Mystic (1951 Atlas) comic books 1957

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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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Richard Doxsee, Joe Maneely, Robert Q. Sale, Bernie Krigstein, Ed Winiarski and John Forte. Tales of the unusual! In this issue: "Those Who Vanish!" by Carl Wessler and Richard Doxsee; "The Straw Man!" with art by Joe Maneely; "The Day the World Ended!" by Carl Wessler and Robert Q. Sale; "Dinosaur" with art by Bernie Krigstein; "The Swami Strikes Back!" by Carl Wessler and Ed Winiarski; "Maha the Demon!" with art by John Forte; and 2-page text story "The Crystal Ball," reprinted from Strange Tales (1951-1976 1st Series) #43 (original title: "The Swami"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Richard Doxsee, Mort Meskin, Bernie Krigstein, Mac L. Pakula, Howard O'Donnell, Sam Kweskin, George Roussos and Jay Scott Pike. Tales of the unusual! In this issue: "The Sleep-walker!" by Carl Wessler and Richard Doxsee; "Jigsaw" with art by Mort Meskin and George Roussos; "Something Waits on the Mountain!" with art by Bernie Krigstein; "What Happened to Hassen?" with art by Mac L. Pakula; "The Fatal Words!" with art by Howard O'Donnell; "Stormy Night!" with art by Sam Kweskin; and 2-page text story "Lost in a Legend" with illo by Jay Scott Pike, reprinted from Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) #47 (original title: "The Legend Tribe"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.