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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | $255.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1955-10-01 |
| RAW | $111.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1955-10-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 27 graded copies for Marvel Tales #139 (1955). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Nothing Man!
When a boxing hopeful invents a powder that makes him invisible in the ring, he becomes middle-weight champ. He decides the speed limit doesn't apply to him, since he knows the police can't see him, but after waking from a nap he finds that the police have constructed a jail around him.
| StoryTitle2 = Weather Man | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = Sol Brodsky | Inker2_1 = Sol Brodsky | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = Typeset | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Chuck **Supporting Characters:** * Unidentified Newspaper ** Harry Davis) * United States Government) ** Kennedy ** Several unnamed agents **Antagonists:** * Controllers) ** Several unnamed members **Other Characters:** * Dr. Ramsey **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ostriches **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America **** New York) **** Maine) **** California) ** Controllers' Asteroid, Earth Orbit
| Synopsis2 = The weather reporter at a newspaper realizes that the weather is being manipulated somehow in an effort to destroy Earth's crops, and helps the government stop the attack.
| StoryTitle3 = Danger From Nowhere! | Writer3_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler3_1 = Ross Andru | Inker3_1 = Mike Esposito | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 =
**Other Characters:** * Napoleon) **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616
| Synopsis3 = A pilot who breaks the sound barrier hears voices plotting an invasion of America which turn out to be from Napoleon.
| StoryTitle4 = The Sleeper! | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Bill Benulis | Inker4_1 = Bill Benulis | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 =
| Synopsis4 = A father of a little boy finds out that even toys have parents too.
| StoryTitle5 = The Talking Box! | Writer5_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler5_1 = Ed Winiarski | Inker5_1 = Ed Winiarski | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 =
| Synopsis5 = When an atomic war destroys civilization, the primitives who are left use an old phonograph recording of a message of peace to psyche themselves up for the war raids they inflict upon neighboring tribes.
| StoryTitle6 = The Unseen Audience! | Writer6_1 = Stan Lee | Penciler6_1 = Dick Ayers | Inker6_1 = Dick Ayers | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
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| Synopsis6 = A circus clown is unaware that his performance is being viewed by an appreciative alien ambassador.
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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "Weather Man" is reprinted in Strange Tales Vol 1 72, Tales of Suspense Vol 1 20, Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 86 and as "The Dry Earth" in Journey Into Unknown Worlds Vol 1 53.
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Creative credits
Writers: N/A, N/A, Carl Wessler, N/A, Stan Lee, Stan Lee
Interior art: Pete Tumlinson, Sol Brodsky, Ross Andru, Bill Benulis, Ed Winiarski, Dick Ayers
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 12389
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