Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) comic books 1951-1953

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"The Dark Tunnel," art by Gene Colan; An exterminator enters into a dark tunnel on one of his jobs and is taken captive by giant telepathic cockroaches who are waiting for mankind to destroy itself before they emerge and rule Earth. "The Doll of Doom" text story. "The Little Black Box!", script by Hank Chapman, art by Joe Maneely; A man finds a black box which grants him wishes when he tells a lie; When he gets the black box open, the spirit inside incinerates him to take his place. "The End of the World," art by Paul Reinman; A carnival swami predicts the world will end at midnight; His skeptic client scoffs at the prediction, but the man's words haunt his thoughts for the rest of the evening; When the clock begins to strike twelve, he is distracted by it, and doesn't see the vehicle that strikes and kills him. "The Horror on Channel 15," art by Pete Tumlinson; A man in a small Iowa town creates a monster for a TV show that comes to life and kills everyone in the town. "The Stroke of 12," art by Paul Reinman; An embalming assistant murders an undertaker for his money, but when he goes to the cemetery at midnight where he hid the money, the undertaker drags him into the grave with him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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This Corpse Is Mine. The Cigar starring text story. The Crawling Horror, art by Ogden Whitney. He Went for a Train-Ride, art by Bernie Krigstein. The Gold Gorilla! The Rat Race, art by Bill Everett. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Drink of Death!, script by Hank Chapman, art by George Roussos. Too Late for Elvera text story. Come to My Funeral!, art by George Roussos. The Black Book, art by Vic Carrabotta. Two New Eyes, art by Allen Bellman. The Hot Seat, art by Bob Fujitani. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Blackout at Midnight!, script by Stan Lee, art by Tony DiPreta. The Hand Is Quicker. The Mind Reader!, pencils by Manny Stallman, inks by Manny Stallman. The Enemies. Beware of the Beggar!, art by Ed Winiarski. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Madman!", script by Stan Lee, art by Tony DiPreta; A serious actor, portraying Hamlet, sees his star begin to lose some lustre when nepotism rears its head and the producer's cousin is made his understudy; The understudy proceeds to sabotage the actor to the point where he accidentally kills the actor's wife by mistake. "Danger - Quicksand!" text story. "A Killer in the Street," pencils by Paul Reinman , inks by Art Wallace; A police detective is obsessed with a serial killer whose victims are all young pretty women in red dresses; When his wife buys a red dress, he insists that she take it back and she reluctantly agrees; Working late on the case, he has no time to go home and they agree to meet downtown for dinner; He sees she's wearing the red dress after all and flies into a rage. "This House Is Haunted!", art by Ed Winiarski; Josiah Benson's son Adam inherits his dilapidated property where four squatters play poker; Adam gives them notice, to no avail, because they know the place is haunted and unrentable. "The Wooden Man"; Chick Black is a midget who looks like a wooden dummy; His modus operandi is to let people find him and take him in, whereupon he robs them, using his unique appearance and size to elude capture; On his latest heist, Chick shoots and kills a guard. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Specimen!", art by Joe Maneely; A scientist plots to use a mermaid from Atlantis to gain world renown and so he lies to her that he loves her until he can build an escape-proof tank; Unfortunately for him, she has the exact same intentions for him and drags him down to Atlantis so they can use him as a specimen to model how human males appear in order to create an invasion force. "Hunger," pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; A butcher poisons his ex-partner's meat locker in order to drive him out of business but then comes back later to make sure he did not leave any evidence behind and gets himself locked in; Over the course of several days he waits for someone to come and let him out, but no one comes. "Ashes to Ashes!", pencils by Al Eadeh; A woman burns her uncle to death before learning that the directions to his fortune are tattooed in a map upon his back. "The Broken Step" text story. "The Man in the Morgue," art by Vic Dowling; A hoodlum spends his last buck for a psychic reading and is told that his luck will change; After spending the night in an alley with nothing to eat an elderly man approaches him and he strangles him in order to rob him; The cops give chase and gun him down; The police wonder why the elderly man was in such a rundown area. "Lost!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Criminals hide loot in a cave and one is arrested and serves a jail sentence of twenty years; When he is released he goes back to the cave and shoots the man and woman who were lost in there for twenty years, but their son kills him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. The Invisible Woman, art by Tony DiPreta. Mummies' Gold text story. Booby Trap, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Sinnott. The Sure Thing, art by Ross Andru. The Death of a Miser, art by Chuck Winter. The Lucky Stiff. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Little Monster" (pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel), "Shhhh" (art by Dick Ayers), "The Vampire's Coffin" (art by Tony DiPreta), "The Man in the Tank" (art by Everett Raymond Kinstler), "Johnny's Last Jump" (art by Russ Heath?), and a two-page text story, "Satan's Partner." Heath cover. Cover price $0.10.

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"Wilfred Takes a Wife!" (art by Tony DiPreta), "How?" (art by Paul Reinman), "Genuine Alligator" (art by Byron Fass), "Bring Back My Feet" (art by Mac Pakula), "There's No Pleasin' Some Gals," and a two-page text story, "I Was a Clock!" Cover price $0.10.