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Issue: Mystery Tales #45
Publication Date: September 1956
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Issues: #45 of 54 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #141 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #218 published January 1985
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man in Black!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Lurton Gaxton
Synopsis: A ruthless businessman, Lurton Gaxton, is taught a lesson in compassion for the little guy by a mysterious man in black.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-230
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Shadow on the Sand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A criminal falls in love with the inhabitant of a mirage.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-194
Disclose Notes: Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, No 5, May 2017.
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He Stayed Down Too Long!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kor; Mason
Synopsis: 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.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K-242
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The Secret of the Old House!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Three men try to rob some old men in a spooky house, but find their youth stolen from them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-210
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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Strange Mission

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: 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.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: K-217
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No Bars Could Hold Him!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): The Great Gordoni; Sheriff Aubry Nebb
First Line: The big city police had no way to keep the Great Gordoni in prison!
Synopsis: 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.
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In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko Reader #[1] published January 2002
as No Bars Could Hold Him [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSteve Ditko: Edge of Genius #[nn] published January 2008
as No Bars Could Hold Him [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K-307

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