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Issue: Mystery Tales #4
Publication Date: September 1952
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Issues: #4 of 54 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: 20th Century Comic Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 17 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Funeral of Horror!

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I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!

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The Drink of Death!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Anthony Garboldi; Maria Garboldi; Enrico; Benito Fagioli
First Line: Seven glasses of red wine stood before Anthony Garboldi the wine expert of Monte Sant Angelo in Italy!
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Job Number: A-749
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Too Late for Elvera

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Elvera Mann; Robert Mann; Barton Goode; Dr. Fredericks
First Line: Elvera Mann closed the door noiselessly, deep concern in her eyes.
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In Content Item: FlagMystic #27 published February 1954
as When I Die... [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "When I Die..."
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Pages: 2
Job Number: A-14
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Mardo Sales Corp.

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Come to My Funeral!

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Mickey Laren; Eddie Rawson
First Line: My throat... don't...urrgghh!
Synopsis: Mickey, a criminal on the run from police forces an undertaker to help him escape. With the help of his buddy Eddie, Mickey takes the place of a corpse in a coffin headed to the graveyard. On the way to the graveyard, Eddie gets cut off by a train while following the hearse and arrives too late when he discovers it has arrived at a crematory instead.
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Job Number: A-643
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The Proved Way to Build Muscles of Steel!

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Feature(s): Body-Bild Barbell Co.
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The Black Book

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Jacques Garde; Honest Burt; Ilsa Garde
First Line: What are you going to do? No! No! Don't touch me! Don't!!
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Job Number: A-585
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Reader's Digest Reports Good News for All Sufferers from Pimples

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Feature(s): Alton Products
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Disclose Notes: Mail order ad for Alton's Medicated Skin Formula #38, from Alton Products Inc., Dept. S-718, 363 Central Park Avenue, Yonkers, New York.
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Two New Eyes

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Paul Marlow; Emily Marlow; Doctor Know; Doctor Lessup
First Line: Ever wonder what it's really like to be someone like me... Paul Marlow... totally blind since birth?
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Job Number: A-610
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Powerful Electric Motor

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Feature(s): Imperial Sales Co.
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Running hot water from any cold water faucet

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Feature(s): Success Products
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The Hot Seat

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Genres: horror
Character(s): Bill White; Hal Kent; Elaine White
First Line: No...no! Help! Bill...help me!
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Job Number: A-700
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Free..Prized Set of 4 Official United Nations Stamps

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Feature(s): Littleton Stamp Co.
Synopsis: Ad for UN stamps from all over the world.
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Reducing Weight Specialist Says: Lose Weight Where it Shows Most

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How to Fix Any Part of Any Car

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Feature(s): Motor Book Dept.
Synopsis: Book on free 7-day trial.
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When You Have to Defend Yourself Do What the Experts Do!

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Disclose Notes: Back cover advertisement for self-defense booklets from Pickwick Co.

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