Mystery Tales
#25
(January 1955)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- 20th Century Comic Corp.
- Brand
-
Atlas [black & white]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall!
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Sol Brodsky; Carl Burgos
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky; Carl Burgos
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
As observed from an originsl stat published in foreign markets Carl Burgos redrew the arms coming out of the mirror to make them look less monstrous.
Art credits per Nick Caputo and atlastales.com.
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
The Polka-Dot Man
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Ayers (signed as Ayers)
- Inks
- Ernie Bache
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dick Ayers
- Job Number
- F-373
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- The story has to do with a Polka dot alien army recruiter and a Stripe alien army recruiter who arrive on Earth to recruit soldiers for their war merely by speaking to them.
- Reprints
-
in Die Gruft von Graf Dracula (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #22 which is reprinted - in Peng! Extra (Quick, Easy Comics, 2023 series) #2 (März 2024)
-
in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (January 1974) [retitled] which is reprinted - in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #24 (Dezember 1975)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #6 (2009)
-
The Treasure!
text story / 2 pages
- Job Number
- 9388
- Reprints
- from Adventures into Weird Worlds (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (February 1952) [as "The Treasure!"]
-
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall!
comic story / 4 pages
- Job Number
- F-277
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A thief demands to know of the most valuable item in a pawn keeper's shop, and the frightened owner tells him that it is a mirror painted over with black since it has the power to restore life.
- Reprints
- in Beware (Marvel, 1973 series) #6 (January 1974)
-
Hate!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Vince Colletta; Joe Maneely (last three panels)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Joe Maneely (last three panels)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- F-342
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A psychologist is revealed to be the actual object of three patient's different compulsions. They throw him through the window and are cured.
- Reprints
- in Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #13 (October 1974) which is reprinted
-
in Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #46 ([Juin 1975])
-
Indexer Notes
Final three panels drawn by Joe Maneely, likely due to an editorial change in the ending.
The Time Is Now
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bob Brown (signed as W.R. Brown)
- Inks
- Bob Brown (signed as W.R. Brown)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- F-349
- Genre
- advocacy; horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Anti-communism story.
Werewolf Beware
comic story / 5 pages
- Job Number
- F-414
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- A werewolf commits suicide in order to avoid venting his bloodlust upon the girl he loves.
- Reprints
- in Dead of Night (Marvel, 1973 series) #4 (June 1974)
- in Crypt of Horror (AC, 2005 series) #6 (2009)
-
Indexer Notes
According to atlastales.com, this is Don Heck's first story for Marvel.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall!
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1.
The Polka-Dot Man
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2.
The Treasure!
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3.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall!
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4.
Hate!
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5.
The Time Is Now
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6.
Werewolf Beware
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Bill Borre
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Ethan Hoddes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Banks S. Robinson
- Gregory Roe
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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