Mystic
#9
(June 1952)
Marvel,
1951 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Classic Syndicate Inc.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
The Man Who Couldn't Sleep
comic story / 6 pages
- Job Number
- A-295
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Harry; Dr. Alex Mardo
- Synopsis
- After robbing people in their coffins Harry sees ghosts and fears going to sleep. He visits Dr. Mardo and obtains drugs which are supposed to give him a dreamless sleep, but the ghosts are real and the pills kill Harry. Mardo is one of the ghosts and they carry Harry's body away.
- Keywords
- ghosts
Indexer Notes
Hartley credit per Atlas Tales.
The Sandwich Sign
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- A-312
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Lucky Grande; Death
- Synopsis
- Lucky answers an ad offering $1000, no strings attached. He enjoys spending the money, then looks up the generous giver to find out who he is. As the man tells Lucky, a car suddenly runs Lucky over.
Indexer Notes
Roussos credit per Atlas Tales.
Plot is reminiscent of Michael Fessier's "The Man the Black Hat".
The Wax Man
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- A-278
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Felipe Ducaz; Mrs. Worthington; Harry
- Synopsis
- Felipe makes realistic wax figures for the museum by killing people and coating them in wax. When bar patrons realize what's going on they raid the wax museum and light it on fire. Felipe melts along with his figures.
- Keywords
- London; Soho; wax museum
Indexer Notes
possible Roth credit per Atlas Tales.
Tick-Tock
text story / 1.66 pages
- Job Number
- 9945
- Reprints
-
in Spellbound (Marvel, 1952 series) #20 (March 1954) [as "The Strange Watch"]
-
It Happened in the Darkness!
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Everett (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-350
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Teenor; Groorg
- Synopsis
- Teenor is interested in a man she meets at a horror film showing, but upon learning he doesn't believe in the supernatural she returns to her world, convinced humans aren't ready for her people.
- Keywords
- flying saucer
You'll Die Laughing
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Carl Wessler
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- A-238
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Harry Cain; Arnold Cain
- Synopsis
- Harry thinks Arnold is trying to kill him when accidents keep recurring. He finally shoots Arnold in terror. Arnold was just bringing him his pills and in death his hand is clutched so tightly on the bottle that Harry can't open it.
Indexer Notes
credits per Atlas Tales.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Man Who Couldn't Sleep!
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1.
The Man Who Couldn't Sleep
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2.
The Sandwich Sign
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3.
The Wax Man
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4.
Tick-Tock
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5.
[Ownership Statement]
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6.
It Happened in the Darkness!
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7.
You'll Die Laughing
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Ethan Hoddes
- Michael Hoskin
- Mike Nielsen
- Banks S. Robinson
- Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
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