Mystery Tales #13 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1953

About Mystery Tales #13

Sol Brodsky cover. Joe Sinnott and Ross Andru art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Death of a Miser!

Pencils: Sol Brodsky

Inks: Sol Brodsky

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: typeset

Notes: Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Invisible Woman!

Characters: Frank Tupper; Lola Tupper; Claire Maynard

Synopsis: Frank Tupper takes advantage of a crime wave, committed by an invisible woman, in order to frame his wife Lola, so he can collect the insurance money and be with his secretary lover Claire. Fooled by his plan, a vicious mob kills Lola (off panel) and the scheming couple eventually wed and visit the Grand Canyon for a honeymoon. With his new bride "afraid of heights", Frank enjoys the view without her and suddenly falls to his death, pushed by Claire, who was the invisible woman all the while.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: Tony DiPreta

Inks: Tony DiPreta

Notes: Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2009. Previous indexer credited Stan Lee.

Title: Mummies' Gold!

Characters: Professor Wilkins (archeologist); Dr. Johnson (assistant); Denny Haldane (playboy); Makhe-Sof (the mummy)

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: ? (spot illustration)

Inks: ? (spot illustration)

Letters: typeset

Notes: Original title: "The Curse Of Makhe-Sof."

Title: Booby Trap

Characters: Martian Warlord; Xxrth and Rrghhp and Ttyrpff (Martians); Ryerson (martyr)

Synopsis: "In the year 2958, the Martians conquered the Earth!". Merciless aliens imprison women and children in concentration camps while the men suffer in slave labor. The human resistance movement hatches a plan to set a giant trap on an asteroid for the invaders. The arrogant overconfidence of the Martians leads them to their defeat when it turns out that the entire asteroid is actually a bomb.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils: Joe Sinnott (signed)

Inks: Joe Sinnott (signed)

Title: The Sure Thing!

Characters: Al Mortell; the man in black; ship's purser

Synopsis: A crooked gambler on the run mugs and kills a scar-faced man, netting only thirty dollars and a steamship ticket. He takes the victim's place on the ship and enters a contest. Whoever guesses closest to the time it takes to cross the ocean, wins $5000. The killer concocts a plan to win by slowing the ship down... by jumping overboard. He yells at a man in black and jumps, but the witness does nothing. The killer drowns and we see that the man is the ghost of the scar-faced man.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)

Inks: Ross Andru (signed)

Title: The Death of a Miser!

Characters: Mr. Krause (hermit); the killer

Synopsis: A burglar breaks into a hermit's house, looking for money. The old man is a hoarder, with newspapers filling every nook and cranny. The burglar kills the hermit and steals his money, and tries to escape. Incredulously, the police stop the killer on the street immediately. Trying to act nonchalantly by reading a newspaper, the killer was holding a newspaper from 1865. The headline: "Abe Lincoln Assassinated".

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Chuck Winter

Inks: Chuck Winter

Notes: Told in first person narrative by the killer. Cover story bears no relation to the cover image.

Title: The Lucky Stiff!

Characters: Burt Logan; Jasper Humphreys (undertaker); Lisa Humphreys (Jasper's daughter); Dave (police officer); Otto (coroner)

Synopsis: Boy meets girl. Boy meets girl's undertaker father. Boy learns family business. Boy attacked by dead bodies at behest of girl and her father. All three die by defenestration.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: George Olesen

Inks: George Olesen

Notes: Wessler script per biblio in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 20, No. 9, September 2009. Olesen credit per Jim Vadeboncoeur via atlastales.com. Previous indexers credited Sam Kweskin or Mort Lawrence.

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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	2	3	1	4	2	1	2	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	3	1	2	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27

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