Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	1971
Cover Price	0.50 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Joe Orlando

Cover Details - "Weird Mystery Tales"

Genre	horror
Pencils	Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks	Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Notes	Creature reprint spotted by Frank Battaglia (submitted via the error list, December 2006).
Reprinted	in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #229 [creature only]

1 page story "Table of Contents"

Genre	occult; humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks	Sergio Aragones (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover.

1 page story "Macabre Mystery"

Characters	Berni Wrightson
Genre	occult
Script	Joe Orlando?
Pencils	Berni Wrightson
Inks	Berni Wrightson
Notes	Introduction page.

6 page story "I Was the Last Man on Earth"

Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Mort Drucker
Inks	Mort Drucker
Reprinted	from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #8.

6 page story "The Phantom Enemy"

Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Sy Barry
Reprinted	from Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series) #116.

1 page story "The New Arrival"

Genre	humor
Pencils	Dave Manak ?
Inks	Dave Manak ?

8 page story "I Fought the Clocks of Doom"

Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Mort Meskin
Reprinted	from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #14.

1 page story "Weird Tales"

Genre	humor
Script	?; ?; ?
Pencils	?; ?; ?
Inks	?; ?; ?
Notes	Three gag pages. Not sure if they are by the same artist or more than one artist.

6 page story "The Witch's Candles!"

Genre	occult
Pencils	John Prentice
Inks	John Prentice
Reprinted	from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #2.

1 page story "Weird Tales"

Genre	humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Three gag panels.

1 page story "Eerie Adventure"

Characters	Berni Wrightson
Genre	occult
Pencils	Berni Wrightson
Inks	Berni Wrightson

8 page story "I Was Lost in a Mirage"

Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Mort Meskin
Reprinted	from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #12.

1 page story "Weird Tales"

Genre	humor
Script	?; ?; ?
Pencils	?; ?; ?
Inks	?; ?; ?
Notes	Three gag panels. Not sure how many artists.

8 page Johnny Peril story "Horror in the Lake!"

Characters	Johnny Peril
Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Frank Giacoia (signed)
Inks	Sy Barry (signed)
Reprinted	from Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series) #110.

8 page Phantom Stranger story "The Haunters from Beyond!"

Characters	Phantom Stranger
Genre	occult
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Sy Barry
Reprinted	from Phantom Stranger, The (DC, 1952 series) #1 (August-September 1952)

1 page story "Monsters"

Characters	Berni Wrightson
Genre	occult
Pencils	Berni Wrightson
Inks	Berni Wrightson

8 page story "I Was the Last Martian!"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #20.

8 page story "I Hunted the World's Wildest Animals"

Genre	fantasy
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Reprinted	from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #15.

1 page story "Science-Fiction"

Characters	Berni Wrightson
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Berni Wrightson
Inks	Berni Wrightson

1 page story "untitled"

Genre	humor
Pencils	Sergio Aragones
Inks	Sergio Aragones
Notes	Four one-panel gags.

6 page story "The City of Three Dooms"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Mort Meskin
Inks	Mort Meskin
Reprinted	from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #15.

8 page story "The Jungle Boy of Jupiter"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Lou Cameron (signed)
Inks	Lou Cameron (signed)
Reprinted	from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #24.

1 page text story "Childhood Haunt"

Genre	occult
Pencils	Berni Wrightson (signed)
Inks	Berni Wrightson (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page story "The Mysterious Mr. Omen"

Characters	Bart Evans
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Leonard Starr
Inks	Leonard Starr
Reprinted	from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #49.

1 page story "Weird Tales"

Genre	humor
Script	Lore Shoberg [as Lore]
Pencils	Lore Shoberg [as Lore]
Inks	Lore Shoberg [as Lore]
Notes	Inside back cover. Three gag panels.

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Genre	horror
Pencils	Berni Wrightson (signed)
Inks	Berni Wrightson (signed)
Notes	Same as front cover, sans title and trade dress.