Uncanny Tales #44

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CGC records 9 graded copies for Uncanny Tales #44 (1956). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Out of the Swamps!

A scientist discovers a type of lemur living in the swamp that only lives for a week. He gets the idea to conduct an experiment in accelerated evolution and they produce wondrous discoveries which he shares with mankind. His contact with the outside world wants the power that such information would give him and so, after defeating the villain, the lemurs decide to return to the swamp where they will soon go back to their old ways of living.

| StoryTitle2 = The Frightened Man! | Writer2_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler2_1 = George Roussos | Inker2_1 = George Roussos | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = N/A | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Franz Hyle) **Supporting Characters:** * Minister of State Lauerbach **Antagonists:** * Professor Andrew Rolf) * Numerous unnamed citizens of Camilandt **Other Characters:** * Camilandt Army) ** Unnamed Lieutenant ** Unnamed Captain ** General Nord Bauvin) ** Numerous unnamed soldiers * Camilandt Navy) * Numerous unnamed palace guards **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Plutonians **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Solar System *** Earth **** Camilandt *** Pluto)

| Synopsis2 = A man disguises himself as an alien from Pluto to fool a paranoid dictator into imprisoning his entire cabinet on suspicion to treason so that the people can overthrow him.

| StoryTitle3 = She Came From Nowhere! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = John Forte | Inker3_1 = John Forte | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Harry Long) **Supporting Characters:** * Princess Darla **Antagonists:** * Ornil Secret Police) ** Two unnamed members **Other Characters:** * Unnamed Motorist **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Ornilians **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earthspace *** Earth **** United States of America ***** Clarksville ***** Newtown ** Ornil

**Vehicles:** * Harry's Car

| Synopsis3 = Harry Long picks up a beautiful female hitchhiker on his way to Newtown while she was on her way to Clarksville. Not long into their drive Harry notices that she isn't paying attention and that a car is following them. He pulls over and the men calling themselves police officers put them in the backseat of their car. Harry noticing they have the same accent as the woman and that she explained that they weren't police officers takes action and forces the car to swerve into a tree.

Harry and the woman escape into the nearby forest where she explains that she is Princess Darla from a parallel dimension called Ornil and that the men who are after her are secret police. Harry thinks she's crazy but ends up following her commands as she asks for his keys and leads the men away from the scene.

The men catch up to Harry and threaten him with their blaster for info on Darla but before they can really act on anything the men begin to fade. Harry realizes Darla was speaking the truth the entire time and is in an elated mood as he hitchhikes to Clarksville to meet with his Princess.

| StoryTitle4 = Beyond Belief! | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Harry Lazarus | Inker4_1 = Harry Lazarus | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = Ray Holloway | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Jonathan Black)

**Antagonists:** * Unnamed Dog **Other Characters:** * Numerous unnamed citizens of Cape Cod * Numerous unnamed citizens of Lakeville * United States Government) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Dogs **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earthspace *** Earth **** United States of America ***** Massachusetts) ****** Cape Cod ****** Lakeville ** Heaven) **Items:** * Gas X

| Synopsis4 = Jonathan Black, a scientist, develops a gas that suspends gravity and tests it out on a various houses before announcing his demands to the government. A stray dog jumps through an open window looking for a handout but the man shouts at it to get out. When it jumps back out the window it knocks over the entire canister of the gas sending the man's house into orbit.

| StoryTitle5 = Travelling Sam | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = N/A | Inker5_1 = N/A | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = Typeset | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Fabian Magic and Trick Manufacturing Company) ** Sam Craig) **Supporting Characters:** * Two unnamed Indian brothers

**Other Characters:** * Marco Polo) * Sam's Landlady **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Snakes) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** North America **** United States of America ***** New York) ****** New York City ******* Manhattan ******* Long Island ***** Chicago, Illinois *** Asia **** India ***** Ganges **** Mecca

| Synopsis5 = A bookkeeper gives up his fantasies of travel and goes back to handball after a strange encounter with two Indian magicians.

| StoryTitle6 = Planet of Doom | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Bob McCarty | Inker6_1 = Bob McCarty | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = Ray Holloway | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Markov

**Antagonists:** * Yussovitch * Lentov **Other Characters:** * Anna Kurlov) * Ivan Kurlov) * Numerous unnamed residents of Sirius 171 **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-Unknown ** Milky Way *** Solar System **** Earth ***** Unidentified Nation *** Sirius System **** Sirius 171

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| StoryTitle7 = The Girl Who Didn't Exist! | Writer7_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler7_1 = Paul Reinman | Inker7_1 = Paul Reinman | Colorist7_1 = N/A | Letterer7_1 = N/A | Editor7_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing7 = **Featured Characters:** * Caesar Augustus (Augie Walford)) **Supporting Characters:** * Julius Caesar) * Claudia Caligara) **Antagonists:** * Justinian **Other Characters:** * Professor Walter Haywood) * Numerous unnamed American University Students **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Horses **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** Europe **** Italy ***** Rome ****** Colosseum) *** United States of America

| Synopsis7 = An archeologist fancies the maiden statue that is uncovered among Roman ruins so much that he is drawn back in time to marry her and become the next Caesar.

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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "Out of the Swamps!" is reprinted in Uncanny Tales Vol 2 2. * "The Frightened Man!" is reprinted in Dead of Night Vol 1 2. * "Beyond Belief!" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales Vol 1 4. * "The Girl Who Didn't Exist!" is reprinted in Dead of Night Vol 1 2.

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Creative credits

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

Interior art: Dick Ayers, George Roussos, John Forte, Harry Lazarus, N/A, Bob McCarty, Paul Reinman

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

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