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9March 1953
$0.10

Mystery Tales #9

Marvel · March 1953

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Identification plate

Series
Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
March 1953
Key date
1953-03-00
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
0The Man in the Morgue!cover1pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek
1The Specimen!comic story6pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely
2Hungercomic story4pencils: Ben Brown; inks: David Gantz
3Ashes to Ashes!comic story4pencils: Al Eadeh; inks: Al Eadeh
4The Broken Steptext story1.67pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset
5Statement of Ownershipstatement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
6The Man in the Morguecomic story4pencils: Victor Dowling; inks: Victor Dowling
7Lost!comic story5pencils: Pete Tumlinson; inks: Pete Tumlinson

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