Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $59.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1955-09-01 |
| 6.0 | $202.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1955-09-01 |
| 8.0 | $310.71 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1955-09-01 |
| 9.2 | $404.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1955-09-01 |
| RAW | $74.96 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1955-09-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 18 graded copies for Marvel Tales #138 (1955). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Tomorrow!
A man is let go from his job and approached by people who have glasses that see 24 hours into the future. They protect people from accidents and offer him a job. He accepts, but when he sees his former boss struggling to stay afloat in the river, he decides to turn in an incomplete accident report. They have observed events themselves and fire him for his dishonesty. He decides to watch his boss in the river and when he arrives, a truck knocks him into the river. His former boss is passing by and jumps in to save him. That is why he is struggling. The time glasses people save the two of them, and admonish their former employee that because of his vengeful attitude, he nearly doomed himself. He resolves to mend his ways.
| StoryTitle2 = Last Seen Climbing a Ladder! | Writer2_1 = | Penciler2_1 = Vic Carrabotta | Inker2_1 = Vic Carrabotta | Colorist2_1 = | Letterer2_1 = | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Daniel Farley) **Supporting Characters:** * Unidentified Aliens
**Other Characters:** * Farley's Assistant * United States Government) ** United States Army) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species **Locations:** * Earth ** Earth Orbit ** North America *** United States of America * Unidentified "Asteroid" **Items:** * Farley's Ladder
| Synopsis2 = A mocked scientist succeeds in building a ladder to an asteroid.
| StoryTitle3 = The Little Men! | Writer3_1 = | Penciler3_1 = Paul Reinman | Inker3_1 = Paul Reinman | Colorist3_1 = | Letterer3_1 = | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Frank Ferris) **Supporting Characters:** * Mabel Ferris) * Cluny the Giant **Antagonists:** * Unidentified Aliens ** Numerous unnamed aliens **Other Characters:** * Frank's Brother * Frank Ferris Jr.) * Colonel Mite * Colonel Mite's Wife **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America * Unidentified Planet
| Synopsis3 = A carnival owner comes across small aliens who are spraying crops so that humans who eat the food will produce midgets so they won't have a size advantage when they invade, but he fools them into leaving Earth by claiming that the food is only producing small children ten percent of the time and producing giants the rest. He displays his circus giant to them as proof and they buy into his lie and leave.
| StoryTitle4 = The Thinker | Writer4_1 = | Penciler4_1 = | Inker4_1 = | Colorist4_1 = | Letterer4_1 = Typeset | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
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| StoryTitle5 = When Warren Woke Up! | Writer5_1 = Gene Fawcette | Penciler5_1 = Gene Fawcette | Inker5_1 = Gene Fawcette | Colorist5_1 = | Letterer5_1 = | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Matt Warren)
**Other Characters:** * Martha * Jimmy * Susan **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-55938 ** Earthspace *** Earth ** Dream Dimension *** Earth **** Egypt
| Synopsis5 = An atomic scientist named Matt Warren has a dream that the Earth had become upset with mankind. The planet started to defend itself from the dangers of man by covering the surface of the planet with vegetation. Plants soon took over the Earth covering cities and structures. People wandered in a daze looking through the maze of plants looking for their homes and loved ones. Under a common peril, humans forget about their hate. They band together to cooperate in an effort to save themselves from extinction. The images soon fade as the scientist wakes up from his dream. He walks to open his front door only to discover that his dream is actually coming through and plants engulf his house.
| StoryTitle6 = Crack-Up! | Writer6_1 = | Penciler6_1 = Doug Wildey | Inker6_1 = Doug Wildey | Colorist6_1 = | Letterer6_1 = | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Jayson **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed Instructor
**Other Characters:** * Jayson's Father * Jayson's Mother **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-Unknown ** Earth *** Moon
| Synopsis6 = Pilots who can't make the grade in rocket flight school are tested in simulations.
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| Notes = * "Tomorrow!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows Vol 1 9. * "Last Seen Climbing a Ladder!" is reprinted in Uncanny Tales Vol 2 2. * "The Little Men!" reprinted as "I Was Kidnapped by a Flying Saucer" in Weird Wonder Tales Vol 1 2. * "When Warren Woke Up!" is reprinted in Beware Vol 1 7. * "Crack-Up!" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales Vol 1 2.
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Creative credits
Writers: N/A, Gene Fawcette
Interior art: Mort Lawrence, Vic Carrabotta, Paul Reinman, Gene Fawcette, Doug Wildey
Color: N/A
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GCD: 12325
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