Mystic #51

(September 1956)

Man in the Dark (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Morales

Inks

Lou Morales

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

J-862

Genre

science fiction

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)

Indexer Notes

Morales credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com. Story similar to the Lee-Ditko story in Tales to Astonish 40.

No One Will Ever Know! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Marvin Stein (signed as M. Stein)

Inks

Marvin Stein (signed as M. Stein)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-15

Genre

adventure

Synopsis

An explorer is disappointed to find an apparent city of gold hidden in the jungle only to be told that the samples he has returned with are fool's gold. He is unaware that the area he crossed to get to the city was a large diamond field.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)
• in Zombie (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #1 (1961)

Think! If You Dare (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Harry Lazarus (signed as Harry Lazarus)

Inks

Harry Lazarus (signed as Harry Lazarus)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

J-974

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A dictator gets a machine that allows him to read the thoughts of his subjects and throws thousands in jail. When the inventor's own family is imprisoned, he fixes the machine so that it produces false results and the dictator's loyal guards are thrown in jail. Angered, they reject his leadership and revolt.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #60 (1965 ?)

Indexer Notes

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

Behind the Door (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Cameron (signed as Lou Cameron)

Inks

Lou Cameron (signed as Lou Cameron)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

J-858

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A scientist pulls his ancestor from the past thus wiping himself out of existence.

Reprints

• in Voodoo (L. Miller & Son, 1961 series) #1 ([no date])
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)

The Salesman (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

K-141

Genre

humor

Characters

Mr. Frankel; Mr. Karl; Red Mop

Synopsis

A dull salesman gets some zing from a famous clown's laughing powder, but learns that confidence is its own magic.

Reprints

• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #120 (May 1964) [page 1], #121 (June 1964) [page 2]

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

Wings in the Night! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Inks

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

J-940

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

An eagle disguised as a man coordinates his fellows into helping out with various disasters.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #60 (1965 ?)

The Imperfect Plot (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gray Morrow (signed as Gray Morrow)

Inks

Gray Morrow (signed as Gray Morrow)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek ?

Job Number

K-12

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man takes a spacecraft that travels close to the speed of light to wed an alien princess fifty light years away, but she rejects him as he is now almost ninety.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #7 (1960)