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 | $299.62 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1954-08-01 |
| 6.0 | $307.59 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1954-08-01 |
| 8.0 | $1,560.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1954-08-01 |
| 9.2 | $2,028.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1954-08-01 |
| RAW | $135.53 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1954-08-01 |
Reading this edition’s market
Compare the same cover, printing and grade before setting a bid. A raw guide or a higher-grade price does not establish a slab’s value. Include selling fees, shipping and the depth of completed-sale evidence when assessing an exit price.
The table includes 5 guide observations and 0 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 38 graded copies for Strange Tales #31 (1954). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Man Who Played With Blocks!
A toy maker gets ahold of wood leftovers from coffin construction and builds toy blocks from them. Like a voodoo figurine, whatever is built from the blocks is destroyed when the blocks are scattered.
| ReprintOf2 = Marvel Tales Vol 1 110 | ReprintOfStory2 = 4 | StoryTitle2 = The Living Legend
| StoryTitle3 = The Bum! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Bill Benulis | Inker3_1 = Bill Benulis | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = Joe Letterese | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Unnamed Bum Charles Mason)
**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Bum Charles Mason) **Other Characters:** * JPD) ** Harry (Detective) ** Unnamed Detective ** Two unnamed police officers * Charles Mason) **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Jasonville *** Chicago, Illinois
| Synopsis3 = A bum involved in a train wreck regrets when he takes the clothes off a prosperous man and leaves him to die, only to be arrested by the police and learns that they have mistaken him for a different bum that committed murder earlier and stole the victim's clothes.
| StoryTitle4 = The Money Tree! | Writer4_1 = Paul S. Newman | Penciler4_1 = John Tartaglione | Inker4_1 = John Tartaglione | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Ray Holloway | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Professor Wilson **Supporting Characters:** * Compton University ** President Filmore ** Five unnamed faculty members **Antagonists:** * Ace Horton) **Other Characters:** * Daily Herald) * Morning News_(Earth-616)) * Daily Talker_(Earth-616)) * Horton's Henchmen ** Three unnamed henchmen * Unidentified Police Department ** Two unnamed detectives **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** Compton University
| Synopsis4 = A professor is killed by a gangster who funded his money tree project when the tree only produces three dollar bills.
| StoryTitle5 = The First Man | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Bill Savage | Inker5_1 = Bill Savage | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Jackson Cole) **Supporting Characters:** * Eastern Explorers Club) ** Numerous unnamed members **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Werewolf **Other Characters:** * Narim * Abena **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Werewolves **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America ** Asia *** Kashmir **** Mount Ka *** Mount Everest
| Synopsis5 = A mountain climber wants to be the first man atop mount ka, and he succeeds, but he finds that still he has been preceded to the summit by a...werewolf.
| StoryTitle6 = The Strange Ones! | Writer6_1 = Paul S. Newman | Penciler6_1 = Arthur Peddy | Inker6_1 = N/A | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Mutants ** Unnamed Boy ** Unnamed Middle-Age Man ** Unnamed Kentuckian **Supporting Characters:** * Numerous unnamed scientists
**Other Characters:** * McClay * United States Government) **Races and Species:** * Mutants) * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New Mexico) **** Atomic Station *** Kentucky)
| Synopsis6 = Scientists search for a mutant to tame their atomic pile but he has undergone a procedure that makes him normal.
| Solicit = Toy blocks are well and good, unless they're the ones featured in this issue which destroy actual buildings once scattered.
| Notes = | Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =
Creative credits
Writers: N/A, N/A, Paul S. Newman, N/A, Paul S. Newman
Interior art: Sid Greene, Bill Benulis, John Tartaglione, Bill Savage, Arthur Peddy
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
GCD: 11498
PANEL PROFITS: 2388914