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Issue: Mystery Tales #25
Publication Date: January 1955
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Issues: #25 of 54 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
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:
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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In4
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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.
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The Polka-Dot Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBeware #6 published January 1974
as The Deadly Plague! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: F-373
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The Treasure!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventures into Weird Worlds #2 published February 1952
was The Murdering Ghost [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Treasure!"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 9388
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBeware #6 published January 1974
as Mirror, Mirror on the Wall! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: F-277
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Hate!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCrypt of Shadows #13 published October 1974
as Hate! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: F-342
Disclose Notes: Final three panels drawn by Joe Maneely, likely due to an editorial change in the ending.
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The Time Is Now

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, political
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: F-349
Disclose Notes: Anti-communism story.
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Werewolf Beware

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A werewolf commits suicide in order to avoid venting his bloodlust upon the girl he loves.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDead of Night #4 published June 1974
as Werewolf Beware [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: F-414
Disclose Notes: According to atlastales.com, this is Don Heck's first story for Marvel.

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