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Issue: Mystery Tales #40
Publication Date: April 1956
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Issues: #40 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: 8 (7 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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Hidden Land!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: What was the secret of the mysterious "hidden land!"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

This issue was featured in a 2008 episode of the "Lost" TV show, entitled "Cabin Fever"
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The Hidden Land!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
First Line: Fred Phipps was a bookkeeper... he was married, had three children and a small home!
Synopsis: A man steals a mystic ring from monks in Tibet which gives him fortune but ruins his health. When an employee takes the ring from his bosses' desk he thinks the ring could give him wealth too, but the monks come for it and ask him to return it. He thinks about the price that his boss has paid for his financial success and gives back the ring.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-972
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A Warning Voice!

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Genres: fantasy
First Line: It was a voice in the night, a strnge voice, and Sgt. Jim Harmon heeded its startling cry!
Synopsis: A soldier's son plays an old record that gets stuck at the phrase 'watch out' and somehow the man hears the warning and it helps him to avoid dangerous situations on his way back to his family.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-25
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The Travelers

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: No one knows just when the Jesters did move in.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: J-219
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Crossroads of Destiny!

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: All the pent-up feeling inside Ernest Falter exploded in a burst of anger!
Synopsis: A man creates a machine that allows him to visit alternate timelines and he sees that the one he married his sweetheart instead of sending her away was good, so he wrecks his machine and looks her up again.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: J-40
Disclose Notes: Features Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) and Italian navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506).
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Sammy's Secret!

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Genres: science fiction
First Line: In a way, you couldn't blame Sammy for the precautions he took!
Synopsis: A Venusian lost during an exploratory trip to Earth is adopted and must keep his ability to fly a secret. He is picked up by his comrades and taken back to Venus where everyone can fly.
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Pages: 3
Job Number: H-978
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The Silent Stranger

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy
First Line: The good people of Bradford Valley were in the depths of despair until an unknown visitor brought back their courage without uttering a word!
Synopsis: A statue comes to life to help with the urban renewal of a small town.
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In Content Item: FlagSinister Tales #216 published January 1987
as The Silent Stranger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-986
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March Has 32 Days

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy
First Line: Our calendar is unchanging... predicated on the Earth's fixed orbit through space!
Synopsis: A day repeats itself when an engineer sees his wife off at the airport instead of inspecting a bridge and the bridge collapses. During the repeat, he goes to the bridge instead and prevents the collapse.
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Pages: 4
Job Number: H-983

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