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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $346.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
| 6.0 | $432.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
| RAW | $193.64 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
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CGC records 36 graded copies for Menace #3 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Men in Black!
After losing his job, Jim Horton organizes a gang that wears black hoods to beat and rob anyone he considers "foreign," but his bigotry leads to his death.
| StoryTitle2 = The Urge to Kill | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = Marty Elkin | Inker2_1 = Marty Elkin | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = Typeset | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Stan Whittaker) **Supporting Characters:** * Bob Collins)
**Other Characters:** * Mrs. Whittaker * Mrs. Collins **Races and Species:** * Ghosts * Werewolves **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Hell
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| StoryTitle3 = Werewolf! | Writer3_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler3_1 = Bill Everett | Inker3_1 = Bill Everett | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = Bill Everett | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Waldo Forrest) **Supporting Characters:** * Emily Forrest) **Antagonists:** * Matt Collins_(Earth-616)) a werewolf * Unnamed Wolf **Other Characters:** * Brown * Two unnamed bar patrons * Unnamed Sheriff **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Wolves * Dragons) * Snakes) * Bears * Cougars * Pigs * Werewolves **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** North America **** United States of America ***** Brown's Bar and Grill *** Hungary
| Synopsis3 = A man goes into the forest in order to find proof of werewolves and is attacked. He shoots the beast and returns home to his shrew wife, but he has been bitten, so she screams as he begins to transform. She shoots him in the back with a shotgun but he tears out her throat before he dies.
| StoryTitle4 = Rodeo! | Writer4_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler4_1 = Russ Heath | Inker4_1 = Russ Heath | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Wes Kincaid) **Supporting Characters:** * Tex Robbins) * Sue Conway) **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Bull
**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Horses * Cows **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America
| Synopsis4 = A rodeo clown tries to get rid of his rival by pretending to trip and failing to distract the bull when the rival is thrown off the bull during the riding event. What the clown fails to realize is that the bull resents him more than the rider for all the times in the past he has distracted it by leaping into a protective barrel where the bull's horns can't get him. The bull sees its opportunity and gores the clown.
| StoryTitle5 = You're Gonna Live Forever | Writer5_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler5_1 = Joe Maneely | Inker5_1 = Joe Maneely | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Harry Sikes) **Supporting Characters:** * Professor Hogarth **Antagonists:** * Unidentified Police Department ** Unnamed Police Officer ** Steve ** Unnamed Sergeant **Other Characters:** * Unnamed Guide **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Worms **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America **** Louisiana) **Items:** * Hogarth's Immortality Serum
| Synopsis5 = A gangster drinks a serum that will allow him to live forever and goes to hide out in the bayou where he falls into a pit of quicksand.
| Solicit = Intolerance leads to death in the first of our creepy, far-out tales! Then, a man goes on the trail to find proof of werewolves, but gets way more than he bargained for!
| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "Men in Black!" is reprinted in Uncanny Tales Vol 2 4. * "Werewolf!" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills Vol 1 11. * "Rodeo!" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills Vol 1 15. * "You're Gonna Live Forever!" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales Vol 1 8. * "The Urge to Kill" text story uses art from the story "The Strange Game" from Strange Tales Vol 1 9.
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Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee, N/A, Stan Lee, Stan Lee, Stan Lee
Interior art: John Romita Sr., Marty Elkin, Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Joe Maneely
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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COMICBASE: comicbase:731294
GCD: 10534
PANEL PROFITS: 25209