Mystery Tales #40 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1956

About Mystery Tales #40

Carl Burgos cover. Steve Ditko and Jim Mooney art. This issue was featured in the TV series Lost, in the episode "Cabin Fever".

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Hidden Land!

Pencils: Carl Burgos

Inks: Carl Burgos

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: typeset

Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Hidden Land!

Synopsis: A man steals a mystic ring from monks in Tibet which gives him fortune but ruins his health. When an employee takes the ring from his bosses' desk he thinks the ring could give him wealth too, but the monks come for it and ask him to return it. He thinks about the price that his boss has paid for his financial success and gives back the ring.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Manny Stallman

Inks: Manny Stallman

Letters: Artie Simek

Title: A Warning Voice!

Synopsis: A soldier's son plays an old record that gets stuck at the phrase 'watch out' and somehow the man hears the warning and it helps him to avoid dangerous situations on his way back to his family.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Vic Carrabotta (signed)

Inks: Vic Carrabotta (signed)

Title: Crossroads of Destiny!

Synopsis: A man creates a machine that allows him to visit alternate timelines and he sees that the one he married his sweetheart instead of sending her away was good, so he wrecks his machine and looks her up again.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Jim Mooney

Inks: Jim Mooney

Notes: Features Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) and Italian navigator Christopher Columbus (1451-1506).

Title: Sammy's Secret!

Synopsis: A Venusian lost during an exploratory trip to Earth is adopted and must keep his ability to fly a secret. He is picked up by his comrades and taken back to Venus where everyone can fly.

Pages: 3.000

Pencils: Werner Roth

Inks: Werner Roth

Title: March Has 32 Days

Synopsis: A day repeats itself when an engineer sees his wife off at the airport instead of inspecting a bridge and the bridge collapses. During the repeat, he goes to the bridge instead and prevents the collapse.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	5	2	7	9	3	6	4	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	2	5	2	7	10	3	6	4	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55

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