Mystery Tales #45 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1956

About Mystery Tales #45

Steve Ditko and Syd Shores art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: untitled

Pencils: Sol Brodsky (signed)

Inks: Sol Brodsky (signed)

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: typeset

Notes: Sol Brodsky signature noted by Gary Watson, April 2008; formerly identified as Forte pencils by Bob Bailey, December, 2002. Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Man in Black!

Characters: Lurton Gaxton

Synopsis: A ruthless businessman, Lurton Gaxton, is taught a lesson in compassion for the little guy by a mysterious man in black.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: John Forte (signed)

Inks: John Forte (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Characters from John Kaminski via the GCD Error list.

Title: Shadow on the Sand!

Synopsis: A criminal falls in love with the inhabitant of a mirage.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: Syd Shores (signed)

Inks: Syd Shores (signed)

Notes: Wessler script per biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol 28, No 5, May 2017.

Title: He Stayed Down Too Long!

Characters: Kor; Mason

Synopsis: A cruel boss of native pearl divers, Mason, tries to out-dive a stranger who has appeared on the island so that he will not lose face in front of the natives, but the stranger, named Kor, is a water-breathing alien who easily outlasts him.

Pages: 4.000

Pencils: Robert Q. Sale (signed)

Inks: Robert Q. Sale (signed)

Notes: Characters from John Kaminski via the GCD Error List.

Title: The Secret of the Old House!

Synopsis: Three men try to rob some old men in a spooky house, but find their youth stolen from them.

Pages: 4.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: Bob McCarty

Inks: Bob McCarty

Notes: Wessler credit per biblio info published in Robin Snyder's The Comics Vol. 26, No. 4, April 2015.

Title: Strange Mission

Characters: Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith

Synopsis: A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.

Pages: 2.000

Pencils: Joe Maneely ? (illustration)

Inks: Joe Maneely ? (illustration)

Letters: typeset

Reprints: Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #91 (December 1961), | Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #122 (July 1964), | Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #123 (August 1964), | Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #62 (November 1960), | Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #80 (May 1962), | Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #38 (December 1962), | Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #2 (February 1959), | Strange Stories of Suspense (Marvel, 1955 series) #16 (August 1957)

Title: No Bars Could Hold Him!

Characters: The Great Gordoni; Sheriff Aubry Nebb

Synopsis: An escape artist criminal, "The Great Gordoni", is placed in a cell with so many keys that it should take him about twenty years to figure out which one opens the cell door.

Pages: 3.000

Script: Carl Wessler

Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)

Notes: Characters from John Kaminski via the GCD Error list.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
Qualified	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
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
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
Total	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	2	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18

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