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54August 1957
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Mystery Tales #54

Marvel · August 1957

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Series
Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#54
Publication date
August 1957
Key date
1957-08-00
Indicia publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Nobody!cover1pencils: Fred Kida; inks: Fred Kida; colors: Stan Goldberg
2The Last Lapcomic story4pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallRex Bilbo; Kid Royal
4Prisoners of the Valley of Fear!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Jay Scott Pike; inks: Jay Scott PikeAgent Alfonse Grumet; Captain Eric Larnau; Dr. Kalendru;
7Death of a Gambling Man!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: FWB; inks: FWBMatt Trevor; Steve; Bull; Larry Hall; Mayor Edwin Graham; Helen Graham
8Can of Soup!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Robert Q. Sale; inks: Robert Q. SaleHenry Polk; Dave Boland
10Lost & Foundtext story2pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don HeckFreddie Farrell [Fat Freddie]
12Nobody!comic story4pencils: George Klein; inks: George KleinNorgov; Dr. Volov
13The Labyrinth!comic story3pencils: Sidney Check; inks: Sidney CheckGrom; Loor; Joe

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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