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Issue: Mystic #52
Publication Date: October 1956
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Issues: #52 of 61 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Classic Syndicate, Inc.
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 U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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They Wait in the Caves!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bill Everett (signed)
Inker(s): Bill Everett
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #10 published April 1974
as The Lurkers in the Caves! [Illustration on Cover, Front]with alterations
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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The Effigy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Wally Wood
Inker(s): Wally Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Wally Wood ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A criminal takes an effigy from a voodoo cult so that they cannot use it to compel him to surrender himself to the police.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagBook of the Dead #4 published March 1994
as The Effigy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-298
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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Iron Face!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: When the communists come up with a machine that can read minds, NATO takes a short soldier and supplies him with a fake head that contains instructions for leading the commies into a trap.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-327
Disclose Notes: Title, page count, artist and job number from www.atlastales.com. Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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The Secret of the Iron Needle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Forte
Inker(s): John Forte
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Space explorers realize, when the planet they are examining runs down, the giant needle they've found is not a natural phenomenon but the winding key of a giant toy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-381
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The Last Laugh!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Morisi
Inker(s): Pete Morisi
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Pete Morisi ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A ruthless businessman is sure that he is the reincarnation of someone important from medieval times, but when he does journey back into time he finds that he was...the court jester.
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In Content Item: FlagMystic #7 published January 1960
as The Last Laugh! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K-321
Disclose Notes: Title, page count, artist and job number from www.atlastales.com.
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Mystery Pupil

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Colin; Mr. Plum; Gertrude
Synopsis: A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #48 published August 1957
as The New Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The New Pupil"
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #51 published March 1959
as Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #77 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1960
as Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #24 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1961
as Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #24 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1961
as Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #97 [U.S. Cover Price] published June 1962
as Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #148 published January 1974
as Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense #3 [Regular Edition] published August 2010
as Mystery Pupil [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-382
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They Wait in the Caves!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Mort Drucker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man finds an island abundant with pearls and gives the location to his friend. When the friend arrives, the natives destroy his boat to keep him from revealing the island's location to anyone else.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagVault of Evil #10 published April 1974
as They Wait in the Caves! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-284
Disclose Notes: Job number from www.atlastales.com.
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The Land of Missing Persons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Jimmy Infantino
Inker(s): Jimmy Infantino ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A mad scientist uses a ray to capture planes that fly over his hidden mountain fortress to enslave workers in order to build his futuristic city for him. He is arrested and his city destroyed by a detective.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-220
Disclose Notes: Title, page count and job number from www.atlastales.com. Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, No 5, May 2017.

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