Mystic #8
(May 1952)

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

Information in this index supplied by www.atlastales.com and the work of Chris Brown and Doc V.

A Monster Among Us! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Carl Burgos ?; Sol Brodsky ?
Inks
Carl Burgos ?
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense

Indexer Notes

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

We Meet at Midnight! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
Paul Reinman (signed)
Inks
Carl Burgos ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
A-21
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man communicates with the spirit of the Sphinx in order to learn the Egyptian's greatest secret. It turns out the Sphinx considers the Egyptian's greatest secret the process of mummification...which it proceeds to demonstrate.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer credited Paul Reinman inks

Sorry... Mr. Hopkins! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Everett
Inks
Bill Everett
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
9938
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man bumps into the tent pole and drops his glasses, so the Gypsy fortune teller hands him a pair that makes her appear beautiful and convinces him to murder his wife and steal from his boss for her. When he returns to her with the money he bumps into the pole in the darkened tent again and she hands him the repaired glasses he originally dropped. She is then revealed as an old hag.
Reprints

House for Sale (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Ernie Bache ?
Colors
?
Letters
Dick Ayers

Job Number
9983
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Richard Burns; Charlie; Paul Harris; Miss Dee; Ben White; Jeb Treble; Tom Keystone; John Keystone
Synopsis
In an attempt to save his job at a real estate agency, Paul Harris tries one last time to sell the haunted Keystone mansion.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previous indexer credited Dick Ayres inks.

The Tansfin Horror (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Maneely
Inks
Joe Maneely
Letters
typeset

Job Number
9762
Genre
horror-suspense
Reprints

The Burning Flame (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
9923
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A bum breaks into a funeral parlor to steal a solid silver candlestick.
Reprints

A Monster Among Us (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
9958
Genre
horror-suspense
Synopsis
A man encounters a lighthouse keeper who is a monster in disguise.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wessler credit per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 20, No. 4, April 2009.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Monster Among Us!
  2. 1. We Meet at Midnight!
  3. 2. Sorry... Mr. Hopkins!
  4. 3. House for Sale
  5. 4. The Tansfin Horror
  6. 5. The Burning Flame
  7. 6. A Monster Among Us
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Bill Borre
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr (R.I.P.)
  • Bjorn Wallin