Menace (1953) #9

Marvel 1953–1954 series Cover date Jan 1954

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 #9 (1953) is issue #9 of Marvel's Menace (1953–1954), with a cover date of January 1954. Drawn by Bill Everett, John Forte, Joe Maneely and others.

Creators

Pencillers: Bill Everett, John Forte, Joe Maneely, Paul Reinman, Ed Winiarski
Inkers: Bill Everett, John Forte, Joe Maneely, Paul Reinman, Ed Winiarski
Letterers: Bill Everett, Joe Letterese
Cover artist: Gene Colan

The stories

“Kill Me a Monster”

A professor hires an assassin to kill creatures who possess the bodies of men.

“Blood Relation”

This story postulates that love can cure hereditary vampirism.

“The Fangs of the Wolf”

A man who shoots dogs for fun is bitten by a werewolf. He even has hired a sharpshooter to kill any strays that might venture onto his property, but he regrets this action when he changes to wolf form and his hired hand shoots him.

“Symphony in Death”

When a music critic steals a work from a composer and passes it off as his own, the composer attaches a rope to a phonograph and strangles the critic slowly by playing the recording.

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