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Uncanny Tales 17

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Uncanny Tales #17 (1954) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
February 1954
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
Prime Publications, Inc.
 
Cover Titles
I Live with Corpses!
From Out of the Night!
Tomorrow I Die!
The New World!
 
Cover Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Uncanny Tales #17 was published by Prime Publications, Inc. in February 1954. It is part of the Uncanny Tales series, which ran from June 1952 to September 1957.

Cover credits include Bill Everett.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "I Live With Corpses." Indexed story credits include Mort Lawrence and Tony DiPreta, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.

Stories

Notes: In addition to the artist's name below the splash, a tombstone in the splash bears the name "Strangler Lawrence".
Notes: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1878-1953) replaces German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) as "lieutenant-in- charge-of-torture-operations" in Hell.
Notes: New variation on the old theme of a sf-writer looking for a plot.

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