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Mystic Comics 9

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Published March 1940 – August 1942
Issue Numbers 1 – 10
Total Issues 10
Mystic Comics #9 (1942) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
May 1942
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
Timely Comics, Inc.
 
Starring
The Destroyer starring
 
Cover Credits
Al Gabriele pencils attributed
Syd Shores inks attributed

Issue Overview

Mystic Comics #9 was published by Timely Comics, Inc. in May 1942. It is part of the Mystic Comics series, which ran from March 1940 to August 1942.

Cover credits include Al Gabriele and Syd Shores. This issue features The Destroyer.

Atlas Tales indexes 10 stories for this issue, including "Manhunt!." Indexed story credits include Stan Lee and Chad Grothkopf, among others.

Stories

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Notes: Stan Lee, editor
Credits
Stan Lee script signed Chad Grothkopf pencils and inks attributed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Notes: Claims: "From the famous character created by Stan Lee"
Credits
Pierce Rice pencils guess Unknown inks
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Credits
Don Rico pencils signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Credits
Earl James pencils signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Notes: Gary Gaunt, ace criminologist by day, monster evildoer by night! If it wasn't such an obvious riff on Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde, I'd call it a Hulk prototype. - Ger Apeldoorn.
Feature: The Strange Adventures of Gary Gaunt
Credits
Credits not yet documented
Credits
Stan Lee script signed Mike Sekowsky pencils signed
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit

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