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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $516.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
| RAW | $195.66 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 43 graded copies for Strange Tales #18 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
John Doe!
A criminal attempts to steal an inventor's robot so that he can sell it, but when he attempts to rub out the inventor's daughter, the robot attacks and kills him. The ending also reveals the inventor himself is a living robot.
| StoryTitle2 = The Apple Orchard | 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:** * Rudolph (King of Caruthia) **Supporting Characters:** * Goniface (Prime Minister) * Filimon
**Other Characters:** * Henry VIII) * Francis I of France|Francis I * Holy Roman Empire ** Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe *** Caruthia *** Filimon's Tower *** England *** France
| Synopsis2 = An evil king kills his kingdom magician in order to steal a formula for invincible soldiers and ensure his own power. The king however discovers too late the magician's secret was to turn humans into trees as he is turned into one himself and is then destroyed by a fire engulfing the magician's tower.
| StoryTitle3 = The Saucers Strike! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = George Tuska | Inker3_1 = George Tuska | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Lemuel * "Pop" (Lemuel's Father) **Supporting Characters:** * United States Armed Forces) ** General Aimsley ** Numerous unnamed military personnel **Antagonists:** * Unidentified Aliens ** Numerous unnamed aliens **Other Characters:** * United States Government) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City ***** Manhattan * Unidentified Planet
| Synopsis3 = An armada of flying saucers invades Earth, but makes one crucial mistake--due to an error by their scanners, they believe that human beings are composed of an advanced form of metal. With their weapons keyed to destroy metal objects, they strike terror into the hearts of humans by destroying army tanks and other metal devices, but a hick farmer figures out their weakness when he single-handedly attacks them and finds that their weapons can't affect him. Also, in the different atmosphere of Earth, the aliens can be killed by a single punch. The alien army leaves, and the farmer is hailed as a hero (to his annoyance, because the celebrating mob is stepping on his crops).
| StoryTitle4 = Witch-Hunt! | Writer4_1 = Paul S. Newman | Penciler4_1 = Larry Woromay | Inker4_1 = Matt Fox | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Unnamed Woman
**Antagonists:** * Devil_(Earth-616)) a noble * Numerous unnamed witches * Numerous unnamed demons **Other Characters:** * Numerous unnamed villagers **Races and Species:** * Demons * Humans) * Cats * Dogs * Toads * Rats * Horses **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe
| Synopsis4 = The devil is annoyed with a do-gooder who drives away his witches so he assumes the guise of an official of the kingdom and has her sent to the stake.
| StoryTitle5 = Boris and the Bomb! | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Gene Colan | Inker5_1 = Gene Colan | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Boris Kuzov)
**Antagonists:** * Soviet Armed Forces) ** Marshal Luchenko ** Numerous unnamed military personnel **Other Characters:** * Numerous unnamed politicians, soldiers, scientists **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe *** Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
| Synopsis5 = A Russian atomic scientist gets revenge upon the communists who killed his family by making the first soviet hydrogen bomb appear to be a dud until they come within range and then he triggers it.
| Solicit = Strange tales of startling suspense from the 1950s of Marvel! A rampaging robot, an army of flying saucers, a deadly witch-hunt, and more!
| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "The Saucers Strike!" was rewritten as "When the Space-Beasts Attack!!" in Tales to Astonish Vol 1 29 with art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers.
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Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee, N/A, N/A, Paul S. Newman, N/A
Interior art: Joe Maneely, N/A, George Tuska, Larry Woromay, Gene Colan
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 10535
PANEL PROFITS: 2388899