Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $253.73 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1953-04-01 |
| 8.0 | $5,040.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1953-04-01 |
| 9.2 | $6,552.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1953-04-01 |
| RAW | $160.06 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-04-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 41 graded copies for Strange Tales #17 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Danny Had a Dream
Danny, a kid living on a farm, dreams of growing up and creating a powerful weapon which he can use to conquer the world. To get started on his task, he decides to gather some old junk and build a model of the machine which he envisions. Surprisingly, when he presses a button on the machine, it disintegrates every metal object in the area, including the nails holding the barn together! Angrily, Danny's father throws the model away, and it lands in an apple cart which is taken to the city and eventually falls into the hands of a government agent. Over a period of many years, the "great scientists of the free nations" analyze the model and use it to build life-size metal disintegrators which they use to force the Communist countries into surrender (after the Russians attack first, of course). Meanwhile, Danny, now an adult, passes by the old collapsed barn on his farm and vaguely recalls the incident from his childhood, thinking about how foolish it was for him to believe that he could build a machine which would conquer the world.
Creative credits
Writers: N/A, Stan Lee, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Interior art: Joe Sinnott, Jerry Robinson, N/A, C.A. Winter, Sol Brodsky, Dick Briefer
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 10451
PANEL PROFITS: 2388898