Mystery Tales #42 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1956

About Mystery Tales #42

Sol Brodsky cover. Jerry Robinson art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Trap!

Pencils: Sol Brodsky (signed)

Inks: Sol Brodsky (signed)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: typeset

Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Darkroom

Characters: Donald Short

Synopsis: A bolt of lightning strikes the developing fluid of amateur photographer Donald Short. The fluid then has the power to bring photographs to life, and Short uses it on a picture of some soldiers. Short plans to use the fluid to create an army, but his plans for conquest are ruined when his well-meaning wife decides to clean his darkroom, and she throws the developing fluid out.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: John Forte (signed)

Inks: John Forte (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Forte credits by Michael J. Vassallo, 2002-12-03 (Per Sandell ed.) Character and synopsis from John Kaminski via the GCD Error List.

Title: The Trap!

Characters: Julius Keaton; Roy Henry

Synopsis: During one of his shows, mind-reading entertainer Julius Keaton learns that spy Roy Henry and his two henchmen plan to steal government secrets. Keaton is later pursued by the spies, but manages to stay one step ahead of them with his psychic powers.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: Bob Bean

Inks: Bob Bean

Notes: Characters and synopsis supplied by John Kaminski. Wessler script per biblio published in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol. 27, No. 1, January 2016.

Title: The Bridge

Characters: Dr. Title; Douglas Jenks

Synopsis: A government agent retrieves a classified microfilm stolen to be given to enemy agents, and is helped by a magic bridge.

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: Al Hartley (illustration)

Inks: Al Hartley (illustration)

Letters: typeset

Reprints: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #114 (November 1963), | Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #17 (May 1961), | Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #16 (February 1961), | Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #3 (May 1959), | Adventure Into Mystery (Marvel, 1956 series) #7 (May 1957)

Title: The Hidden One!

Pages: 4.000

Script: Carl Wessler ?

Pencils: Tony DiPreta (signed)

Inks: Tony DiPreta (signed)

Notes: Anti-prejudice story. Possible Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, No 5, May 2017. This may be re-titled from Wessler's original "One Who Hides"

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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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15

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