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Marvel Tales 106
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Overview
Marvel Tales #106 was published by Marvel Comics, Inc. in April 1952. It is part of the Marvel Tales series, which ran from August 1949 to August 1957.
Cover credits include Russ Heath.
Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "The Monster." Indexed story credits include Paul Reinman and Bill Everett, among others.
Looking for the full run? Browse the Marvel Tales checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- April 1952
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Marvel Comics, Inc.
- Cover Titles
- In the Dead of Night!
The Skull Grins!
The Monster!
Don't Turn Around! - Cover Credits
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Russ Heath pencils and inks signed
Notes: Here we see how Heath was influenced by Harvey Kurtzman in his inking. Heath was a huge Kurtzman fan, even using his signature likeness in some of his comic parodies for the Atlas Mad imitations. - Ger Apeldoorn.
- Contributions
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Ger Apeldoorn: Cover Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Stories
The Monster
Don't Turn Around!
Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks unsigned
Bill Everett letters attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Two Is A Crowd!
Notes: Buried Alive.
Asteroid Death
The Grinning Skull!
Credits
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Chapman always wrote a sort of trippy horror. This one is as trippy as they get. - Ger Apeldoorn
The Dead of Night!
Credits
Bernie Krigstein pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Rats.