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WHAT IF: Mystery Tales Vol. 5

Map by Chris Leazer: reprints Mystery Tales #45-54 (260 pages)

September/56: Mystery Tales #45 (25? pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Sol Brodsky (pencils); Carl Burgos? (inks)

  • "The Man In Black!" (4? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The Secret Of the Old House!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "unknown" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "unknown" (4? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Robert Q. Sale (pencils); Robert Q. Sale (inks)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "He Stayed Down Too Long!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

October/56: Mystery Tales #46 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "Forbidden!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); John Forte (pencils); John Forte (inks)

  • "Crisis!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Don Heck (pencils); Don Heck (inks)

  • "Where Is Lola Drake?" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The Fake" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Al Williamson (pencils); Al Williamson (inks)

  • text story

  • "The Traveller" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Reed Crandall (pencils); Reed Crandall (inks)

  • "The Strange Man" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Sol Brodsky (pencils); Sol Brodsky (inks)

  • "The Empty Room" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Robert Q. Sale (pencils); Robert Q. Sale (inks)

November/56: Mystery Tales #47 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Carl Burgos (pencils); Carl Burgos (inks)
  • "The Man With No Face!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Robert Q. Sale (pencils); Robert Q. Sale (inks)

  • "At the Stroke of Midnight!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Reed Crandall (pencils); Reed Crandall (inks)

  • text story

  • "The King of the Lions" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "The Only Woman!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "A Knock At the Door!" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Bob Powell (pencils); Bob Powell (inks)

  • "Something Strange About Smithtown!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Joe Certa (pencils); Joe Certa (inks)

  • "When They Wake Up!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Steve Ditko (pencils); Steve Ditko (inks)

December/56: Mystery Tales #48 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "The Man Who Was Erased!" (4? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "unknown" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

January/57: Mystery Tales #49 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "By the Light of the Moon!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Bernie Krigstein (pencils); Bernie Krigstein (inks)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Time Without End" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Robert Q. Sale (pencils); Robert Q. Sale (inks)

  • text story

  • "unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Midnight On the Moors" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Pete Morisi (pencils); Pete Morisi (inks)

  • "The Ice Man!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Bernard Baily (pencils); Bernard Baily (inks)

February/57: Mystery Tales #50 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "The Pyramid's Secret!" (4? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The Little Black Box" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Robert Q. Sale (pencils); Robert Q. Sale (inks)

  • text story

  • "unknown" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "unknown" (4? pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Angelo Torres (pencils); Angelo Torres (inks)

  • "unknown" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

March/57: Mystery Tales #51 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Unknown (inks)
  • "Inside the Mummy Case" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Joe Orlando (pencils); Joe Orlando (inks)

  • "The Lizard" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Al Williamson (pencils); Al Williamson (inks)

  • "What World Is This?" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Ross Andru (pencils); Mike Esposito (inks)

  • "The Strange Seeds!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Ed Winiarski (pencils); Ed Winiarski (inks)

  • text story

  • "All In the Mind" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "I'll Get You Later" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Dave Berg (pencils); Dave Berg (inks)

  • "Four Empty Chairs!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Marvin Stein (pencils); Marvin Stein (inks)

April/57: Mystery Tales #52 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: John Severin (pencils); John Severin (inks)
  • "Mystery of the Silent Fog!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Bernard Baily (pencils); Bernard Baily (inks)

  • "The Fish Men!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • text story

  • "The Broken Statue" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "The Betrayer" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Dick Ayers (pencils); Dick Ayers (inks)

  • "The Too-Perfect Crime!" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Pete Morisi (pencils); Pete Morisi (inks)

  • "The City That Died!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Midnight On the Moor!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

May/57: Mystery Tales #53 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Carl Burgos (inks)
  • "The People That Couldn't Move" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Dick Giordano (pencils); Dick Giordano (inks)

  • "That's What You Think!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Frank Bolle (pencils); Frank Bolle (inks)

  • "I Died Too Soon" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Marvin Stein (pencils); Marvin Stein (inks)

  • "The Hired Hand" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Manny Stallman (pencils); Manny Stallman (inks)

  • text story

  • "The Rainmaker" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "He Lived Again" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Ed Winiarski (pencils); Ed Winiarski (inks)

  • "What Happened In Room 14?" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); John Forte (pencils); John Forte (inks)

August/57: Mystery Tales #54 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Fred Kida? (pencils); Fred Kida? (inks)
  • "The Last Lap" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Reed Crandall (pencils); Reed Crandall (inks)

  • "Prisoners of the Valley of Fear!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Jay Scott Pike (pencils); Jay Scott Pike (inks)

  • "Death of a Gambling Man!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "Can of Soup" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Robert Q. Sale (pencils); Robert Q. Sale (inks)

  • text story

  • "Lost & Found" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Nobody!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Unknown (pencils); Unknown (inks)

  • "The Labyrinth!" (3 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Sid Check (pencils); Sid Check (inks)

Mockup image by: David Juell

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