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47November 1956
$0.10

Mystery Tales #47

Marvel · November 1956

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Series
Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#47
Publication date
November 1956
Key date
1956-11-00
Indicia publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Something Strange about Smithtown!cover1pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos; colors: Stan Goldberg
1The Man with No Face!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Robert Q. Sale; inks: Robert Q. Sale
2At the Stroke of Midnight!comic story4pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall
3The King of the Lionstext story2pencils: Syd Shores; inks: Syd Shores
4The Only Woman!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Herb Familton; inks: Herb Familton
5A Knock at the Doorcomic story3pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
6Something Strange about Smithtown!comic story4pencils: Joe Certa; inks: Joe CertaFred Ames; Mr. Bondy; Mr. Malin; Phil Ketchum; Carl Strubel; Bill Mitchel; Charley Simms
7When They Wake Up!comic story4pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko

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Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-1-302-91875-0
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