Mystic #36
(March 1955)

Marvel, 1951 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Classic Syndicate Inc.
Brand
Atlas [black & white]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

art credits from atlastales.com

Hands of the Clock! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Burgos ?
Inks
Carl Burgos ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg

Genre
crime; horror-suspense; science fiction

Indexer Notes

Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.

The Warning! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Howie Post ?
Inks
Howie Post ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
F-429
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A creature from Jupiter in disguise as a human warns of an invasion from Venus. After the humans succeed in nuking the Venusians the creature gives a coast clear for the invasion from Jupiter.

How Many Others (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
A-1001
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Anthony Jones; Johnny
Synopsis
A man runs into the descendant of gorillas that immigrated from the jungle to America.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person.

Which Wish, Dish...? (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jay Scott Pike (signed as Jay Scott Pike)
Inks
Jay Scott Pike (signed as Jay Scott Pike)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
F-471
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
An evil woman gets her wish to be a beautiful, wealthy queen. However, as they lead her up the stairs to her fate, she protests that she did not wish to be...Marie Antoinette.
Reprints

The Hands of the Clock! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Art Peddy
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
F-397
Genre
crime; horror-suspense
Synopsis
A clock maker is arrested for breaking and entering when he tries to feed clocks oil that are being neglected by their owners, but he starves to death in jail because he needs oil for his internal components.

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit from atlastales.com

The Eavesdropper! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Tartaglione ?
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
F-462
Genre
crime; horror-suspense
Synopsis
Tony Neely is in a bar and overhears a couple planning a murder. The woman, Rose, intends on killing her husband for the insurance money. Her lover conspires with her and they leave the bar to seek out her husband. Tony decides that he can use what he knows to blackmail them. He tries following them through the shadowy streets as they search for Rose's husband. As Tony creeps closer, he accidentally kicks a discarded can alerting them to his presence. Rose turns around and Tony stares in horror as he realizes that the would-be murderess is his own wife. He is her intended victim.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit from atlastales.com

The World Champion (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Brown ?
Inks
Bob Brown ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
F-687
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A Martian enters the Olympics and breaks records for every event, but when a human girl kisses him, he drops dead from bacterial infection.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Hands of the Clock!
  2. 1. The Warning!
  3. 2. How Many Others
  4. 3. Which Wish, Dish...?
  5. 4. The Hands of the Clock!
  6. 5. The Eavesdropper!
  7. 6. The World Champion
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Bill Borre
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike DeLisa
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Banks S. Robinson
  • Jim Van Dore