Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAW | $167.76 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1952-07-01 |
| 8.5 | $675.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 51 graded copies for Mystery Tales #3 (1952). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Vampire Strikes
A butcher locks himself in his meat locker in order to avoid the local vampire killer, only to be distracted by a noise behind him and realize too late that the vampire as already chosen his locker as its resting place. | Synopsis2 = A greedy man kills his uncle to inherit a fortune but discovers the money will go to the uncle´s beloved puppy dog, Fate. He them decides to murder the dog, only that Fate kills him first! | Synopsis3 = A man hypnotically suggets another into killing the former ex-boss with a bomb and stealing money. The plan fails when the killer is spotted by his target and runs, the other one takes what he thinks is the money bag only to discover too late is the still thicking bomb! | Synopsis4 = During a terrible storm a woman and her daughter are attacked by a escaped lunatic. The lunatic corners them into the rooftop until the woman's husband appears and defeats him, she later finds out her husband has actually died hours before in a car accident.
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Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee
Interior art: Russ Heath, Gene Colan, Jim Mooney
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 211794
PANEL PROFITS: 2425081