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Cover: Steve Ditko
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Unusual Tales #25

Dec 1960 · Charlton · 0.10 USD
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"Castle of Fear" in Unusual Tales #25 (1960) delivers a chilling, thought-provoking tale of a man whose life is irrevocably changed after a fatal accident. Revived from death with sudden, startling intelligence, he now carries secrets from beyond the veil—yet refuses to speak of what he experienced. Cover by Steve Ditko, with crisp, eerie artwork that perfectly captures the story’s unsettling tone.

Contains 5 stories
Castle of Fear
5 pp · Horror-Suspense
Unkaben
5 pp
The Corner Drugstore
5 pp · Fantasy
The Confederate Girl
5 pp · Fantasy
Frozen Terrors
5 pp · Science Fiction

In "Frozen Terrors," a team of explorers in 1960 unleashes ancient horrors when their steam-powered machines thaw a frozen Greenland glacier—revealing a Viking ship, a still-living dragon, and two warring alien giants, their battle reignited after centuries of ice-bound silence.

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Raw (VG) $23
CGC 8.0 · 1 in census $183*
CGC 7.5 · 1 in census $145
CGC 7.0 · 1 in census $122*
CGC 6.5 none in existence
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 none in existence
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CGC 5.0 none in existence
CGC 4.5 · 3 in census $57*
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Full credits

writer Joe Gill
artist Bill Molno
cover pencils, inks Steve Ditko

Reprints

Reprinted in Outer Space #9 (1961), Sinister Tales #29 (1966), Sinister Tales #138 (1975), Sinister Tales #170 (1979), Uncanny Tales #165 (1984), Astounding Stories #176 (1985), Steve Ditko's The Thing! #[nn] (2006), Astounding Stories #43, Eureka Terror (Sobrenatural) #5, Outer Space #10, Uncanny Tales #66

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