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1June 1956
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World of Mystery #1

Marvel · June 1956

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Series
World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
June 1956
Key date
1956-06-00
Indicia publisher
Gem Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Man Hunt!; The Long Waitcover1pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
1The Metal Mencomic story4pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres
2I Am Your Master!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Robert Q. Sale; inks: Robert Q. Sale
3Man Hunt!comic story4pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
4When the Clock Stopscomic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed Moore
5The Inventortext story2pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob Powell
6The Long Waitcomic story3pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily
7Mission to Earthcomic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando

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