Mystic (1951 Atlas) comic books

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Cover art by Sol Brodsky. Who Walks with a Zombie?, art by Russ Heath. When I Die... text story. The Furnace!, art by Al Eadeh; A wooden-legged captain works his furnace stokers until they drop and there is only the most powerful one left; When the last of the coal is gone, they use wood until that is gone and they are still just short of port; The stoker tosses the captain into the furnace so that his wooden leg provides the last bit of wood they need. Where Dragons Swim!, art by Arthur Peddy. A Grave Mistake, art by Vic Carrabotta. Survival. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Not Dead Enough" (art by Vince Colletta), "Too Human" (art by Doug Wildey), "The Truth About the Flying Dutchman" (art by Vic Carrabotta), "The Terrible Triangle," "Forbidden" (art by Tony DiPreta), and a two-page text story, "The Bad Omen!" Joe Maneely cover. Cover price $0.10.

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"The Last Look" (art by Robert Q. Sale), "Clarence!" (art by Pablo Ferro), "The Insult," "How Deep is Death?" (art by Jack Katz), "The Werewolf's Victims" (art by Sid Check), and a two-page text story, "Power of Revenge." 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Tony Mortellaro, Sid Check, Chuck Winter, Tom Cooke and Harry Anderson. The most unusual stories ever told! In this issue: "The Murder That Wasn't...!" with art by Tony DiPreta; "The Thing in Space!" by Paul S. Newman and Tony Mortellaro; "The Man Who Couldn't Come Back!" with art by Sid Check and Harry Anderson; "Why?" by Paul S. Newman and Chuck Winter; "Ivan the Terrible!" with art by Tom Cooke; and 2-page text story "The Disappearance," reprinted from Astonishing (1951 Marvel/Atlas) #21 (original title: "Horror Hill"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Man Who Killed the Devil!, art by art by Dick Ayers; A man discovers a book with instructions for slaying the Devil and decides the fame would be so great that he will chance it. Fatal Treasure text story. Friend or Foe, art by Robert Q. Sale; Aliens from another planet are divided on how to treat the humans when their spacecraft lands. The Itch!, art by Al Hartley; A miser who is doused in itching powder by a client he cheated goes to an underworld doctor who promises relief for his itching. You Are Me!, pencils by John Forte; A man meets a duplicate version of himself from another dimension and strangles him so that there will be only one of them in existence. What Happened in Midville; An evil postman gives small boxes to everyone in town that they can wish an evil into, but they must accept an unknown box from one of neighbors as part of the deal. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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The Warning!; A creature from Jupiter in disguise as a human warns of an invasion from Venus; After the humans succeed in nuking the Venusians the creature gives a coast clear for the invasion from Jupiter. How Many Others text story. Which Wish, Dish...?, art by Jay Scott Pike; An evil woman gets her wish to be a beautiful, wealthy queen; However, as they lead her up the stairs to her fate, she protests that she did not wish to be...Marie Antoinette. The Hands of the Clock!; A clock maker is arrested for breaking and entering when he tries to feed clocks oil that are being neglected by their owners, but he starves to death in jail because he needs oil for his internal components. The Eavesdropper!; Tony Neely is in a bar and overhears a couple planning a murder. The World Champion; A Martian enters the Olympics and breaks records for every event, but when a human girl kisses him, he drops dead from bacterial infection. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover inks by Carl Burgos. Stories by Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by John Forte, Sam Kweskin, Werner Roth, Ed Winiarski and Paul Reinman. "Twenty-One Footsteps" -- where did they come from? And why? Find out in this mystic tale by Paul S. Newman and John Forte. Also in this issue: "The Man Who Couldn't Die!" with art by Sam Kweskin; 2-page text story "The Atomizer"; "The Fury!" with art by Werner Roth; "The Old Man!" by Paul S. Newman and Ed Winiarski; and "Return to Nowhere!" with art by Paul Reinman. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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The Test!, art by Dick Ayers; An experimental psychologist conducting tests on hamsters has a dream wherein they become so intelligent that they escape their cages and turn the tables on him subjecting him to electric shocks whenever he attempts to leave the house. The Genius text story. They Pass By Night!; This story attempts to build drama by leading the reader to believe that a bus and a car are going to collide during the night but the last panel reveals the bus was traveling on the planet Mercury and so there was no danger of collision between the two vehicles. I Can Hear You Think!, art by Vic Carrabotta; After the first atomic bomb explodes children are born with the ability to read minds, which the government put to use as a tactical defense against the Communists. The Man Who Took a Walk!, art by Robert Q. Sale; A man from Atlantis tours the scientific achievements of the surface world. One Who Dared, art by Mort Lawrence. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Carl Wessler, Paul S. Newman and unknown. Art by Bill Benulis, John Forte, John Tartaglione, Ed Winiarski and Sid Greene. Tales of the unusual! In this issue: "The Man in the...Mummy Case" by Carl Wessler and Bill Benulis; 2-page text story "Ho-Ji"; "Casting Problem" by Paul S. Newman and John Forte; "Where on Earth?" by Carl Wessler and John Tartaglione; "At the Stroke of Midnight!" with art by Ed Winiarski; and "One Who Lived" by Paul S. Newman and Sid Greene. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by John Forte, Paul Reinman, Tony DiPreta, Robert Q. Sale and Syd Shores. We invite you to enter..."The Private World" of Edgemont Peters! Don't miss this mystic tale with art by John Forte. Also in this issue: "It Happened at Night" with art by Paul Reinman; "The Man Who Watched" by Carl Wessler and Tony DiPreta; 2-page text story "Secret Mission"; "Jukebox!" with art by Robert Q. Sale; and "In the Dark" by Carl Wessler and Syd Shores. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Dick Ayers, Bernard Baily, John Forte, Frank Bolle, Bill Benulis and unknown. Tales of the unusual! In this issue: "The Man Who Could Do Anything" with art by Dick Ayers; "The Magic Mixture" by Carl Wessler and Bernard Baily; 2-page text story "Patent Pending" - A teenager is inventing a mechanical potato peeler, but a supernatural figure stops him to preserve the culture of hand-peeling potatoes in kitchens; "It Happened at Night" by Carl Wessler and John Forte; "Just One More Chance" by Carl Wessler and Frank Bolle; "The One They Left Behind!"; and "The Eager Stranger" with art by Bill Benulis. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. Stories by Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Vic Carrabotta, Ross Andru, Manny Stallman, Ed Moore, Paul Hodge, Hy Fleishman and Mike Esposito. Tales of the unusual! In this issue: "Man of Mystery!" with art by Vic Carrabotta; "The Thing Called...X!" by Carl Wessler, Ross Andru and Mike Esposito; "Creature in Hiding!" with art by Manny Stallman; "The Master!" with art by Ed Moore; 2-page text story "The Strange One" - An extraordinary child excels at sports and school, but does it all backwards; "When the Door Opens" by Carl Wessler and Paul Hodge; and "In the Darkness" by Carl Wessler and Hy Fleishman. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $90.00 View scans Cover oxidation. Water spotting. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

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.