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Mystery Tales 2

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Mystery Tales #2 (1952) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
May 1952
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
 
Cover Titles
This Corpse is Mine!
The Crawling Horror!
He Went For A Train Ride!
 
Cover Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils guess
Christopher Rule inks guess
 
Contributions
Michaël Dewally: Cover Image
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Mystery Tales #2 was published by 20th Century Comic Corp. in May 1952. It is part of the Mystery Tales series, which ran from March 1952 to August 1957.

Cover credits include Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "This Corpse is Mine." Indexed story credits include Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache, among others.

Stories

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Credits
Dick Ayers pencils unsigned Ernie Bache inks guess
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Michaël Dewally: Story Scan
Notes: This story looked like Ayers to me and a bit of research here lead me to post 3677 where Doc V. passes along a mail from Dick Ayers giving the titles of his first five stories for Stan Lee. The Corpse is the fourth. - Ger Apeldoorn
Credits
Credits not yet documented
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Credits
Ogden Whitney pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
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Credits
Bernie Krigstein pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
Credits
Bill LaCava pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
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Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed Bill Everett letters attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan

Looking for the full run? Browse the Mystery Tales checklist to see every indexed issue in one place.