Mystery Tales
#35
(November 1955)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- 20th Century Comic Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
in 
It Walks by Night!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- G-959
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The state wants to demolish an old house to put a highway through the property, but after the owner goes to the expense of transporting the house elsewhere, the house moves itself back to its original location and the state builds the highway around it.
The Rug
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob McCarthy (illustration)
- Inks
- Bob McCarthy (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- H-7
- Reprints
-
in Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (November 1956) [as "The Magic Carpet"]
-
A Stranger in Our Midst!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Tom Sawyer
- Pencils
- Tom Sawyer (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Sawyer (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- G-921
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A alien observer shows up at a costume party where the servant informs him that he cannot have the same costume as another guest. After leaving and returning several times, copying various costumes including the servant, he gets frustrated and leaves. He tells his fellow aliens, if you want to observe the Earth people, just come as you are.
- Reprints
in 
in Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Dr. Michael J. Vassalo, added by Craig Delich 2012-11-13.
The Old Man!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- H-42
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Christopher Columbus
- Synopsis
- A man goes back in time to steal Christopher Columbus' fame as the discover of the New World, but fails to get anyone interested in his idea before he dies, except - ironically - Christopher Columbus.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Italian navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) appears.
The Wrong Face!
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Bill Benulis (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Benulis (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- G-830
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A man steals a photo of what he believes is a dying millionaire's son so he can have a plastic surgeon alter his face, but he steals the wrong photo, and the dead man's actual heir looks just like he did before the surgeon made him ugly.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Wessler credit per bibliography published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 24, #10, October 2013.
Something in the Sky!
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- G-915
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A ghost airplane circles an airport during foggy nights waiting for a doomed plane delivering emergency medical supplies so it can take its place in the crash and burn and the supplies can be delivered.
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
A Stranger in Our Midst!; It Walks By Night!
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1.
It Walks by Night!
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2.
The Rug
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3.
A Stranger in Our Midst!
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4.
The Old Man!
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5.
The Wrong Face!
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6.
Something in the Sky!
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Merlin Haas
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gregory Roe
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