Uncanny Tales is the name of two

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series, published in the 1950s and the 1970s. The first volume was by

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, the 1950s precursor of

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, and the second volume by Marvel. It is also the title of a British comics digest.

Atlas Comics

The first volume of the science-fiction / horror comic ''Uncanny Tales'' ran 56 issues, beginning publication with cover-date June 1952 and ceasing publication with its September 1957 issue. The first 28 issues predated the Comics Code Authority, the comics industry's self-censorship bureau. The series came under the Code's aegis with #29 (Feb. 1955). Published by

, the 1950s precursor of

, it was edited by the company's chief writer,

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, and included such art contributors as Bill Everett, Russ Heath,

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, Jerry Robinson, Syd Shores, Angelo Torres, and

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.''Uncanny Tales'' (Marvel, 1952 series)
at the Grand Comics Database

Marvel Comics

''Uncanny Tales'' vol. 2, cover-titled ''Uncanny Tales from the Grave'' beginning with issue #3, was a 12-issue science-fiction / horror title published by Marvel Comics (cover-dated Dec. 1973 - Oct. 1975). It consisted entirely of reprints from the 1950s ''Uncanny Tales'' and several other Atlas and Marvel titles. The majority of issues had newly drawn covers by artists including

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(#1), Larry Lieber (#5-7) and Arvell Jones (#8).''Uncanny Tales'' (Marvel, 1973 series)
at the Grand Comics Database

Alan Class Comics

The British reprint specialist

Alan Class Comics Alan Class Comics was a British comics publishing company that operated between 1959 and 1989. The company produced comics anthology, anthology titles, reprinting comics stories from many U.S. publishers of the 1940s to 1960s in a black and white ...

published an unrelated ''Uncanny Tales'' in the UK that ran 187 issues from 1963 through 1989. (The company did not print cover dates.) The series, digest-sized rather than in standard comic-book size, with color covers but black-and-white interior pages, reprinted stories from the American Comics Group,

, Charlton Comics,

, and

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, as well as occasional stories from such defunct publishers as Novelty Press and

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. In addition to science fiction, fantasy and horror takes, it occasionally ran

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stories, starring characters including Marvel's

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and the

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, and Tower's NoMan.''Uncanny Tales'' (Alan Class, 1963 Series)
at the Grand Comics Database

References

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