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Mystery Tales 41

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Published March 1952 – August 1957
Issue Numbers 1 – 54
Total Issues 54
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How much is Mystery Tales #41 worth? Current market pricing for Mystery Tales #41 shows a latest raw sale of sold for $79 on November 1st, 2015, a latest graded sale of CGC 9.0 sold for $172.50 on June 12th, 2004.
Graded price ranges include CGC 9.0 $172.50 (1 comp).
Pricing data last updated June 28th, 2026.

Mystery Tales #41 (1956) | Charlton Tales Cover Image
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Issue Information
Cover Date
May 1956
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia Publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
 
Cover Titles
Behind The Mask!
The Man In The Mirror!
Farewell To The Sun!
 
Cover Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed
 
Contributions
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Mystery Tales #41 was published by 20th Century Comic Corp. in May 1956. It is part of the Mystery Tales series, which ran from March 1952 to August 1957.

Cover credits include Bill Everett.

Atlas Tales indexes 7 stories for this issue, including "Out of the Darkness." Indexed story credits include Mort Drucker and John Romita, among others.

Stories

Out of the Darkness

Credits
Mort Drucker pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # J-243
Pages 4
Type art
Notes: Features Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519).

The Mystery of the Doomed Derelict!

Credits
John Romita pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # J-242
Pages 4
Type art
Notes: Features a sea captain named Josiah Wedgwood; no relation to the English potter Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795).

The Man in the Mirror!

Credits
Ed Winiarski pencils unsigned Ed Winiarski inks guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # J-188
Pages 4
Type art

While the Town Sleeps

Credits
Kurt Schaffenberger pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # J-56
Pages 3
Type art
Notes: Inspired by the story of the "hero of Haarlem," the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dike, first told in Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge (1865).

New Century

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Contributors:
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # J-391
Pages 1
Type text

Behind the Mask

Credits
Jim McLaughlin pencils attributed Sol Brodsky inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # J-203
Pages 4
Type art

This Primitive Planet!

Credits
Paul Reinman pencils signed Paul Reinman inks guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Job # J-137
Pages 4
Type art

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-06-28 08:35:03
Last Raw Sale sold for $79 on November 1st, 2015
Last Graded Sale CGC 9.0 sold for $172.50 on June 12th, 2004
Reported Sources Heritage Auctions

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CGC 9.0 $172.50 (1 comp)
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$79
November 1st, 2015
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$172.50
June 12th, 2004
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