Mystery Tales
#23
(November 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 atlastales.com.
Shrinko
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (signed as Maneely); Carl Burgos (See Notes)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (signed as Maneely); Carl Burgos (See Notes)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Nick Caputo believes the figure selling Shrinko is altered or redrawn by Carl Burgos, likely to make him look more horrific than his normal appearance in the interior story. Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
Shrinko!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- E-718
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Two conmen sell bottles of Shrinko to everyone in New York, and to their great surprise, it actually works on buildings as well as people and now they are the only full size people left.
- Reprints
in South Pacific Mystery
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- B-467
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
-
from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #15 (February 1953) [title changed]
-
The Burning Truth
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mort Meskin (signed as M (of MR))
- Inks
- George Roussos (signed as R (of MR))
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- E-687
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A man encounters a race of fire people living inside a volcano.
- Reprints
-
in Climax Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1962 ? series) #5 ([October 1966])
-
Violence!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- E-689
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A hunter's African steamer is wrecked by a sudden storm and he can't swim. He floats on a crate of Mambas until he sees part of the steamer is still afloat with a figure atop it. He makes for it, since the crate with the deadly snakes is breaking apart, and asks the figure to pull him up. He is roughly seized and stares into the face of the gorilla he was in the habit of regularly tormenting with his whip.
Indexer Notes
Savage pencils per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastalses.com. Previous indexer credited Sol Brodsky.
Fit for a Corpse
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Carl Hubbell (signed)
- Inks
- Carl Hubbell (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- E-721
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A criminal on the run ducks into a shroud maker's shop and, thinking him a tailor, asks for a fitting. He is shot dead by a police officer making his last stop an appropriate choice.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Shrinko
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1.
Shrinko!
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2.
South Pacific Mystery
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3.
The Burning Truth
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4.
Violence!
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5.
Fit for a Corpse
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6.
The Madman!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Banks S. Robinson
- Jim Van Dore
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