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Marvel Tales #143

Edition record · February 1956

Price history & market evidence

PriceCharting guide history

Dated guide estimates for this edition, separate from completed sales.

PPCF-0000008317 · TRADINGVIEW VALUATION ENGINE DATED GUIDE
$50.00+0.00%
Stored guide observationsPriceCharting · exact edition

2 dated observations. Last recorded 2026-11-01. Source record #2412510

Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.

GradeAmountEvidenceRecorded
8.0$1,320.00PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide1956-02-01
9.2$1,716.00PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide1956-02-01
RAW$56.55PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide1956-02-01

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The table includes 3 guide observations and 0 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.

Graded population

CGC records 15 graded copies for Marvel Tales #143 (1956). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

1.8 · 12.0 · 13.5 · 36.0 · 16.5 · 37.0 · 27.5 · 28.0 · 2

The House on the Hill!

This story is similar to EC's "The Strange Couple" although instead of being devoured, they want to capture him as an experimental subject.

| StoryTitle2 = The Mirror | 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:** * Bruce Morton) **Supporting Characters:** * Mr. Morton (Bruce's Father) First appearance; vision * Mrs. Morton (Bruce's Mother) First appearance; vision

**Other Characters:** * Miss Coleman * Morton's Stock Broker * Batjet Autoplane Corporation) ** Unnamed Board Member **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City ***** Wall Street

| Synopsis2 = A wealthy but unhappy man is motivated to change his life by the vision of his past that he sees in his mirror.

| StoryTitle3 = The Greed of Silas Plunkett | Writer3_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler3_1 = Manny Stallman | Inker3_1 = Manny Stallman | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Silas Plunkett)

**Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616

| Synopsis3 = A man gets a loan from a greedy banker in order to go into competition with him by taking all his customers since he charges lower interest rates.

| StoryTitle4 = Louie's Leprechaun | Writer4_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler4_1 = Art Peddy | Inker4_1 = Jack Abel | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Sam Rosen | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Louie **Supporting Characters:** * Louie's father-in-law

**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Leprechauns

| Synopsis4 = A man meets a Leprechaun who turns out to be his father-in-law.

| StoryTitle5 = It Tolls By Night | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = Ed Winiarski | Inker5_1 = Ed Winiarski | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing5 =

| Synopsis5 = A bell tolls a warning of alien invasion.

| StoryTitle6 = Where Dinosaurs Dwell! | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Bob Forgione | Inker6_1 = Jack Abel | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = Sam Rosen | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 =

| Synopsis6 = When a man experiences a trip through time he isn't sure if he dreamed the whole thing or it really happened.

| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "The Mirror" is reprinted in Tales of Suspense Vol 1 9 and as "Image in the Mirror" in Strange Tales of the Unusual Vol 1 9.

| Trivia = | Recommended = | Links =

Creative credits

Writers: N/A, N/A, Carl Wessler, Carl Wessler, N/A, N/A

Interior art: Al Hartley, N/A, Manny Stallman, Art Peddy, Ed Winiarski, Bob Forgione

Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

Source records & attribution

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GCD: 12653

PANEL PROFITS: 2412510

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