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Issue: Mister Mystery #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1952
 
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Publisher: FlagStanley Morse
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Indicia Publisher: Media Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stanley Morse
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior, glossy covers
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Tony Mortellaro (signed)
Tony Mortellaro (signed)
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Subject Matter
horror
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The Thirteen Locks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Tony Mortellaro (signed)
Tony Mortellaro (signed)
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Subject Matter
horror
In the mountains of Roumania, professor Blander and his guide Mogar discover an old church and therein an enormous coffin sealed with 13 locks. For two weeks the professor deciphers 13 stone slabs. Each time one of the locks snaps open. In the end they will have freed the devil in person.
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The Ghost of the Whistling Corpse!

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Walter Palais (signed)
Walter Palais (signed)
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Subject Matter
horror
Dennis Langley tries to drive his foster-mother insane to get his hands on the family money. He impersonates her dead husband Jeffrey who used to whistle an Italian opera aria. Langley brings in his crooked psychiatrist friend Drake for assistance. The plans of both men are thwarted when Jeffrey's corpse appears and puts a halt to things.
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The Masquerade Ball

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typeset
Subject Matter
horror
Weak-hearted Alice exhausts herself dancing at a masquerade. Her last dancer is a mysterious gentleman in grey, it is death himself.
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The Laughing Dead Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Walter Palais (signed)
Walter Palais (signed)
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Subject Matter
horror
Benny Lincoln is murdered by fellow mobsters, but returns as a walking corpse and sees to the demise of his gangster friends.
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Carniverous Cargo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Tony Mortellaro (signed)
Tony Mortellaro (signed)
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Subject Matter
horror
Coast guard investigates a phantom ship and encounters zombie-like sailors. A black dotted living goo devours the men turning them into zombies, too.
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