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WHAT IF: Mystical Tales Vol. 1

Map by Chris Leazer: reprints Mystical Tales #1-8 (208 pages)

June/56: Mystical Tales #1 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)

  • "Just Say the Magic Words" (4? pages)

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

  • "Anyone Want a Jinni?" (3? pages)

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

  • "On a Lonely Planet" (4? pages)

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

  • text story

  • "The Honest Idol" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Joe Maneely (pencils); Joe Maneely (inks)

  • "The Endless Search" (4? pages)

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

  • "The Man Who Saw Too Much!" (4? pages)

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

  • "Nomad of Outer Space" (4? pages)

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

August/56: Mystical Tales #2 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "What Lurks Out There" (4 pages)

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

  • "The Black Blob!" (4 pages)

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

  • "The Lizard!" (4 pages)

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

  • "Footprints In the Snow" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Bob Forgione (pencils); Jack Abel (inks)

  • text story

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

  • "No Way Out" (3 pages)

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

  • "Behind the Veil" (4 pages)

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

October/56: Mystical Tales #3 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "Morton's Machine!" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Bob Forgione (pencils); Jack Abel (inks)

  • "Someone Behind Me!" (4 pages)

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

  • "Four Doors To...??" (4 pages)

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

  • "Bedtime Story" (4 pages)

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

  • text story

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

  • "Someone Stopped the Bus!" (3 pages)

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

  • "Trapped In the Phantom Lighthouse!" (4 pages)

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

December/56: Mystical Tales #4 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "The Condemned Man!" (4? pages)

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

  • "When the Phantoms Speak!" (4? pages)

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

  • "unknown" (4? pages)

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

  • "unknown" (4? pages)

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

  • text story

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

  • "unknown" (3 pages)

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

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

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

February/57: Mystical Tales #5 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Carl Burgos? (pencils); Carl Burgos? (inks)
  • "Meeting At Midnight!" (4? pages)

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

  • "unknown" (4? pages)

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

  • "unknown" (4? pages)

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

  • "unknown" (4 pages)

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

April/57: Mystical Tales #6 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "The Iron Trap" (4 pages)

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

  • "The Forbidden Room" (4 pages)

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

  • "The Sinking Man!" (3 pages)

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

  • "He Hides In the Tower" (4 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "Detour To Mars" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Reed Crandall? (pencils); Reed Crandall? (inks)

  • "In the Dark Attic!" (4 pages)

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

  • "The Clock Strikes Thirteen" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Howard O'Donnell (pencils); Howard O'Donnell (inks)

June/57: Mystical Tales #7 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Bill Everett (pencils); Bill Everett (inks)
  • "The Secret of the Haunted Picture" (4 pages)

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

  • "Hide and Shriek" (4 pages)

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

  • "The Living Shadows!" (4? pages)

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

  • "It Happened In the Attic!" (4? pages)

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

  • text story

  • "Mystery Within the Walls" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script)

  • "Too Smart To Live!" (3? pages)

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

  • "The Man Who Can't Be Stopped" (4 pages)

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

August/57: Mystical Tales #8 (25 pages + cover)
Cover Credits: Fred Kida (pencils); Fred Kida (inks)
  • "Stone Walls Can't Stop Him" (4 pages)

  • Credits: Unknown (script); Gene Colan? (pencils); Gene Colan? (inks)

  • "The Dream People!" (4 pages)

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

  • "The Lair Of the Thunder Lizard!" (4 pages)

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

  • "The Sleeping Man" (3 pages)

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

  • text story

  • "Fantastic Formula" (2 pages)
    Credits: Unknown (script); Don Heck (pencils); Don Heck (inks)

  • "The Island of No Return" (4 pages)

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

  • "Try-Out!" (4 pages)

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

Mockup image by: David Juell

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