CATALOG RECORD

Uncanny Tales #2

Marvel · Series began 1952 · August 1952

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Dates

Cover date: August 1952
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Joe Maneely, Fred Kida, Bill Everett, Paul Reinman, Manny Stallman, Ed Smalleinks: Joe Maneely, Fred Kida, Bill Everett, Paul Reinman, Manny Stallman, Ed Smallecolors: Stan Goldbergscript: Hank Chapman, Stan Leeletters: Bill Everett

Stories

Skin-Deep · 5 pages
A man is attempting to do a face transplant from a corpse but his interfering wife is always getting underfoot by trying to help him in his endeavors. When she burns the skin that he has harvested off the corpse in her attempt at cleaning up around the place, he fixes her wagon by transplanting the corpse's head onto her shoulder.
The Vault of Doom · 2 pages
The Monster Maker! · 6 pages
A statue maker falls in love with one of his statutes and finds a black magic spell that transmutes him into stone.
The Man Who Believed in Ghosts · 3 pages
A man who lives next to a cemetery is not frighted of the ghosts which show up every night until he meets his own.
Skeleton in the Closet · 5 pages
A rich man marries into a family of freaks.
The Man Who Melted · 4 pages
A forgetful inventor shoots his wife for testing his serum that will allow him to melt away and commit the perfect crime, but he forgets to devise a way to return himself to normal.

Reprinted in

Atlas Creator Collection (2026)