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Title: STRANGE TALES No. 1
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Publisher:Atlas [Indicia: Chipiden Publishing Corp.]
Date Published: June, 1951
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CGC certified: Good- (1.8). Off-white pages. Cover detached. Cover: Carl Burgos? No script credits. Art: Manny Stallman, Paul Reinman, George Tuska. GPAnalysis: A 2.0 sold for $1092 in June 2019. PBA sold a CGC-slabbed 2.5 for $3437.50 in February 2022.

"The first ten issues of Strange Tales are Atlas pre-Code horror in a nutshell, appearing at the very start of Atlas' prime artistic pre-Code period from 1951-1954. Of note, the Timely bullpen house style that often prevailed in the crime anthologies of 1947-1950 is now thankfully absent and hungry freelancers were producing story art in a much more stylized and personalized fashion, a huge improvement over the assembly line piecemeal staff art that preceded it." — Dr. Vassallo, Atlas Era Marvel Masterworks: Strange Tales Nos. 1-10. Marvel: 2007, p. viii.

Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.