Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #34

(Autumn 2021)

Tales of the Mysterious Traveler No. 34 (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Robin Snyder (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Welcome to the 65th Anniversary number

Indexer Notes

Indicia, editorial, table of contents and list of Kickstarter supporters. Published on inside front and inside back covers.

The Call (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robert Kanigher (credited) (signed as RK)

Pencils

Alex Toth (credited)

Inks

Alex Toth (credited)

Colors

Alex Toth (credited)

Letters

Alex Toth (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Only you -

Synopsis

Presented to Robin Snyder on her birthday.

The Snyder-Ditko Theatre (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Robin Snyder

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All the world's a stage

Indexer Notes

Combined editorial and letters page, with autobiographical sketches from Henry Boltinoff, Irwin Hasen, Rudy Palais.

Little Boy Blue (Table of Contents: 4)

The Mysterious Traveler / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Masulli ?

Job Number

S2717

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

The Mysterious Traveler (host); Johnny Blue; Farley Caldane (music critic)

Synopsis

Johnny Blue was a trumpeter beyond belief, but he deeply believed that there were other notes...notes that no one had ever played or heard before, and he wanted to play them. However, when he did, it scared the daylights out of him and he disappeared from the scene.

Reprints

• from Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series) #10 (November 1958)

Cruel Contrasts (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joshua Warren

Pencils

Joshua Warren

Inks

Joshua Warren

Letters

Joshua Warren

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A man with a knife breaks into an elementary school...

Under the Gun (Table of Contents: 6)

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko (credited as Ditko)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Nick Caputo, Joe Frank, Ryan Dirks, Charles Brenner and Bernard Brannigan. Includes "I Remember the Hero" a short essay by Steve Ditko.

Roses Have Thorns (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Robin Snyder

Pencils

Adolfo Buylla

Inks

Adolfo Buylla

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Reprints

• from Revolver (Renegade Press, 1985 series) #6 (April 1986)

Two Were Left! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Rodney Schroeter

Pencils

William Messner-Loebs (credited) (signed as Wm Messner-Loebs)

Inks

William Messner-Loebs (credited) (signed as Wm Messner-Loebs)

Letters

William Messner-Loebs (credited) (signed as Wm Messner-Loebs)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Noni was starving.

Genre

animal; nature

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Jane of the Jungle / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

Genre

humor

Characters

Jane; Jim; the museum's head librarian

Synopsis

The museum sends its head libarian -- who is unusually brave -- to visit Jane.

Reprints

• from The Fly (Archie, 1983 series) #7 (June 1984) [Reprinted in black and white]

To Live Forever (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Gill ?

Pencils

Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)

Inks

Paul Reinman (signed as Paul Reinman)

Letters

Joe Letterese ?

Job Number

3612

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

The Hand of Ages (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida ?

Genre

horror-suspense

Characters

Babu; Abu; Dr. Sasud [Jasad]; Baron Bagne; Dena

Synopsis

A mummy's hand takes over a man and forces him to kill.

Reprints

• from Revolver (Renegade Press, 1985 series) #4 (February 1986)

Indexer Notes

Originally produced for Blue Ribbon Comics (Archie/Red Circle).

Coming Attraction (Table of Contents: 12)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Letters

Steve Ditko

Indexer Notes

Back cover containing a page from a Steve Ditko comic.