Mystery Tales #43 (1956) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Punishment	cover	1	pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg	Simon Andrews
1	The Idol	comic story	4	pencils: Pete Morisi; inks: Pete Morisi
2	Punishment!	comic story	4	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito
3	Waiting ... Waiting!	comic story	4	script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Gene Colan
4	The Man Who Failed	comic story	4	pencils: Bob Forgione; inks: Jack Abel
5	The Green Mission	text story	2	letters: typeset
6	The Silent Ones	comic story	3	pencils: Robert Q. Sale; inks: Robert Q. Sale, Charles Nicholas
7	I'm Afraid!	comic story	4	pencils: Vic Carrabotta; inks: Vic Carrabotta

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #158	1957	On eBay ›

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