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Issue: Mystery Tales #45
Publication Date: September 1956
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 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:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Sol Brodsky (signed)
Sol Brodsky (signed)
Stan Goldberg
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
Reprinting
FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #141 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #218 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Man in Black!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Forte (signed)
John Forte (signed)
?
Artie Simek
Subject Matter
fantasy
Lurton Gaxton
A ruthless businessman, Lurton Gaxton, is taught a lesson in compassion for the little guy by a mysterious man in black.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
K-230
Shadow on the Sand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Wessler
Syd Shores (signed)
Syd Shores (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
A criminal falls in love with the inhabitant of a mirage.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
K-194
Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, No 5, May 2017.
He Stayed Down Too Long!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Robert Q. Sale (signed)
Robert Q. Sale (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
science fiction
Kor; Mason
A cruel boss of native pearl divers, Mason, tries to out-dive a stranger who has appeared on the island so that he will not lose face in front of the natives, but the stranger, named Kor, is a water-breathing alien who easily outlasts him.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
K-242
The Secret of the Old House!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Wessler
Bob McCarty
Bob McCarty
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
Three men try to rob some old men in a spooky house, but find their youth stolen from them.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
K-210
Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
Strange Mission

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Maneely ? (illustration)
Joe Maneely ? (illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
science fiction
Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith
A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
Reprinting
FlagStrange Stories of Suspense #16 published August 1957
as The Missing Tooth [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Missing Tooth"
FlagStrange Worlds #2 published February 1959
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJourney into Mystery #62 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1960
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagStrange Tales #91 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1961
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJourney into Mystery #80 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1962
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagTales to Astonish #38 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1962
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagStrange Tales #122 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1964
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1
FlagStrange Tales #123 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1964
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 2
FlagCreepy Worlds #122 published January 1971
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #142 published January 1974
as Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
K-440
Secret of the Oraquiis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bob Forgione
Jack Abel
?
?
Subject Matter
fantasy
A trader masquerades as a native in order to find the secret burial place of their kings, but a flash of lightning renders him amnesic.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
K-217
No Bars Could Hold Him!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Carl Wessler
Steve Ditko (signed)
Steve Ditko (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
The Great Gordoni; Sheriff Aubry Nebb
An escape artist criminal, "The Great Gordoni", is placed in a cell with so many keys that it should take him about twenty years to figure out which one opens the cell door.
Reprinting
FlagSteve Ditko Reader #[1] published January 2002
as No Bars Could Hold Him [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSteve Ditko: Edge of Genius #[nn] published January 2008
as No Bars Could Hold Him [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
K-307

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