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Issue: Mystic Comics #10
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #10 of 10 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Timely Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/08/1942
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: MYSTIC COMICS is published bi-monthly by Timely Comics, Inc., at 330 W. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Vol 2, No. 10, August, 1942 issue. Contents copyright 1942 by Timely Comics, Inc. No similarity between any of the names, characters, persons and/or institutions appearing in this magazine with those of any living or dead person or institution is intended, and that any such similarity which may exist is purely coincidental.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 541927.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Destroyer
Character(s): Destroyer [Keen Marlow]
First Line: Not even the Nazi prison wall could keep out the Destroyer and his charging cycle!
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Pages: 1
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Don't Delay Another Second!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain America's Sentinels of Liberty
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Battling the Underground Factory Fiend

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Destroyer
Character(s): Destroyer [Keen Marlow]; Flora von Bangor [Florence von Banger]; Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Flora observes the government's top production official leaving a conference with Hitler, and tells Keen about it. As the Destroyer, Keen follows the official and discovers his new underground production facilities, frees the prisoners laboring there, and destroys the factories.
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Pages: 15
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The Portrait Artist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inky Dinky
Character(s): Inky Dinky
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Pages: 1
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The World of Wonder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy
Character(s): Jimmie (introduction); Jackie (introduction)
Synopsis: Jackie and Jimmie are two boys who live in the magic city in the center of Wonder Woods. They go into the woods to search for magic items, and find an hourglass that controls time. They are captured by ogres, but Jackie uses the hourglass to speed up time and grow into a man and fight the ogres. Afterwards, reversing the hourglass turns him into a boy again.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The last panel promises another story "next month" but this was the last issue and this feature did not appear again.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain America Comics #16
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Bucky Barnes; Red Skull
First Line: This time you die!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Captain America Comics # 16.
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The Legend of the Headless Executioner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Father Time
Character(s): Father Time [Larry Scott]
Synopsis: Father Time unravels a complicated scheme involving a large and supposedly cursed emerald that is part of a headless idol from India.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Who's Who lists Alderman for both pencils and inks.
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The $50 Picture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inky Dinky
Character(s): Inky Dinky
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Pages: 1
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The Demon's Rampage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Feature(s): Davey and the Demon
Character(s): Davey Drew; Demon
Synopsis: The Demon breaks out of the pit where the Prince of Good imprisoned him last issue and continues his rampage. Davey hears of this and pursues him to the Grand Canyon and into caverns below, where he traps the Demon and drowns him in an underground stream.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Signed by Howard James. There is a teaser wondering if the Demon is indeed dead, and inviting the reader to find out in the next issue, which never appeared.
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The Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inky Dinky
Character(s): Inky Dinky
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Pages: 1
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Mystery of the Sea Urchin

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Story Conference

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Red Skeleton
Character(s): Red Skeleton (introduction); Deena Drayson (introduction); Stanley Dee (editor of Crimely Comics; introduction)
Synopsis: Red's editor isn't impressed with his writing efforts. When Deena, who wants a job as Red's assistant, mentions a fashion show to Red he starts to write a murder mystery about a model. But soon life starts to imitate art too closely, and Red thinks he can solve the crime!
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Red is a comic book writer for Crimely Publications working for editor Stanley Dee. Captain America and The Human Torch are mentioned as Red tries to come up with a story.
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The Death List of Mister Z

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Terror
Character(s): The Terror
Synopsis: The Terror thwarts a scheme to collect on insurance policies through murder.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Writer credit from Binder records.
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Red Paint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Inky Dinky
Character(s): Inky Dinky
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Pages: 1
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The Lizard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Challenger
Character(s): Challenger [Bill Waring]
Synopsis: The Challenger suspects a paroled crook nicknamed "The Lizard" of hunting down and killing everyone who helped put him in jail.
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Pages: 8
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Remember Pearl Harbor!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): United States Savings Bonds and Stamps
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Presenting the New Daisy Defender

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Defender Air Rifle
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Includes smaller ad encouraging readers to buy a Red Ryder Saddle Carbine rifle if they can't get a Daisy Defender.

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