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51March 1957
$0.10

Mystery Tales #51

Marvel · March 1957

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Series
Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#51
Publication date
March 1957
Key date
1957-03-00
Indicia publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Inside the Mummy's Case!cover1pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
1Inside the Mummy Casecomic story4pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe OrlandoJoe Waters; Mr. Stern
2The Lizardcomic story4pencils: Al Williamson; inks: Ralph Mayo, Al Williamson
3What World Is This?comic story3pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Mike Esposito
4The Strange Seeds!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski
5All In The Mindtext story1.66letters: typeset
6I'll Get You Latercomic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Dave Berg
7Statement of Ownershipstatement of ownership0.34script: Monroe Froehlich Jr.
8Four Empty Chairs!comic story4pencils: Marvin Stein; inks: Marvin Stein

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