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 | $102.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1960-11-01 |
| 6.0 | $199.88 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1960-11-01 |
| 8.0 | $780.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1960-11-01 |
| 9.2 | $1,581.80 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1960-11-01 |
| 9.6 | $12,240.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1960-11-01 |
| 9.8 | $11,127.60 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1960-11-01 |
| RAW | $68.38 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1960-11-01 |
| 10.0 | $14,466.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1960-11-01 |
| 9.2 | $430.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 125 graded copies for Tales of Suspense #12 (1960). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
I Alone Know the Dread Secret of Gor-Kill, the Living Demon!
A gaseous alien comes down to Earth and inhabits a dam of water to harass local villagers. The village loafer realizes that the alien is using the water in the dam to corporealize itself, and steals dynamite in order blow up the pass before the alien can reach the sea. The loafer succeeds, but is imprisoned for stealing the dynamite.
| ReprintOf2 = Strange Tales Vol 1 47 | ReprintOfStory2 = 5 | StoryTitle2 = Vial of Inspiration | Penciler2_1 = Joe Maneely | Inker2_1 = Joe Maneely
| StoryTitle3 = I Must Find "Those Who Lurk Below!" | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Steve Ditko | Inker3_1 = Steve Ditko | Colorist3_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer3_1 = Artie Simek | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Pierre
**Antagonists:** * Kragnok **Other Characters:** * Earth Dwellers **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Pigs * Earth Dwellers **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Europe *** Unidentified Prison ** Subterranea *** Unidentified Underground City **Items:** * "The Legend of the Earth Dwellers!" (Book) * Earth Digger
| Synopsis3 = thumb|left A sadistic jailer buys a book detailing an alien civilization that has retreated below the Earth, in order to avoid surface climate change, to torment his prisoner with false hope of escape. The prisoner finds the book and believes the story, and later he finds a working digger to bring him down to the aliens below, who welcome him. The astonished jailer spends the rest of his life unsuccessfully attempting to locate another working digger.
| StoryTitle4 = The Monster In My Cellar! | Writer4_1 = Stan Lee | Writer4_2 = Larry Lieber | Penciler4_1 = Reed Crandall | Inker4_1 = Reed Crandall | Colorist4_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer4_1 = Artie Simek | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Unnamed Writer **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed Editor **Antagonists:** * Monster in the Cellar) **Other Characters:** * Cyclops) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Reptiles * Lizards * Cyclops **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America
| Synopsis4 = A writer creates a story involving a monstrous lizard who comes to life in his cellar, he struggles against the creature who mysteriously disappears.
| StoryTitle5 = I Met the Thing on Midnight Island! | Writer5_1 = Stan Lee | Writer5_2 = Larry Lieber | Penciler5_1 = Don Heck | Inker5_1 = Don Heck | Colorist5_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer5_1 = Artie Simek | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Rick Jordan) **Supporting Characters:** * "Ape-Creature"
**Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** Midnight Island
**Vehicles:** * Rick Jordan's Boat * Alien Spacecraft
| Synopsis5 = A sailor discovers a a note in a bottle about a person trapped on Midnight Island. He goes to the island but is chased away by an ape creature. After trying different ways to get on the island he discovers that the Ape Man is an alien and was the person who sent out the note.
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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "I Alone Know the Dread Secret of Gor-Kill, the Living Demon!" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell Vol 1 1 . * "I Must Find Those Who Lurk Below!" is reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces Vol 1 2. * "The Monster In My Cellar!" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell Vol 1 4. * "I Met the Thing on Midnight Island" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell Vol 1 4.
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Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, N/A, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Interior art: Jack Kirby, Joe Maneely, Steve Ditko, Reed Crandall, Don Heck
Color: Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 15941
PANEL PROFITS: 2387468