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 | $225.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1953-12-01 |
| 8.0 | $3,120.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1953-12-01 |
| 9.2 | $4,056.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1953-12-01 |
| RAW | $145.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-12-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 35 graded copies for Marvel Tales #119 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The New Life
A man invents a Life Selector so that he can become the important person he always wanted to be.
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| StoryTitle2 = Collector's Item | Writer2_1 = | Penciler2_1 = John Forte | Inker2_1 = | Colorist2_1 = | Letterer2_1 = | Editor2_1 = | Synopsis2 = A woman murders her suitors until she can find one that can afford to buy her the large diamond in the jeweler's window. An ugly man buys it, but she doesn't care what he looks like and tells him so. He asks for her hand and she consents so he cuts it off to add to his collection.
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| StoryTitle3 = When the Mummies Rise | Writer3_1 = | Penciler3_1 = Russ Heath | Inker3_1 = | Colorist3_1 = | Letterer3_1 = | Editor3_1 = | Synopsis3 = Eight thousand years ago alien warriors arrive in Egypt and place themselves in wrappings of inanimation until they receive a signal from their scout that culture has progressed far enough to warrent taking it over. In 1952 the signal is given and the warriors convene in the Arizona desert to make battle plans where they are wiped out by an atom bomb test.
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| StoryTitle4 = They Can't Burn Blackie | Writer4_1 = | Penciler4_1 = Mac Pakula | Inker4_1 = | Colorist4_1 = | Letterer4_1 = | Editor4_1 = | Synopsis4 = A man scheduled to die in the electric chair is given the choice to pilot a rocket to a newly discovered planet zig-zagging through space. When he lands, the static charge built up through its motion electrocutes him.
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| StoryTitle5 = They Gave Him a Grave | Writer5_1 = | Penciler5_1 = Larry Woromay | Inker5_1 = | Colorist5_1 = | Letterer5_1 = | Editor5_1 = | Synopsis5 = A man kills his partner in crime and buries the loot with his corpse. He plans to lay low for a year and then go dig up the money, but after six months he begins having dreams that his partner is spending the money on gambling, champagne and dames. He goes out to the gravesite and digs up the body to find the money gone and a corpse in a tux along with the skeleton of a woman in a dress, booze bottles and cards.
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Creative credits
Interior art: Al Eadeh, John Forte, Russ Heath, Mac Pakula, Larry Woromay
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
GCD: 10972
PANEL PROFITS: 2412486