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Issue: Mystic #57
Publication Date: March 1957
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Issues: #57 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)
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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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The Room of Shadows

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as The Room of Shadows [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Trapped in the Ant Hill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dr. Perry Moore
First Line: The brilliant young scientist, Dr. Perry Moore, had found and perfected an amazing serum!
Synopsis: Moore invents a shrinking serum and winds up in an ant hill but finally regains his normal size.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as Trapped in the Ant Hill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-185
Disclose Notes: Titles, page count and job number from www.atlastales.com.

"Trapped in the Ant Hill" is a prototype story for the first Henry Pym Ant-Man tale "Man in the Ant Hill" from Tales to Astonish #27. Both contain some of the same plot points:
In "Trapped in the Ant Hill", the scientist accidentally spills shrinking "serum" on a cut on his arm, shrinks, goes into an ant hill, and ends the story regular-sized.
In "The Man in the Ant Hill", while working to perfect his "serums", a scientist (Henry Pym, later known as Ant-Man) pours some of his reducing potion on his arm, shrinks, goes into an ant hill, and ends the story regular-sized.
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The Midnight Visitor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A writer is surprised when he is confronted by the villain from his best-selling novel.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as The Midnight Visitor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagChamber of Chills #20 [unnamed variant] published January 1976
as The Midnight Visitor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-230
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The Strange Prison!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A man finds himself in an underwater world where their doctors have converted his body to survive underwater. The king's daughter is taken with him and so wishes to marry him, but he only wants her dowry treasure chest and steals it. He passes out on the surface since he can no longer breathe air, and is captured and placed in prison. The king tells him he will serve a two year sentence for his theft and then the doctors will reverse their work and deposit him on the surface. The dowry consisted of a chest of seashells, which they use for currency, but would be worthless on the surface.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as The Strange Prison! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #148 published January 1974
as The Strange Prison [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #37 [unnamed variant] published September 1975
as The Strange Prison! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-281
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He'd Rather Die Than Tell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Andrew Korvak
Synopsis: Andrew murders a man for a crystal ball but while fleeing the police he falls from a roof. Even then, the crystal remains unbroken and depicts the murder he committed.
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In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as He'd Rather Die Than Tell [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-238
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Time Machine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #66 published December 1958
as Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #80 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1961
as Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as Time Machine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #21 [unnamed variant] published July 1961
as Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #78 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1962
as Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #31 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1962
as Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #95 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1963
as Time Machine [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #35 published June 1955
was Long Ago [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Time Machine"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-85
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person.
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The Room of Shadows!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Beldick; Chu Teh
Synopsis: Beldick discovers a Cambodian temple where within the Room of Shadows he can have his wishes granted by lighting a brazier but each time his wishes backfire and he accidentally burns down the room from lighting matches.
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In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as The Room of Shadows! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-301
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You Can't Hide from the Eye!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Floyd Ryder; Larry Burden
Synopsis: Floyd builds a device which can spy on any place and projects its images on a television screen. Sharing his device with Burden's mob they plan a major bank heist, but Floyd's device has been transmitting its images to nearby television sets and his neighbours alert the police.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMystic #2 published January 1961
as You Can't Hide From the Eye! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-128

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