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5November 1952
$0.10

Mystery Tales #5

Marvel · November 1952

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Series
Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
November 1952
Key date
1952-11-00
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
0Blackout at Midnight!cover1pencils: Sol Brodsky; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
1Blackout at Midnight!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Tony DiPreta; inks: Tony DiPreta
2The Shrinking Deathtext story2pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott
3The Hand Is Quickercomic story4pencils: Ed Robbins; inks: Ed Robbins
4The Mind Reader!comic story4pencils: Manny Stallman; inks: Manny Stallman
5The Enemiescomic story5pencils: Gil Kane; inks: Sy Barry
6Beware of the Beggar!comic story5pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski

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