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Issue: Mystery Tales #13
Publication Date: July 1953
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Issues: #13 of 54 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: 20th Century Comic Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy Covers; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Death of a Miser!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Sol Brodsky
Inker(s): Sol Brodsky
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
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The Invisible Woman!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Frank Tupper; Lola Tupper; Claire Maynard
Synopsis: Frank Tupper takes advantage of a crime wave, committed by an invisible woman, in order to frame his wife Lola, so he can collect the insurance money and be with his secretary lover Claire. Fooled by his plan, a vicious mob kills Lola (off panel) and the scheming couple eventually wed and visit the Grand Canyon for a honeymoon. With his new bride "afraid of heights", Frank enjoys the view without her and suddenly falls to his death, pushed by Claire, who was the invisible woman all the while.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: C-632
Disclose Notes: Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2009. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.
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Mummies' Gold!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustration)
Inker(s): ? (spot illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Professor Wilkins (archeologist); Dr. Johnson (assistant); Denny Haldane (playboy); Makhe-Sof (the mummy)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #105 published February 1952
was The Curse Of Makhe-Sof [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 9371
Disclose Notes: Original title: "The Curse Of Makhe-Sof."
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Booby Trap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Lee (signed)
Penciller(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Martian Warlord; Xxrth and Rrghhp and Ttyrpff (Martians); Ryerson (martyr)
Synopsis: "In the year 2958, the Martians conquered the Earth!". Merciless aliens imprison women and children in concentration camps while the men suffer in slave labor. The human resistance movement hatches a plan to set a giant trap on an asteroid for the invaders. The arrogant overconfidence of the Martians leads them to their defeat when it turns out that the entire asteroid is actually a bomb.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: C-794
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The Sure Thing!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Al Mortell; the man in black; ship's purser
Synopsis: A crooked gambler on the run mugs and kills a scar-faced man, netting only thirty dollars and a steamship ticket. He takes the victim's place on the ship and enters a contest. Whoever guesses closest to the time it takes to cross the ocean, wins $5000. The killer concocts a plan to win by slowing the ship down... by jumping overboard. He yells at a man in black and jumps, but the witness does nothing. The killer drowns and we see that the man is the ghost of the scar-faced man.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: C-677
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The Death of a Miser!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chuck Winter
Inker(s): Chuck Winter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Mr. Krause (hermit); the killer
Synopsis: A burglar breaks into a hermit's house, looking for money. The old man is a hoarder, with newspapers filling every nook and cranny. The burglar kills the hermit and steals his money, and tries to escape. Incredulously, the police stop the killer on the street immediately. Trying to act nonchalantly by reading a newspaper, the killer was holding a newspaper from 1865. The headline: "Abe Lincoln Assassinated".
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Pages: 4
Job Number: C-501
Disclose Notes: Told in first person narrative by the killer. Cover story bears no relation to the cover image.
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The Lucky Stiff!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): George Olesen
Inker(s): George Olesen
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Burt Logan; Jasper Humphreys (undertaker); Lisa Humphreys (Jasper's daughter); Dave (police officer); Otto (coroner)
Synopsis: Boy meets girl. Boy meets girl's undertaker father. Boy learns family business. Boy attacked by dead bodies at behest of girl and her father. All three die by defenestration.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: C-578

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