Mystic (1951 Atlas) comic books 1956-1969

Man from the Saucer!; A woman from Venus kidnaps humans to help her re-populate a dying world. Sky Squadrons text story. Those in Hiding!; A man discovers secret sorcerers who supply magic that is taken for technological advancement. The Footprints, art by John Forte; A boy looks for elves under a rock but his mother convinces him to stop believing in them and so loses out on a great fortune when the elves transmute the stones that the boy has left into gold nuggets. Defeat!; An armchair general gets his chance to fight for the French in the battle of Waterloo but still muffs it. Danger in the Night; When Saturn's version of Orson Welles broadcasts his "War of the Worlds" a human picks up the transmission and figures Earth is under attack by the forces of Saturn. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Man Who Could Do Anything" (art by Dick Ayers), "The Magic Mixture," "It Happened At Night" (art by John Forte), "Just One More Chance," "The One They Left Behind," "The Eager Stranger" (art by Bill Benulis), and a two-page text story, "Patent Pending." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

He Changed at Midnight; A disguised Mercurian changes into his true form at midnight so he sets his clock forward when confronted by a greedy man who suspects him and wishes to turn him in for the reward money. The Star Wish text story. Across the Threshold; A man caps an old well that turns out to be a doorway to another world. The Strange Switch!; Astronomers encounter a Plutoian who wishes to use their observatory to take pictures of his world from Earth. Out of the Storm; A bum gets a vision of the future where he is displayed as successful and resolves to turn it into a reality. The Matter with Harry!; A timid man encounters a woman from Venus whom he saves from Martian bullies. She offers to become his wife and he returns with her to Venus. The World that Vanished! Pete Morisi art. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"Girl in a Trance" (art by Lou Cameron), "Prisoner in Nowhere" (art by Pete Morisi), "The Pushovers" (art by Harry Lazarus), "they're Coming Closer," "Behind the Mask" (art by Dave Berg), "Torn and Tattered," and a two-page text story, ":Lost Marble." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett. Man in the Dark. No One Will Ever Know!, art by Marvin Stein; An explorer is disappointed to find an apparent city of gold hidden in the jungle only to be told that the samples he has returned with are fool's gold. Think! If You Dare, art by Harry Lazarus; A dictator gets a machine that allows him to read the thoughts of his subjects and throws thousands in jail. Behind the Door, art by Lou Cameron; A scientist pulls his ancestor from the past thus wiping himself out of existence. The Salesman text story. Wings in the Night!, art by John Forte; An eagle disguised as a man coordinates his fellows into helping out with various disasters. The Imperfect Plot, art by Gray Morrow; A man takes a spacecraft that travels close to the speed of light to wed an alien princess fifty light years away, but she rejects him as he is now almost ninety. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett. The Effigy, art by Wally Wood; A criminal takes an effigy from a voodoo cult so that they cannot use it to compel him to surrender himself to the police. Iron Face!, pencils by Bob Powell; When the communists come up with a machine that can read minds, NATO takes a short soldier and supplies him with a fake head that contains instructions for leading the commies into a trap. The Secret of the Iron Needle!, art by John Forte; Space explorers realize, when the planet they are examining runs down, the giant needle they've found is not a natural phenomenon but the winding key of a giant toy. The Last Laugh!, pencils by Pete Morisi; A ruthless businessman is sure that he is the reincarnation of someone important from medieval times, but when he does journey back into time he finds that he was...the court jester. Mystery Pupil text story. They Wait in the Caves!, art by Mort Drucker; A man finds an island abundant with pearls and gives the location to his friend. When the friend arrives, the natives destroy his boat to keep him from revealing the island's location to anyone else. The Land of Missing Persons. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Inside the Locked Trunk!; A man tells his brother that there is a great treasure in a locked trunk that will one day be his if he remains with him but he refuses to allow him to look in the trunk. The Magic Carpet text story. I Entered the Forbidden Lagoon!; A man cheats his partner out of the pearls of a lagoon and the natives curse him until he gives the money back and the waters of the lagoon forgive him. The Threat!; Aliens land and demand a representative from Earth to judge for worthiness to join the galactic federation. If the representative is deemed unworthy the planet will be destroyed. The Man Who Wasn't! He Walks in the Night!; A man with mental powers threatens to destroy an inventor that has come up with a machine that could reveal his presence to the authorities. The City that Sank!; A pilot stumbles across a submersible city that raises above and lowers below the waves. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Who Steals My Brain; A passive alien scout for an invasion assumes a human disguise but leaves when he becomes fed up with human violent entertainment. Tyrant!; A man gains mind-reading powers from volcano vapors and uses them to achieve political power. Time and Time Again text story. The Four Sam Smiths!; A woman pays actors in an attempt to reform her crooked husband by fooling him into believing that an accident with a cyclotron has sent him into a "Mirror, Mirror" universe. The Face in the Air!; A solider saves a brain surgeon from drowning who later saves his life by performing difficult surgery. The Thing!; A Martian pet has misadventures on Earth until picked up by his master. Out of the Swamp; A rich man invests his money in trying to build up a town in a swamp but it turns out to be a mirage. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett. Out of the Fog!, art by Don Heck; A man goes back in time to Arthur's court and attempts to make himself king, but he lacks the knowledge of metallurgy and chemistry to build 20th century weapons and gadgets so he becomes Arthur's sorcerer Merlin. The Empty Cell!, art by Ted Galindo; A man from Uranus attempts to recruit Earth convicts to leave on his home planet but they can't alter their criminal behavior and the king sends them back to their cell on Earth. The Man Everybody Feared!; A scientist working on biochemical weapons hallucinates that the people he comes across in a small town are real when they are in fact a model created for an atomic bomb test. What Happened to Alice Prim?; A fortune teller makes a prediction that a tall, dark man will be the end of Miss Prim...and it is when he makes her Mrs. Smith. The Amazing Money Tree text story. Whirlpool! The Folks Who Faded Away, art by John Forte. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Severin. While the City Slumbers!, art by Paul Reinman; Angry molemen want revenge for being forced to live in warrens on the outskirts of San Francisco so they plan an invasion; When the earthquake brought on by their tunneling produces multiple fires, they figure that the citizens must have thought to destroy their town rather then have them take it over, so they return to their caves and collapse the entrance behind them. Locked in the Silent Room, art by Mac Pakula. The Thing behind the Wall!, art by Mort Drucker. The Man Who Went Too Far, art by Robert Q Sale. No Variations text story. The Fish Man. The Revenge of Kah Ming!, art by Joe Sinnott. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Trapped in the Ant Hill! The Midnight Visitor!; A writer is surprised when he is confronted by the villain from his best-selling novel. The Strange Prison!, art by Bill Everett; A surface man finds himself in an underwater world where their doctors have converted his body to survive under water; 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. He'd Rather Die Than Tell. Time Machine text story. The Room of Shadows!, pencils by Robert Q Sale. You Can't Hide From the Eye!, pencils by Joe Orlando. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Sleep-Walker!" (art by Richard Doxsee); "Jigsaw"; "Something Waits on the Mountain!" (art by Bernard Krigstein); "What Happened to Hassen?" (art by Mac L. Pakula); "The Fatal Words!" (art by Howard O'Donnell); and "Stormy Night!" Also a two-page text story, "Lost in a Legend." Bill Everett cover. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by John Severin. The Children's Hour!, pencils by Gene Colan; A crook on the run from the law holds up in a relative's house, but when he goes down to a swim hole to drive away what he thinks are children, he is captured by gremlins who take him to their lair. The Mystery of the Tattooed Man!, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Ralph Mayo; Crooks find a man with a treasure map tattooed on his chest and force him to lead them to it; He tells them that it is buried fifty feet deep and they dig all the way to it but can't get out of the pit. You Only Live Twice!, art by Robert Q. Sale; When a man suffers amnesia his nephew attempts to frame him for his own death in order to gain an inheritance. What Happened to Doctor Dorrm, art by Sidney Check; Mermen leave the confines of their African lake in order to reach the expanse of the seas but die because they hadn't reckoned the seas would be salt water after living in their clear water lake. The Restaurant in the Sky text story. The Changing Man! Nothing Can Save Us!, art by Jay Scott Pike. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Someday It Will Open, art by Richard Doxsee; An anthropologist steals a "thought pod" from a native tribe and uses it to recreate himself at the age of twenty-one. The Thirteenth Floor; A hotel employee is the only one who perceives a ghost floor, number 13 that burned sixty years ago and was not rebuilt. Mister Backwards!, art by Frank Bolle; A man buys an hourglass that makes time flow backwards when he tips it upside down, but when he tries to destroy it, he becomes trapped inside. Too Dangerous to Live; A scientist behind the iron curtain creates an air purifier to counteract the poison of his first invention. Travelling Tom text story. The Strange Sea!, art by Alfonso Greene; When a sailor becomes lost at sea, he is saved by the ghost of his great grandfather, who was the captain of his own vessel. The Face in the Mirror!, art by Joe Orlando; A violent criminal is under the impression that his face is beginning to look like an animal after every time he hits a robbery victim. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.