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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $716.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1954-06-01 |
| 6.0 | $960.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1954-06-01 |
| RAW | $536.89 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1954-06-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 46 graded copies for Strange Tales #29 (1954). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Witchcraft!
An executioner thinks to drum up business by accusing an old hermit of being a witch, but the woman will not confess even under torture. The executioner disguises himself as the devil and visits her in her cell. He gets her to agree to confess when a guard sees him and raises the alarm. He attempts to remove the costume and finds that he cannot since the old hag really was a witch and uses the commotion to escape.
| StoryTitle2 = Come Back, Captain | 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:** * Fenner **Supporting Characters:** * Unidentified Navy ** Unnamed Captain **Antagonists:** * James Keen **Other Characters:** * McKee * Brenner * Greig * Stein * Bill Noonan) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ghosts **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth
**Vehicles:** * S.S. Georgetown * S.S. Lavania * S.S Minetto
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| StoryTitle3 = Dead Beat! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Bob Correa | Inker3_1 = Bob Correa | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = N/A
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Benny Troy) **Supporting Characters:** * Betty
**Other Characters:** * Bugsy * Daily Herald) * Flakey * Joey * Clem **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America
| Synopsis3 = A crook commits fraud by selling stock in a fake uranium company and sending the money to his fiancé. When he returns to her, he finds that she has invested all the money in his fake uranium company.
| StoryTitle4 = One Must Die | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Bill Savage | Inker4_1 = Bill Savage | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Harry **Supporting Characters:** * Robert
**Other Characters:** * United States Army) ** Three unnamed military personnel * Numerous unidentified subterranean creatures **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Robots * Unidentified Subterranean species **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America ** Subterranea
**Vehicles:** * Digger
| Synopsis4 = A man in a drilling rig plots to murder his co-pilot when he discovers only enough food for one man to return from their days long subterranean journey. After he executes an accident-like death that destroys the other man's body he notices that there are no return controls on the instrument panel. He gets a radio message informing him that his co-pilot was a robot containing the reverse controls for the drilling rig.
| StoryTitle5 = The Man in the Mask! | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Al Eadeh | Inker5_1 = Al Eadeh | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = Morrie Kuramoto | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Man in the Mask **Supporting Characters:** * United Nations) ** Numerous unnamed members **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Soviet Union Representative **Other Characters:** * KGB) ** Numerous unnamed members **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Zombies **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America **** New York) ***** New York City ****** Manhattan ******* United Nations Headquarters ** Europe *** Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
| Synopsis5 = A skeleton in a mask testifies before the UN of communist atrocities.
| StoryTitle6 = We Saw It Happen! | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Mort Lawrence | Inker6_1 = Mort Lawrence | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Judge Krishlal **Supporting Characters:** * Krishna) **Antagonists:** * Kordu * Ral * Aba * Sali **Other Characters:** * Nalo * Valti * Johrnu * Nalo's Father **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ghosts * Daevas **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** India *** Udaka
| Synopsis6 = In India, four different witnesses give false testimony in court, including the ghost of the deceased! The Hindu god of justice appears in the courtroom to punish all four individuals for their deceit.
| Solicit = Are you familiar with the Salem Witch Trials? This issue follows a similar path, instead this time the witches may actually exist...
| Notes = | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Interior art: Robert Sale, N/A, Bob Correa, Bill Savage, Al Eadeh, Mort Lawrence
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 11368
PANEL PROFITS: 2388911