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- Cover Date
- December 1956
- Sighted Date Stamp
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Oct 1
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- Gem Publications, Inc.
- Cover Titles
- What Happened In The Basement?
- Cover Credits
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Bill Everett pencils and inks unsigned
- Contributions
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Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Current market pricing for World Of Mystery #4 shows a latest raw sale of sold for $16 on May 18th, 2003, a latest graded sale of CGC 9.0 sold for $597.50 on March 25th, 2018.
Raw price ranges include Very Good 3.0-4.0 $16 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 7.5 $143.75 (1 comp); CGC 8.0 $552 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated July 2nd, 2026.
Stories
The Things in the Window
Doc V.: Creator Credit
Frank Motler: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Forbidden Land
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Let the Creature Beware!
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Dreadful Dream
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Secrets From Space
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Man With Yellow Eyes
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
What Happened in the Basement?
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
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Issue Overview
World Of Mystery #4 was published by Gem Publications, Inc. in December 1956. It is part of the World Of Mystery series, which ran from June 1956 to July 1957.
Cover credits include Bill Everett.
Atlas Tales indexes 7 stories for this issue, including "The Things in the Window." Indexed story credits include Werner Roth and Paul Reinman, among others. The current cover scan may need replacement.