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Mystery Tales #4 (1952) · The Collector

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Mystery Tales (1952)
#4

Marvel#4

Mystery Tales

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Mystery Tales #4

The Drink of Death! / Come to My Funeral! / The Black Book / Two New Eyes / The Hot Seat

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: September 1952
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 36
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Credits

Writer: Hank Chapman
Pencillers: George Roussos, Vic Carrabotta, Allen Bellman, Bob Fujitani
Inkers: George Roussos, Vic Carrabotta, Allen Bellman, Bob Fujitani
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Grand Comics Database issue 211795

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Mickey, a criminal on the run from police forces an undertaker to help him escape. With the help of his buddy Eddie, Mickey takes the place of a corpse in a coffin headed to the graveyard. On the way to the graveyard, Eddie gets cut off by a train while following the hearse and arrives too late when he discovers it has arrived at a crematory instead.

Carl Hubbell

Cover colors

Stan Goldberg

Editor

Stan Lee

Characters

Anthony Garboldi
Benito Fagioli
Bill White
Doctor Know
Doctor Lessup
Eddie Rawson
Elaine White
Emily Marlow
Enrico
Hal Kent
Honest Burt
Ilsa Garde
Jacques Garde
Maria Garboldi
Mickey Laren
Paul Marlow

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