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Issue: Mystery Tales #2
Publication Date: May 1952
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Issues: #2 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: 15 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indexed from information from atlastales.com.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com

Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
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What You Can Do About Pimples

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover advertisement for Dornol Products for pimples.
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This Corpse Is Mine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Kovak
First Line: You can come inside and watch me while I embalm the dead...
Synopsis: Kovak is a heartless mortician. One night, he finds a vampire and werewolf arguing over a body in his mortuary. Thinking them fakes, Kovak tells the creatures to divide their victim evenly, the blood for the vampire, the flesh for the werewolf. They agree and reveal Kovak is the intended victim they've been arguing over.
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In Content Item: FlagMystic #27 published January 1962
as This Corpse is Mine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagVoodoo #4 published ?
as This Corpse is Mine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: 9917
Disclose Notes: This is one of the first five stories Ayers penciled for Timely per his record books. Info per Ger Apeldoorn and Michael J. Vassallo via atlastales.com
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The Cigar

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Miss Purcell, please get those letters out tonight.
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In Content Item: FlagAdventures into Weird Worlds #25 published January 1954
as A Man's Past [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "A Man's Past"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: 9937
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Skinny Girls Don't Have Oomph!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for weight gain product (Numal)
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The Crawling Horror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Dr. Frank Carson; Ben
First Line: A man stood alone beside a grave....!
Synopsis: Grief-stricken after his wife's death, Frank resolves to increase the size of germs to better study them. However, the germs grow into giant monsters who terrorize Frank. Frank burns down his house to destroy the creatures, but one survives, growing ever larger.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: 9890
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First Line: Try 20 bottlettes of world famous perfumes for $1.98.
Synopsis: Ad for a selection of perfumes.
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Pages: 1
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An Amazing New Health Supporter Belt

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Ronnie Sales, Inc.
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He Went for a Train-Ride

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Philip Radly; Lorna Radly; Ed Greller
First Line: Uhhh! Don't come near me! I-I don't belong on this train...
Synopsis: Philip's train takes him to the year 1981. He finally uses the train to return to his own time but Lorna remains her self from 1981.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: 9912
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 18, No. 7, July 2007.
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The Gold Gorilla!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: horror
Character(s): Paul Cameron; Kip Murdok; Murnah
First Line: It's the mother gorilla, Paul!
Synopsis: Kip steals a young golden gorilla and kills Paul to have it to himself. Meeting Murnah on his plane home Kip romances her but once on the ground she changes into the gorilla's mother and kills Kip.
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In Content Item: FlagMystic #26 published January 1962
as The Gold Gorilla! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: 9910
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 18, No. 7, July 2007.
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The Rat Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mr. Tompson
First Line: Everything' ready, Mr. Tompson...enough food to last six months, and everything you requested for those...er...ah...things!
Synopsis: Testing rats in his laboratory, Tompson is amazed at one large rat whose intelligence is greater than the others and keeps avoiding Tompson's traps. Tompson finally decides to lock the rat in a room with poisoned food to see if it will eat the food from hunger but the rat escapes the lab and locks Tompson inside, leaving him to face the dilemma for himself.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: A-13
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Reducing Weight Specialist Says: Lose Weight Where it Shows Most

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 1
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Draw the First Day

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Norton Products Magic Art Reproducer
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Hey Skinny!... Yer Ribs are Showing!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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First Line: Don't let him hit you, Joe!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Charles Atlas Bodybuilding Program
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Jim and Betty Solve the "Mystery" of Pete's Fortune!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Wilson Chem. Co.
Character(s): Jim; Betty; Mrs. Green
First Line: How does Pete do it?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover advertisment.

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