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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAW | $226.13 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-08-01 |
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CGC records 51 graded copies for Strange Tales #21 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Man Who Cried Vampire!
A rancher tries to get rid of his wife by telling stories of vampires out amongst the cattle in order to shock her, but what he doesn't know is that she herds vampire cows so that she can make money by preying off the neighbor's cattle.
| ReprintOf2 = Venus Vol 1 18 | ReprintOfStory2 = 3 | StoryTitle2 = Sorcerer's Justice | Penciler2_1 = Paul Reinman | Inker2_1 = Paul Reinman
| StoryTitle3 = Ball of Fire! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Tony DiPreta | Inker3_1 = Tony DiPreta | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = Ray Holloway | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Dr. Muntz * Dr. Hadley
**Antagonists:** * Nason
**Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Lake Thorpe **** Lake Thorpe Observatory **Items:** * Unidentified Meteorite
| Synopsis3 = A meteorite fuses itself to missing fragments.
| StoryTitle4 = The Last Flying Saucer! | Writer4_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler4_1 = Bill Everett | Inker4_1 = Bill Everett | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Bill Everett | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * United States Armed Forces) ** United States Army) *** Numerous unnamed soldiers ** United States Air Force) *** Numerous unnamed soldiers
**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Alien **Other Characters:** * Several unnamed onlookers **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America
**Vehicles:** * Alien Spacecraft
| Synopsis4 = An alien brings the secret of eternal life, but fearful humans blow up his flying saucer.
| StoryTitle5 = The Man From Tomorrow | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = John Forte | Inker5_1 = John Forte | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = Morrie Kuramoto | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Adam Tyler) **Supporting Characters:** * Blind Jonathan) * Martha **Antagonists:** * Mutated Humans ** Numerous unnamed mutated humans **Other Characters:** * Adam) * Three unnamed scientists * Soviet Army) ** Numerous unnamed soldiers **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Elephants **Realities:** * Earth-53759 * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth-53759 ** Earth *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City ****** Manhattan ******* American Museum of Natural History * Earth-616 ** Earth *** North America **** United States of America ***** New York) ****** New York City ******* Manhattan *** Europe **** Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ***** Russia ****** Moscow ******* Kremlin **Items:** * Adam Tyler's Time Machine
| Synopsis5 = In the year 2053 mutants from the atomic war attempt to prevent a time traveler from returning to 1953.
| StoryTitle6 = The Monkey Glands | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Paul Reinman | Inker6_1 = Paul Reinman | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Franz Lukoff) **Supporting Characters:** * Baron Serge Lukoff)
**Other Characters:** * Two unnamed servants * Aram * Serge Voronoff * Unnamed Lawyer **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Monkeys * Parrots * Dogs **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe
| Synopsis6 = A man takes a serum of monkey glands in order to be sure that he will outlive his brother and inherit the estate but it turns him into an ape-like creature.
| Solicit = A vampire attacks! Plus, meet a living ball of fire, an immortal alien, and more!
| Notes = * The story "The Man From Tomorrow" is continuation from Strange Tales Vol 1 20 "The World I Lost".
| Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: N/A, N/A, Stan Lee, N/A, N/A
Interior art: Joe Maneely, Paul Reinman, Tony DiPreta, Bill Everett, John Forte, Paul Reinman
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 10722
PANEL PROFITS: 2388903