Mystery Tales
#22
(October 1954)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- 20th Century Comic Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
Index revised with information from Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker and atlastales.com.
The Boy Who Believed!
cover / 1 page
in Indexer Notes
Fox pencils per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited John Forte. Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
The Boy Who Believed
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Forte (signed)
- Inks
- John Forte (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- E-720
- Synopsis
- A boy with telekinetic powers is punished by his tutor who tells him that it is evil to display them. When a statue falls on the tutor, he asks the boy to lift it off with the power, but the boy refuses since he thinks it is a trick to punish him again.
Wings in the Night!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- E-760
- Synopsis
- A husband stakes his new wife when he realizes she is a vampire because he doesn't want the competition.
The Rejected Robot!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- E-604
- Synopsis
- A man hunts down a robot that violates the first law of robotics.
The Tiny Coffin!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- E-678
- Synopsis
- An exterminator develops growth and shrinking formulas for bugs and increases the size of a cockroach while he accidentally spills shrink formula on himself. The cockroach steps on him and his wife buries him in a tiny coffin.
Bottled Up!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Pete Tumlinson (signed)
- Inks
- Pete Tumlinson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- E-677
- Synopsis
- A man who makes ships-in-bottles befriends a boy who collects bottles but is bullied by neighborhood thugs. When the man gives him the idea of putting something in the bottles, the boy bottles up those who harass him.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Boy Who Believed!
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1.
The Boy Who Believed
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2.
The Spirit of Sira
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3.
Wings in the Night!
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4.
The Rejected Robot!
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5.
The Tiny Coffin!
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6.
Bottled Up!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Ethan Hoddes
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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