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Mystery Tales 2
Atlas Tales
Title Profile
Curated Atlas tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
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
This Corpse is Mine
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
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
The Cigar
Credits
Credits not yet documented
The Crawling Horror
Credits
Ogden Whitney pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
He Went for a Train-Ride
Credits
Bernie Krigstein pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
The Gold Gorilla!
The Rat Race
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
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.