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Issue: Mystery Tales #42
Publication Date: June 1956
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Issues: #42 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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 5 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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The Trap!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
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The Darkroom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Donald Short
Synopsis: A bolt of lightning strikes the developing fluid of amateur photographer Donald Short. The fluid then has the power to bring photographs to life, and Short uses it on a picture of some soldiers. Short plans to use the fluid to create an army, but his plans for conquest are ruined when his well-meaning wife decides to clean his darkroom, and she throws the developing fluid out.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-579
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The Captive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-508
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The Man Who Was Nowhere!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-309
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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The Trap!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Julius Keaton; Roy Henry
Synopsis: During one of his shows, mind-reading entertainer Julius Keaton learns that spy Roy Henry and his two henchmen plan to steal government secrets. Keaton is later pursued by the spies, but manages to stay one step ahead of them with his psychic powers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-485
Disclose Notes: Characters and synopsis supplied by John Kaminski. Wessler script per biblio published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2016.
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The Bridge

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, fantasy, occult
Character(s): Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks
Synopsis: A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAdventure into Mystery #7 published May 1957
as The Missing Film [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Bridge"
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #3 published May 1959
as The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales to Astonish #16 [unnamed variant] published February 1961
as The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTales of Suspense #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1961
as The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagStrange Tales #114 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1963
as The Bridge [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: J-707
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We Claim This Planet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: J-362
Disclose Notes: Rule inks per Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. via atlastales.com. Previous indexer credited Lou Morales.
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The Hidden One!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: J-607
Disclose Notes: Anti-prejudice story. Possible Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, No 5, May 2017. This may be re-titled from Wessler's original "One Who Hides"

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