Mystic (1951 Atlas) comic books 1951-1953

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The Man Who Vanished, art by Manny Stallman; An eight foot tall circus freak drinks a shrinking potion that continues to shrink him until he disappears. The Strange Tree!; A man buys a house with a tree out in the yard which possesses people. The New England Horror text story. Trapped in Time!; A man travels forward in time and finds that dinosaurs have again returned when man has destroyed himself through nuclear war. The Hollow Men; A reporter finds a scientist dead in a castle when the robot he created rebelled against him. Mike Sekowsky art. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Black Dungeon; A woman befriends an ugly man who works for her as a servant; The town tailor wants her as his wife and so the ugly servant resolves to protect her from his evil, but the tailor succeeds in leaving Otto to die in the black dungeon. The Faceless Man; A man's unconscious manifestation eggs him on to embezzle from the bank and when he shoots the figure to be free of him, he realizes in his last moments that he has shot himself. The Day I Die; A man awaiting execution agrees to exchange bodies with a Venusian only to discover the alien is likewise a convict scheduled for death. The Shivering Flame text story. The Forbidden Drink; An aging actor offers to "sell his soul" for the chance to be young again and woo the beautiful young girl of his eye. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Jaws of Creeping Death; A man dreams that he is a judge of a trial during the Spanish Inquisition, which no one expects. Dimension of Death text story, art by Russ Heath. The Undead!, art by Allen Bellman; A reanimator brings his wife back to life after being dead for many years and he is repulsed that she is a moving rotted corpse instead of the beautiful girl he remembers. The Man in the Moon; The first man to land on the moon encounters creatures that lack the ability to build space ships but have perfected a will-sapping gas that they wish to administer into Earth's atmosphere in order to enslave the population into building enough space ships to transport their people to Earth. Beware the Eyes of Horror. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule. Stories by Basil Wolverton, Hank Chapman and unknown. Art by Basil Wolverton, Mike Sekowsky, Manny Stallman, John Giunta and unknown. The most eerie stories ever told! In this thrilling, chilling issue: "The Devil Birds" by Basil Wolverton; "The Stranger" with pencils by Mike Sekowsky; "The Forest of the Living Dead" with art by Manny Stallman and John Giunta; "The Man Who Cheated Death" with story by Hank Chapman; and 2-page text story "The Witch of Waterloo" (with illo by Allen Bellman taken from issue #3), reprinted from Crime Can't Win (1950) #6 (original title: "The Case of the Angry Scot"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The City That Vanished; After entire cities are pulled into space by giant magnets placed on a hostile planet the Earth people load up a city with atomic and hydrogen bombs to be pulled to its target. The Valley of the Vampires text story. It Creeps By Night!; A man with an intense fear of cats concludes suicide may help him reincarnate into a body without a fear of cats. He reincarnates into a mouse. The Face in the Picture; A photographer with a wife who doesn't want to be photographed is neighbors with a hideous monster who appears as a human woman to the senses but is revealed as it really is in photographs. Trapped!; A man who views space time as a hobby meets up with another man who works as a space time researcher and gets himself caught and shrunk into a small box. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Eye of Doom, art by Basil Wolverton; Floating eyes from Venus invade Earth. I Shall Never Die text story. Nothing, pencils by Manny Stallman; A scientist invents a time machine and then commits suicide after going ten years into the future and witnessing atomic war. The Old Lady's Son, pencils by Vernon Henkel; A gold digger becomes the victim of an old lady's vampire son. She Wouldn't Stay Dead! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover pencils by Joe Maneely. The Tomb, art by Gene Colan; A wealthy miser pretends to be dead so that he can dash the expectations of his nephew when he confronts him, but when he finally does reveal himself they ignore him and he realizes that the drug he took to simulate death was too much for his heart and he is now a ghost. The Wish! text story. Out of the Night, art by Jim Mooney; A writer is attacked and killed by a giant bug. The Man Who Made a Wish!, art by Vernon Henkel; A man makes a pact with Satan for money and Satan gives him a disease that the medical community will pay him 10,000 dollars to partake in their study, but the disease will ensure that he will only have one month of life to spend the money. Beware...the Bees!; A man takes a serum in order to work unmolested around bee hives which produces results akin to the those of the movie "The Fly." The Thinking Machines! 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

We Meet at Midnight!, script by Stan Lee, art by Paul Reinman; A man communicates with the spirit of the Sphinx in order to learn the Egyptian's greatest secret; It turns out the Sphinx considers the Egyptian's greatest secret the process of mummification...which it proceeds to demonstrate. Sorry... Mr. Hopkins!, art by Bill Everett; A man bumps into the tent pole and drops his glasses, so the Gypsy fortune teller hands him a pair that makes her appear beautiful and convinces him to murder his wife and steal from his boss for her. House for Sale, art by Dick Ayers; In an attempt to save his job at a real estate agency, Paul Harris tries one last time to sell the haunted Keystone mansion. The Tansfin Horror text story. The Burning Flame, art by Gil Kane. A Monster Among Us, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Stan Lee, Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Bill Everett, Tony DiPreta, Al Hartley, George Roussos and Ed Smalle. The most eerie stories ever told! In this issue: "It Happened in the Darkness!" by Stan Lee and Bill Everett - Teenor is interested in a man she meets at a horror film showing, but upon learning he doesn't believe in the supernatural she returns to her world, convinced humans aren't ready for her people; "You'll Die Laughing" by Carl Wessler and Tony DiPreta - Harry thinks Arnold is trying to kill him when accidents keep recurring...he finally shoots Arnold in terror...Arnold was just bringing him his pills and in death his hand is clutched so tightly on the bottle that Harry can't open it; "The Man Who Couldn't Sleep" with art by Al Hartley - After robbing people in their coffins Harry sees ghosts and fears going to sleep...he visits Dr. Mardo and obtains drugs which are supposed to give him a dreamless sleep, but the ghosts are real and the pills kill Harry...Mardo is one of the ghosts and they carry Harry's body away; "The Sandwich Sign" with art by George Roussos - Lucky answers an ad offering $1000, no strings attached...he enjoys spending the money, then looks up the generous giver to find out who he is...as the man tells Lucky, a car suddenly runs Lucky over; "The Wax Man" with art by Ed Smalle - Felipe makes realistic wax figures for the museum by killing people and coating them in wax...when bar patrons realize what's going on they raid the wax museum and light it on fire...Felipe melts along with his figures; and 2-page text story "Tick-Tock"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Russ Heath. Bluebeard, art by Tony Di Preta; A man who calls himself Bluebeard murders and robs the guests of his inn, but when a thief carrying a bottle of Nitro becomes his latest victim, Bluebeard decides to dispose of the bottle outside. Death Notice!; An obit writer who finds that he has the power to cause the deaths he writes about has the tables turned on him when the ghosts of his victims print an edition of the paper that says he dies in a train wreck. They Called Her a Witch!, script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; Peasants call an old woman a witch, a man gives her the benefit of the doubt, but it turns out the peasants were right. Doom Island text story. The Man Who Saw Tomorrow, art by Joe Sinnott; A man who invents a camera that can photograph the future is terrified when he sets it to a week in advance and produces a...blank photo. Detour!, art by Myron Fass; A man at a train crossing is killed and places a curse on motorists every year that one person must take his place. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Death and Tommy Norton, script by Stan Lee, pencils by John Romita; A boy's toy soldier shoots his aunt when she attempts to murder him. Dangerous Love text story. Horror in the City, pencils by Werner Roth; A man meets a woman who tells him of a war beneath the Earth between the Clabs and the Paladorns; He is separated from her but she returns later, reveals herself as a Paladorn, and kills him in order to silence him. Not Flesh and Blood!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Myron Fass; Howard Walton hires a mechanic, Karl Luger, to build a robot to murder his business partner. The Black Gloves, pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; A man named Mr. Gamin wears black gloves in order to cover up the fanged mouths centered in his palms. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Hooded Horror!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Carmine Infantino, inks by Sy Barry; A gang boss who always wears a hood makes his underlings curious about what lies beneath so one of them uses a knife on him when he's asleep and discovers that the hood really was his head. Haunted Seas text story. Stop the Presses, art by Gene Colan; A reporter is driven to murder the paper's editor in order to achieve a sensational story. The Dummy, art by Vic Carrabotta. The Man in the Tomb!, art by Bob Fujitani; A mobster wants to join a lodge and for initiation they lock him behind a door with the key hanging outside which can be reached through an opening in the door. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Louis Zansky, Ernie Bache and unknown. The most eerie stories ever told! In this issue: What happened to Kurt Ravec..."In the Dark"? Find out in this mystic tale with art by Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache. Plus: 2-page text story "Terror on Stage"; "The Man with the Knife!"; "The Wrong Guy"; "The Trap That Jack Built!" with art by Louis Zansky; and "Checkmate"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Mannie Banks, Ed Winiarski, Ed Goldfarb, Larry Woromay and Bob Baer. The most eerie stories ever told! In this issue: "Hiding Place" with art by Tony DiPreta; 2-page text story "The Living Legend"; "They Can't Catch Charlie!" with art by Mannie Banks; "The Corpse and I" with art by Ed Winiarski; "The Reluctant Ghost!" with art by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer; and "Guillotine!" with art by Larry Woromay. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Joe Maneely. Stories by Stan Lee, Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by George Tuska, Jay Scott Pike, John Romita, Sr., Vic Carrabotta, Bill Benulis and Jack Abel. The most eerie stories ever told! In this issue: "The Man Who Closed His Eyes" by Stan Lee and George Tuska; "The Mark of Death" by Carl Wessler and Jay Scott Pike; "The Silent One" with art by John Romita, Sr.; "No Trespassing" with art by Vic Carrabotta; "House of Horror" with art by Bill Benulis and Jack Abel; and 2-page text story "Peril on Paper"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Ghosts in the Night, script by Stan Lee, art by Carmine Infantino. Birth of a Vampire! Dream's End text story. The Most Miserable Man in the World; A man with terrible luck finally uses a book of black magic to summon the Devil, who informs him that he actually is in Hell. A Scream in the Dark!; When a couple arrive at the end of the tunnel of love, they find that they have aged rapidly and the fairground deserted. The Wooden Box, script by Stan Lee, art by George Roussos; When a pawn shop owner opens a wooden box that he has been warned against opening, he is transformed into a skeleton. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Stories by Stan Lee, Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Vic Carrabotta, Tony DiPreta, Ed Winiarski, Bill Everett and unknown. The most eerie stories ever told! "Behind Locked Doors" with art by Vic Carrabotta - Denby is an elitist psychiatrist who only offers his services to those of great breeding. He meets a fellow boarder at his hotel who is of noble birth and drinks an odd red liquid. The man is upset because he feels he cannot live up to his father's successes. Denby offers to help him through hypnosis, instilling within his friend all the capability his father possessed. It's only then he learns his friend's father was Dracula -- and his favoured beverage isn't wine. Plus: "The Silent Stranger" by Carl Wessler and Tony DiPreta - As a vampire preys upon the fattest men of Borgy, people fear Emil will be next. A silent stranger with a violin case is suspected of being the vampire and he stalks Emil, terrifying him. Emil narrowly avoids the stranger, but in both instances people who cross his path are killed by the vampire. Finally, the stranger catches Emil in his home and runs a stake through his heart -- the stranger is a vampire hunter and Emil was the real vampire. Also in this issue: "The Vampire" by Stan Lee and Ed Winiarski - Teddy finds the body of a man killed by vampires...when he tries to tell his parents about it they dismiss him to his room for lying...left alone, his parents reveal themselves as vampires, concerned Teddy might learn their secrets; "Hate!" by Stan Lee and Bill Everett - Crewe has a hairy, unkempt neighbour whom he hates on sight...he goes to Sleepy Junction to get away from him, only to find his roommate is the hairy man...he chokes him and then winds up in an insane asylum where the hairy man is his keeper; "Who Am I?" with story by Carl Wessler - Waller kills Higgins to take his money but fears the police are following him and has a doctor change his features...it turns out to be a detective come to tell Waller he inherited Higgins' estate, but now Waller cannot prove his identity to collect it; and 2-page text story "Double Death"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Mystic #18 features a memorable Bill Everett horror cover for "The Russian Devil!" The cover depicts skeletal communist party official literally dragging the corpse of an unfortunate citizen from his grave. "Get up, Ivan!" shouts the commie, "You can't escape us by dying! We're not through with you yet!" Fortunately, this story was written by a red-blooded American comic creator so the commie villain comes to a bad--and eternal--end. In Old Baghdad; A woman brought to the city as a slave schemes to become the wife of the Sultan but she is unaware of the the custom of that country to throw the Sultan's wife to the lions when he dies. The Drowning Man, art by Carrabotta; A thief cast overboard mistakes the back of a whale for a raft. The Perfect Mold text story. Tom-Tom!; Natives skin a cruel plantation owner and use him for their drums. Charley's Crime, art by Jack Abel; A thief comes back as a ghost to rob a bank but the ghost of the guard he killed stops him. The Russian Devil; The communist overseer of a labor camp is glad when he is told by his doctor that he has not long to live because he has spent his whole life killing and is weary; Death wants an assistant however and refuses to allow him to rest in peace. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Help Wanted!, art by Mort Lawrence; A cheap department store owner's toy demonstrator quits after receiving a Christmas bonus of only one dime, and so the owner attempts to save money by shortening the help wanted ad to "Demon. Wanted." Curse of the Mummy text story. Swamp Girl!, art by Vic Carabotta; A deserter becomes a werecat when he drinks water from the bayou. They Dive by Night!, art by Al Luster; A native warns a pearl diver not to dive by night so as to have enough light to see where to avoid the man-eating clams, but he doesn't listen. Fast Freight; A man escapes from prison and manages to hop onto a passing train, not knowing that the train is carrying freight right back to the prison. Bong!, art by Tony DiPreta; A man resolves to murder his rival for the affections of a beautiful girl, but ends up killing himself by falling into the bell-maker's molten vat. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. The Witch and I; A Count has a witch for a mother and he forces her to use her black magic to gain advantage over the peasants; As she lays dying, she gives him a last doll and tells him that it is a figure of his greatest enemy; She dies before she can instruct him what to do with it. The Door that Never Opens; The constructor of the French Bastille tricks an abbot into serving as a prison guard, but the abbot gets back at him by locking him into the newly-opened Bastille and then setting the prisoners loose upon him. The Slaves!, art by art by Ed Win; This story is narrated by a strangler's hands who regret the actions their owner makes them do. Invitation to the Waltz text story. His Dead Wife!, art by art by Tony DiPreta; A Nazi spy marries a woman who hates them and he kills her and stashes a wireless set in the coffin which he leaves in the castle to warn the Nazi of raids. In the Wake of the Werewolf, art by Sam Kweskin; A man stumbles into a situation where two people accuse a girl of being a vampire and attack her. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Zombie in the Streets, art by John Buscema. Dorothy's Doll, art by Gene Colan; A man buys a lifelike doll for his ill child unintentionally fooling Death into taking the doll and leaving the girl. The Honeymooners, art by Tony Mortellaro; A man strangles his new bride, and when confronted by a neighbor, is told to mind his own business because that is what she wanted; He is a ghost and now his wife is a ghost, too. Isle of no Escape text story. Homicide; Jim Lane kills a bothersome tramp, then tries to frame his neighbor, an inadvertent witness, for the murder. The Ghost Comes Back!, pencils by Dick Ayers; A woman fools a criminal into thinking that her returning husband is a member of the undead. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, John Forte, Al Eadeh, Vern Henkel and Art Peddy. The most eerie stories ever told! In this issue: "Doom in the Tomb!" by Carl Wessler and Joe Maneely; "Boy Meets Ghoul!" with art by John Forte; "Man-Eater!" with art by Al Eadeh; "Nothing Else to Write" with art by Vern Henkel; "The Maiden in the Iron Mask" with art by Art Peddy; and 2-page text story "Ghost Ship," reprinted from Suspense (1950) #11 (original title: "Dog Watch Death"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Russ Heath. Don't Shrink Sam's Head; A man wants to go to Jivaro country so he can acquire a shrunken head for his collection of horror memorabilia but is afraid of having his head shrunk, so he hires a scientist to treat his head so that it is unshrinkable. Tribal Mask text story. The Perfect Planet, art by Ross Andru. Hugo, art by Pete Tumlinson. Mother Knows Best, art by Sol Brodsky; A mother tells her daughter that the man in the moon causes the tides but her daughter doesn't believe her. Afterward, the moon gets destroyed by a comet impact and the seas grow calm. Every Dog Has Its Day!; An old miser who is mean to the boys at a neighboring orphanage gets what's coming to him when he poisons one of the orphans' dogs. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

The Gargoyle!; When the only person who is nice to him is murdered by gargoyles, Quasimodo is blamed and hanged. The Stranger from Space; When a spacecraft lands and a creature emerges, two scientists are at odds with each other on what to do with the being; One thinks it is a threat and should be destroyed but the other stops his attack and helps the creature back to his ship where the two of them blast off. The Mysterious Painting text story. Another Man's Shoes; A janitor has a witch cast a spell which will exchange bodies with a man whom he thinks is well off, but the man's beautiful wife divorces him, he finds out he's bankrupt, and finally he gets shot. His Wife Throws Things. How Many Times Can You Die?; A man has dreams about killing his wife but he gets arrested and executed the same way in the dreams and so loses his nerve. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Vampire; A police chief of a village is revealed to be a vampire. The Couple Next Door; A henpecked husband is demanded by his wife to provide something bigger and better than what the neighbors have; When he goes to tell her the latest thing the neighbor's wife got, his wife tells him to shut up and just give her one bigger and better, so he picks up a shotgun and blows her head off. The Toy Train; An orphan boy is visited by a stranger who leaves him a train set. When the boy shrinks to actually be able to board the train, he thinks that he is dreaming, but when his cruel uncle wakes him, he finds the train is still there. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.