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Issue: Mystery Tales #1
Publication Date: March 1952
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Issues: #1 of 54 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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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: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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The Stroke of Midnight!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Genres: horror
First Line: Let's get outta here, Pat!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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First Line: Reducing specialist says: Lose weight where it shows most Reduce most any part of the body with Spot Reducer
Synopsis: Ad for Spot Reducer Co.
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Pages: 1
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The Dark Tunnel

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First Line: Psst! You! Yes, you out there, come closer...
Synopsis: An exterminator enters into a dark tunnel on one of his jobs and is taken captive by giant telepathic cockroaches who are waiting for mankind to destroy itself before they emerge and rule Earth.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: 9740
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The Doll of Doom

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First Line: The principal shook his head unbelievingly.
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In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #10 published July 1953
as Witch-Girl [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Witch-Girl"
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Pages: 2
Job Number: 9699
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The Little Black Box!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Luke Bramby
First Line: Take it, Luke Bramby!
Synopsis: A man finds a black box which grants him wishes when he tells a lie. When he gets the black box open, the spirit inside incinerates him to take his place.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: 9742
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Boys and Girls, Look!

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Feature(s): Harmonica Educators, Inc.
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The End of the World

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First Line: At midnight tonight the world will end!
Synopsis: A carnival swami predicts the world will end at midnight. His skeptic client scoffs at the prediction, but the man's words haunt his thoughts for the rest of the evening. When the clock begins to strike twelve, he is distracted by it, and doesn't see the vehicle that strikes and kills him.
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Job Number: 9741
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The Horror on Channel 15

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Genres: horror
First Line: It is true, Professor! You are the first human to enter the city of the living dead...
Synopsis: A man in a small Iowa town creates a monster for a TV show that comes to life and kills everyone in the town.
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Pages: 6
Job Number: 9731
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The Stroke of 12

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Genres: horror
First Line: M--mercy... (gasp!) Mercy... C--Carl... P--please... (gasp!)
Synopsis: An embalming assistant murders an undertaker for his money, but when he goes to the cemetery at midnight where he hid the money, the undertaker drags him into the grave with him.
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Job Number: 9729
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Complete 15 Piece "Texas Ranger" Cowboy Outfit

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First Line: Gorgeous dresses for you without paying 1 cent...
Synopsis: Ad promoting the selling of three dresses to get one free.
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First Line: Why don't you try to put some weight on?
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover advertisement.

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