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52April 1957
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Mystery Tales #52

Marvel · April 1957

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Series
Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#52
Publication date
April 1957
Key date
1957-04-00
Indicia publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Mystery of the Silent Fog!cover1pencils: John Severin; inks: John Severin; colors: Stan Goldberg
1Mystery of the Silent Fog!comic story4pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
2The Fish Men!comic story4pencils: Marvin Stein; inks: Marvin Stein
3The Broken Statuetext story2pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
4The Betrayercomic story4pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Dick Ayers; letters: Dick Ayers
5The Too-Perfect Crime!comic story3pencils: Pete Morisi; inks: Pete Morisi; letters: Pete Morisi
6The City That Died!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski
7Midnight on the Moor!comic story4pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker

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