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Issue: Mystery Tales #32
Publication Date: August 1955
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Issues: #32 of 54 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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The Bridge to Nowhere!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inset panel illustrates "Meet the Stranger!"
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Men - Women - Girls - Boys

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sell wall plaques and receive prizes from The FUNman of Chicago, Illinois.
Inside front cover.
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The Bridge to Nowhere

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Synopsis: Criminal Lefty Salter tries to escape the police by speeding onto a fog-laden bridge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: G-410
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The Green Hat

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Axtel; George; Chuck
Synopsis: A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales of the Unusual #7 published December 1956
as Special Sight [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #28 [unnamed variant] published February 1962
as The Green Hat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #36 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1962
as The Green Hat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #102 [U.S. Cover Price] published March 1964
as The Green Hat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #145 published January 1975
as The Green Hat [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
Job Number: G-537
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[untitled]

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First Line: Free! This valuable set of stamps from the world's most exciting pirate strongholds.
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Pages: 1
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The Strange Seeds

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Synopsis: Alien seeds float down from outer space to a small farm on Earth with the intent of colonizing the planet.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: G-419
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[untitled]

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First Line: Gain weight in 7 days or don't pay!
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Pages: 1
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The Unhappy Lions!

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Synopsis: A janitor notices that the two stone lions on either side of the city hall steps seem to have moved.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: G-296
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Mystery! Magic! Science! Fun!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Honor House novelty items.
Between pages 3-4 of "The Unhappy Lions!"
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The Stranger!

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Synopsis: Townspeople are shocked when a gigantic human emerges from his crashed spaceship.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: G-316
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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First Line: Reducing specialist says: Lose weight where it shows most
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send $2.00 for a "Spot Reducer" from Body Massagers of Newark, New Jersey.
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Leather Design Reversible Auto Seat Covers

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for Mardo reversible auto seat covers and other products.
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Shop by Mail

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Inker(s): ?; ? (photos)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Various novelty ads.
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Factory in the Sky!

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Subject Matter
Synopsis: Fired from the job at the factory where he worked his whole life, the new owner is distraught when the factory uproots itself and follows the fired employee.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: G-470
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Thrilling, packed with fun!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad promoting puzzle contests that award cash and prizes. Benefits The American Church Union.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Do you need extra money?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sell Christmas cards for cash from Cheerful Card Company of White Plains, New York.
On last interior page.
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Lucky Grab Bag

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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send 99¢ for a random novelty item from Honor House of New York City, New York.
Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Appear slim 'n' trim in only 5 seconds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send $3.98 for an abdominal flattener from Ward Green Co., of New York City, New York.
On back cover.

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