Mystery Tales #1

(March 1952)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Dark Tunnel (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Colan (signed as G. Colan)

Inks

Gene Colan (signed as G. Colan)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

9740

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Psst! You! Yes, you out there, come closer...

Synopsis

An exterminator enters into a dark tunnel on one of his jobs and is taken captive by giant telepathic cockroaches who are waiting for mankind to destroy itself before they emerge and rule Earth.

The Doll of Doom (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

9699

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The principal shook his head unbelievingly.

Reprints

• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #10 (July 1953) [as "Witch-Girl"]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)

The Little Black Box! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Hank Chapman (credited)

Pencils

Joe Maneely (signed as Joe Maneely)

Inks

Joe Maneely (signed as Joe Maneely)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

9742

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Take it, Luke Bramby!

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Luke Bramby

Synopsis

A man finds a black box which grants him wishes when he tells a lie. When he gets the black box open, the spirit inside incinerates him to take his place.

Reprints

• in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #27 (2015)

Boys and Girls, Look! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Harmonica Educators, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The End of the World (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

9741

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At midnight tonight the world will end!

Synopsis

A carnival swami predicts the world will end at midnight. His skeptic client scoffs at the prediction, but the man's words haunt his thoughts for the rest of the evening. When the clock begins to strike twelve, he is distracted by it, and doesn't see the vehicle that strikes and kills him.

The Horror on Channel 15 (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Pete Tumlinson (signed as Pete Tumlinson)

Inks

Pete Tumlinson (signed as Pete Tumlinson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

9731

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It is true, Professor! You are the first human to enter the city of the living dead...

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A man in a small Iowa town creates a monster for a TV show that comes to life and kills everyone in the town.

The Stroke of 12 (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

9729

First Line of Dialogue or Text

M--mercy... (gasp!) Mercy... C--Carl... P--please... (gasp!)

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

An embalming assistant murders an undertaker for his money, but when he goes to the cemetery at midnight where he hid the money, the undertaker drags him into the grave with him.

Complete 15 Piece "Texas Ranger" Cowboy Outfit (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)