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17January 1954
$0.10

Mystery Tales #17

Marvel · January 1954

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Series
Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
January 1954
Key date
January 1954
Indicia publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Movie House Horror!cover1pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath; colors: Stan Goldberg
1The Movie House Horror!comic story5pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd Shores, Norman Steinberg
2Unexpected Gueststext story2letters: typeset
3The Man Without Eyes!comic story4pencils: Paul Reinman; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: Artie Simek
4What Happened Up There?comic story5pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
5You Can't Twincomic story4pencils: Tony DiPreta; inks: Tony DiPreta
6The Black Crows!comic story5pencils: Al Luster; inks: Al Luster

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