick and Harold's Club ** Atlantic Ocean *** Caribbean Sea **** Bermuda
| Synopsis3 = A beautiful woman who loves her ugly husband has her face deformed through surgery just as he is having his face made handsome by a plastic surgeon.
| StoryTitle4 = I Was a Vampire | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Matt Fox | Inker4_1 = Matt Fox | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Count Kronin) **Supporting Characters:** * Mara)
**Other Characters:** * Constable Gorkin * Prof. Malleck **Races and Species:** * Vampires * Humans) * Cats **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe *** Unidentified Village **Items:** * Prof. Malleck's Vampire Cure
| Synopsis4 = A vampire falls in love with a woman and so takes a serum that can cure vampirism, but on their wedding night, his bride reveals herself to be a vampire.
| StoryTitle5 = The Stooge | Writer5_1 = Clayton Martin | Penciler5_1 = Martin Thall | Inker5_1 = Martin Thall | Inker5_2 = Christopher Rule | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Willie
**Antagonists:** * Tina **Other Characters:** * Unidentified Circus ** Tex ** Several unnamed performers **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Owls **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America
| Synopsis5 = A circus freak with six hands murders his fat lady wife because, even with six hands, he can't keep up with all the orders she gives him.
| StoryTitle6 = The Mark of Death! | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = John Forte | Inker6_1 = John Forte | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Victor (Sophie's Nephew) **Supporting Characters:** * Sophie Doolittle)
**Other Characters:** * Dunbah **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America
| Synopsis6 = A man tries to shock his aunt into an early grave so he can get her money by pretending he sees the mark of death in her palm. At first he thinks his ploy has failed, because she doesn't show much of a reaction, but later in evening she visits him with a gun and shoots him because she is concerned no one will be around to care for him after she's gone.
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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "He Lurks in the Shadows" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows Vol 1 16. * "The Man Who Changed" is reprinted in Giant-Size Dracula Vol 1 3. * "I Was a Vampire" is reprinted in Giant-Size Dracula Vol 1 3. * "The Stooge" is reprinted in Creatures on the Loose Vol 1 33 and Monster Menace Vol 1 3. * "The Mark of Death" is reprinted in Vault of Evil Vol 1 17.
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Creative credits
Writers: Carl Wessler, N/A, Carl Wessler, N/A, Clayton Martin, N/A
Interior art: Sam Kweskin, Dick Ayers, Sid Greene, Matt Fox, Martin Thall, John Forte
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
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GCD: 10396
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