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Issue: Mystery Tales #54
Publication Date: August 1957
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Issues: #54 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 (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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Nobody!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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Identify Even the Strangest Stamps

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The Last Lap

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Genres: sports
Character(s): Rex Bilbo; Kid Royal
First Line: Wh...? W-where did he come from?
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-78
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How 'Black Beauty' turns an also-ran into "Video Vic!"

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First Line: Hey, Marge, how's this?
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Disclose Notes: Comic strip ad for Strongman's Club of America.
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Prisoners of the Valley of Fear!

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Character(s): Agent Alfonse Grumet; Captain Eric Larnau; Dr. Kalendru;
First Line: For planes to just disappear and never be heard from again...
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-110
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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Automatic Firing Machine Gun

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Honor House Products Corp.
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Develop Muscles of Steel!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for "Power Gym" muscle builder sold by Honor House Products Corp.
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Death of a Gambling Man!

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Character(s): Matt Trevor; Steve; Bull; Larry Hall; Mayor Edwin Graham; Helen Graham
First Line: The casino is terrific, Matt...but I'm still worried about the old story...
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-84
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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Can of Soup!

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Character(s): Henry Polk; Dave Boland
First Line: Brrr! I've never seen it colder!
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-85
Disclose Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.
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Two-Tone Reversible Auto Seat Covers

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for seat covers from Cryder Sales.
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Lost & Found

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Character(s): Freddie Farrell [Fat Freddie]
First Line: Freddie Farrell was fed up with people who poked fun at his ample frame.
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From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #44 published August 1956
was The Disappearing Act [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Lost & Found"
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Pages: 2
Job Number: K-175
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Be Lucky in Love!

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for relationship books from Plaza Book Co.
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Nobody!

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Genres: aviation
Character(s): Norgov; Dr. Volov
First Line: The airstrip is d-deserted!
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Pages: 4
Job Number: M-38
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The Labyrinth!

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Character(s): Grom; Loor; Joe
First Line: Grom, something is wrong!
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Pages: 3
Job Number: M-60
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Boys Girls Get These Prizes

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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for prizes offered (Daisy Air Rifle, Dick Tracy Wrist Radio, etc.) for sales of seeds from American Seed Company.
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We'll Ripple Your Body with Muscles and Load T-N-T in Your Fists

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Check the Kind of Body You Want!

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover advertisement.
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Given! Premiums or Cash Given!

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Disclose Notes: Back cover advertisement for prizes offered for sales of White Cloverine Brand Salve from Wilson Chem. Co.

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