Mystic #57

(March 1957)

Trapped in the Ant Hill! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Syd Shores

Inks

Syd Shores ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-185

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dr. Perry Moore

Synopsis

Moore invents a shrinking serum and winds up in an ant hill but finally regains his normal size.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #52
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #2 (1961)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #15 (1963 ?)
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #48 (1964)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #239 ([circa 1987 - 1988])

Indexer Notes

Titles, page count and job number from www.atlastales.com. Plot similar to "Man in the Ant Hill" from Tales to Astonish #27.

The Midnight Visitor! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mac L. Pakula (signed as Mac L. Pakula)

Inks

Mac L. Pakula (signed as Mac L. Pakula)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-230

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A writer is surprised when he is confronted by the villain from his best-selling novel.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #2 (1961)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #15 (1963 ?)
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #48 (1964)
• in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #20 (January 1976)
which is reprinted
• in L'Étonnant Spider-Man (Editions Héritage, 1969 series) #54 (décembre 1975)

The Strange Prison! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Everett ?

Pencils

Bill Everett

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Everett

Job Number

L-281

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

A man finds himself in an underwater world where their doctors have converted his body to survive underwater. The king's daughter is taken with him and so wishes to marry him, but he only wants her dowry treasure chest and steals it. He passes out on the surface since he can no longer breathe air, and is captured and placed in prison. The king tells him he will serve a two year sentence for his theft and then the doctors will reverse their work and deposit him on the surface. The dowry consisted of a chest of seashells, which they use for currency, but would be worthless on the surface.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #16
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #53
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #2 (1961)
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #55 (1965)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #148 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #37 (September 1975)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #185 ([circa 1979 - 1980])

He'd Rather Die Than Tell (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-238

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Andrew Korvak

Synopsis

Andrew murders a man for a crystal ball but while fleeing the police he falls from a roof. Even then, the crystal remains unbroken and depicts the murder he committed.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #2 (1961)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #15 (1963 ?)
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #49 (1964)

Keywords

crystal ball

Indexer Notes

Title, page count and job number from www.atlastales.com.

Time Machine (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Reed Crandall (Illustration)

Inks

Reed Crandall (Illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-85

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints.

Reprints

• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #35 (June 1955) [as "Time Machine"]
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #93
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #7
• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #66 (December 1958)
which is reprinted
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1959 ? series) #4 ([1959?])
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #2 (1961)
• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #80 (January 1961)
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #21 (July 1961)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([March] 2010)
• in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #4 ([1962])
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #78 (March 1962)
• in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #31 (July 1962)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #15 (1963 ?)
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #95 (August 1963)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #12 (1964)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person.

The Room of Shadows! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)

Inks

Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-301

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Beldick; Chu Teh

Synopsis

Beldick discovers a Cambodian temple where within the Room of Shadows he can have his wishes granted by lighting a brazier but each time his wishes backfire and he accidentally burns down the room from lighting matches.

Reprints

• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #2 (1961)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #15 (1963 ?)
• in Spellbound (L. Miller & Son, 1960 ? series) #50 (1964)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #58 (1967 ?)

Keywords

Cambodia; Room of Shadows

Indexer Notes

Title, page count, artist and job number from www.atlastales.com.

You Can't Hide from the Eye! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Joe Orlando (signed as Joe Orlando)

Inks

Joe Orlando (signed as Joe Orlando)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Job Number

L-128

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Floyd Ryder; Larry Burden

Synopsis

Floyd builds a device which can spy on any place and projects its images on a television screen. Sharing his device with Burden's mob they plan a major bank heist, but Floyd's device has been transmitting its images to nearby television sets and his neighbours alert the police.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #68
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #2 (1961)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #15 (1963 ?)

Indexer Notes

Titles, page count, artist and job number www.atlastales.com. Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.