Mystery Tales #45

(September 1956)

The Man in Black! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed)

Inks

John Forte (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

K-230

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Lurton Gaxton

Synopsis

A ruthless businessman, Lurton Gaxton, is taught a lesson in compassion for the little guy by a mysterious man in black.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #15 (1964 ?)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #35 (1968 ?) [Black and white]

Indexer Notes

Characters from John Kaminski via the GCD Error list.

Shadow on the Sand! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Syd Shores (signed)

Inks

Syd Shores (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-194

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A criminal falls in love with the inhabitant of a mirage.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #14 (1964 ?)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #76 ([no date])

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, No 5, May 2017.

He Stayed Down Too Long! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Robert Q. Sale (signed)

Inks

Robert Q. Sale (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-242

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Kor; Mason

Synopsis

A cruel boss of native pearl divers, Mason, tries to out-dive a stranger who has appeared on the island so that he will not lose face in front of the natives, but the stranger, named Kor, is a water-breathing alien who easily outlasts him.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #15 (1964 ?)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #35 (1968 ?) [Black and white]

Indexer Notes

Characters from John Kaminski via the GCD Error List.

The Secret of the Old House! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Bob McCarthy

Inks

Bob McCarthy

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-210

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

Three men try to rob some old men in a spooky house, but find their youth stolen from them.

Reprints

• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #15 (1964 ?)

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

Strange Mission (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Maneely ? (illustration)

Inks

Joe Maneely ? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

K-440

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith

Synopsis

A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #49
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #36
• in Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #16 (August 1957) [as "The Missing Tooth"]
which is reprinted
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #14
• in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #2 (February 1959)
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #62 (November 1960)
which is reprinted
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #15 (1964 ?)
• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #91 (December 1961)
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #80 (May 1962)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #38 (December 1962)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #17 (1964 ?)
• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #122 (July 1964) [page 1], #123 (August 1964) [page 2]
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #122 ([circa 1971])
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #142 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #230 ([circa 1985 - 1986])

Secret of the Oraquiis! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Forgione

Inks

Jack Abel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-217

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A trader masquerades as a native in order to find the secret burial place of their kings, but a flash of lightning renders him amnesic.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #76
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #14 (1964 ?)

No Bars Could Hold Him! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-307

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The big city police had no way to keep the Great Gordoni in prison!

Genre

crime

Characters

The Great Gordoni; Sheriff Aubry Nebb

Synopsis

An escape artist criminal, "The Great Gordoni", is placed in a cell with so many keys that it should take him about twenty years to figure out which one opens the cell door.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #8
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #34 (1968 ?) [Black and white.]
• in Steve Ditko Reader (Pure Imagination, 2002 series) #[1] (2002)
• in Steve Ditko: Edge of Genius (Pure Imagination, 2008 ? series) (2008)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (2019)

Indexer Notes

Characters from John Kaminski via the GCD Error list.