Menace (1953) #1

Marvel 1953–1954 series Cover date Mar 1953

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Menace #1 (1953) is issue #1 of Marvel's Menace (1953–1954), with a cover date of March 1953. Written by Stan Lee and drawn by Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Werner Roth and others.

Creators

Writer: Stan Lee
Pencillers: Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Werner Roth, George Tuska
Inkers: Bill Everett, Russ Heath, Werner Roth, George Tuska
Letterer: Bill Everett
Cover artist: Bill Everett

The stories

“One Head Too Many!”

“The Man Who Couldn't Move”

A woman hires a man to kill her paralyzed husband making it look like a car accident, but he gets his sleeve caught in the door and goes over the cliff with the car. He survives, but winds up in the same situation as the woman's former husband.

“Poor Mr. Watkins”

A practical joker torments a timid librarian until he transforms into a monster.

“They Wait in Their... Dungeon!”

After an execution in the gas chamber, a sadistic warden faces a revolt by the inmates and attempts to flee downstairs. The inmates pursue him and, as the story ends, the warden realizes he has a choice between two dooms; the poisonous fumes still lingering in the execution chamber or being torn to shreds by the maddened inmates.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.