Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $202.12 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
| 6.0 | $624.87 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
| 8.0 | $750.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
| 9.2 | $975.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
| RAW | $162.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 19 graded copies for Uncanny Tales #8 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Bring Back My Face
Yasha desires a woman possessed by his rival and invents a soap that will remove someone's face so that his rival will be even uglier than he is. The formula is discovered by communist agents that distribute the cheap soap widely which causes the girl Yasha has his eye on to lose her face as well. Yasha is executed by faceless soldiers.
| StoryTitle2 = Day of Execution | Synopsis2 = This story leads the reader to believe the protagonist is about to die in the electric chair but the end reveals that the protagonist is actually the man who throws the switch, nervous doing his first execution.
| StoryTitle3 = If I Look I'll Go Mad | Synopsis3 = Norton sees magnified insects when he looks through powerful glasses but no one else does. He's committed to a sanitarium and when he's brought a book he sees creatures through the glasses and hangs himself.
| StoryTitle4 = Gravedigger's Ghost | Synopsis4 = A grave digger talks to lonely ghosts but his angry boss makes him promise not to if he wants to keep his job. The boss dies and is buried. His spirit begs the grave digger to speak with him but the man keeps his promise and remains silent on the job.
| StoryTitle5 = The Big Blow-Up | Synopsis5 = Alyov gets an idea to rob a town by having a plane print a message about dropping an atom bomb so that people will leave. The plan works, but then the plane actually does drop an atom bomb, killing Alyov and his gang.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Yasha **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Realities:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
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| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Norton **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Realities:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
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| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Alyov **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Realities:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
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Creative credits
Interior art: John Forte, Joe Maneely, Jay Scott Pike, George Roussos
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 10549
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