Publishers / Charlton / Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (1956) / #6
6December 1957
$0.10

Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #6

Charlton · December 1957 · on sale 1957

First appearance: The Mysterious Traveler
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Identification plate

Series
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler (Charlton, 1956 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
December 1957
Key date
1957-12-00
On-sale date
1957
Indicia publisher
Charlton Comics Group
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of The Mysterious Traveler - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Old Fool's Secretcover1pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve DitkoThe Mysterious Traveler First
2When Old Doc Diedcomic story5script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Jon D'AgostinoThe Mysterious Traveler First
4Mister Evrimancomic story6script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Jon D'AgostinoThe Mysterious Traveler First
6The Frozen Frigidgartustext story2letters: typesetIrwin Deroy; Dr. Herbert Shafton; Bill Whetherington; Shimuku
7The Old Foolcomic story5script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Jon D'AgostinoThe Mysterious Traveler First
9Little Lost Girlcomic story4script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Jon D'AgostinoJoe; Martha
10Tomorrow's Punishmentcomic story5script: Joe Gill; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; letters: Jon D'AgostinoThe Mysterious Traveler First

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Haunted #701983On eBay ›
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #151985On eBay ›
Steve Ditko Reader #3
ISBN 1-56685-031-2		2005On eBay ›
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #[nn]
ISBN 0-913035-83-1		1990On eBay ›
Mysterious Traveler
ISBN 9781606994986		2012On eBay ›
Impossible Tales
ISBN 978-1-60699-640-9		2013On eBay ›
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #162015On eBay ›
Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #272018On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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