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Mystery Tales 43
Charlton Tales
Title Profile
Curated Charlton tales, timelines, and cover art notes.
Issue Information
- Cover Date
- July 1956
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher
- 20th Century Comic Corp.
- Cover Titles
- Punishment
- Cover Credits
-
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed
- Contributions
-
Michaël Dewally: Cover Image
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit
Issue Overview
Mystery Tales #43 was published by 20th Century Comic Corp. in July 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 "The Idol." Indexed story credits include Pete Morisi and Ross Andru, among others.
Stories
The Idol
Credits
Pete Morisi pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Notes: Morisi swipes Frank Frazetta panels from Untamed Love romance story - Personal Love #32, 1954.
Punishment!
Credits
Ross Andru pencils unsigned
Mike Esposito inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Waiting ... Waiting!
Credits
Gene Colan pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Man Who Failed
Credits
Bob Forgione pencils unsigned
Jack Abel inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
The Green Mission
Credits
Credits not yet documented
The Silent Ones
Credits
Robert Q. Sale pencils signed
Charles Nicholas inks guess
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
I'm Afraid!
Credits
Vic Carrabotta pencils attributed
Vic Carrabotta inks attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Tom Lammers: Story Information
Notes: Features a race of "Ice-Men" who greatly resemble the later superhero Ice-Man; cf. X-401 "X-Men" in X-Men 1
(Sep 1963).
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