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5February 1957
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World of Mystery #5

Marvel · February 1957

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Series
World of Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
February 1957
Key date
1957-02-00
Indicia publisher
Gem Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0She Stands in the Shadows!cover1pencils: Carl Burgos; inks: Carl Burgos; colors: Stan Goldberg
1She Stands in the Shadowscomic story4pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando; letters: Joe Letterese
2Nelson's Nightmare!comic story4pencils: Dick Ayers; inks: Dick Ayers; letters: Dick Ayers
3The Thing in the Bottlecomic story4pencils: Herb Familton; inks: Herb FamiltonBob; Stella; Mr. Conrad
4The Bottomless Box!comic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski
5The Sound of Troubletext story2pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don HeckEzra Bolton; Prof. Carmichael; Prof. Greever
6Human for a Day!comic story3script: Carl Wessler; pencils: Sol Brodsky; inks: Sol Brodsky; letters: Joe Letterese
7The Voice from Nowherecomic story4script: Carl Wessler; pencils: John Forte; inks: John Forte

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