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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published 1971
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 100
Editing Joe Orlando

Cover Details - "Weird Mystery Tales"

Genre horror
Pencils Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Inks Bernie Wrightson (signed)
Notes Creature reprint spotted by Frank Battaglia (submitted via the error list, December 2006).
Reprinted in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #229 [creature only]

1 page story "Table of Contents"

Genre occult; humor
Pencils Sergio Aragones (signed)
Inks Sergio Aragones (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover.

1 page story "Macabre Mystery"

Characters Berni Wrightson
Genre occult
Script Joe Orlando?
Pencils Berni Wrightson
Inks Berni Wrightson
Notes Introduction page.

6 page story "I Was the Last Man on Earth"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #8.

6 page story "The Phantom Enemy"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Sy Barry
Reprinted from Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series) #116.

1 page story "The New Arrival"

Genre humor
Pencils Dave Manak ?
Inks Dave Manak ?

8 page story "I Fought the Clocks of Doom"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks Mort Meskin
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #14.

1 page story "Weird Tales"

Genre humor
Script ?; ?; ?
Pencils ?; ?; ?
Inks ?; ?; ?
Notes Three gag pages. Not sure if they are by the same artist or more than one artist.

6 page story "The Witch's Candles!"

Genre occult
Pencils John Prentice
Inks John Prentice
Reprinted from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #2.

1 page story "Weird Tales"

Genre humor
Pencils Sergio Aragones
Inks Sergio Aragones
Notes Three gag panels.

1 page story "Eerie Adventure"

Characters Berni Wrightson
Genre occult
Pencils Berni Wrightson
Inks Berni Wrightson

8 page story "I Was Lost in a Mirage"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks Mort Meskin
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #12.

1 page story "Weird Tales"

Genre humor
Script ?; ?; ?
Pencils ?; ?; ?
Inks ?; ?; ?
Notes Three gag panels. Not sure how many artists.

8 page Johnny Peril story "Horror in the Lake!"

Characters Johnny Peril
Genre fantasy
Pencils Frank Giacoia (signed)
Inks Sy Barry (signed)
Reprinted from Sensation Mystery (DC, 1952 series) #110.

8 page Phantom Stranger story "The Haunters from Beyond!"

Characters Phantom Stranger
Genre occult
Script John Broome
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Sy Barry
Reprinted from Phantom Stranger, The (DC, 1952 series) #1 (August-September 1952)

1 page story "Monsters"

Characters Berni Wrightson
Genre occult
Pencils Berni Wrightson
Inks Berni Wrightson

8 page story "I Was the Last Martian!"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #20.

8 page story "I Hunted the World's Wildest Animals"

Genre fantasy
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy
Reprinted from My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #15.

1 page story "Science-Fiction"

Characters Berni Wrightson
Genre science fiction
Pencils Berni Wrightson
Inks Berni Wrightson

1 page story "untitled"

Genre humor
Pencils Sergio Aragones
Inks Sergio Aragones
Notes Four one-panel gags.

6 page story "The City of Three Dooms"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks Mort Meskin
Reprinted from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #15.

8 page story "The Jungle Boy of Jupiter"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Lou Cameron (signed)
Inks Lou Cameron (signed)
Reprinted from Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #24.

1 page text story "Childhood Haunt"

Genre occult
Pencils Berni Wrightson (signed)
Inks Berni Wrightson (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page story "The Mysterious Mr. Omen"

Characters Bart Evans
Genre science fiction
Pencils Leonard Starr
Inks Leonard Starr
Reprinted from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #49.

1 page story "Weird Tales"

Genre humor
Script Lore Shoberg [as Lore]
Pencils Lore Shoberg [as Lore]
Inks Lore Shoberg [as Lore]
Notes Inside back cover. Three gag panels.

1 page (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Genre horror
Pencils Berni Wrightson (signed)
Inks Berni Wrightson (signed)
Notes Same as front cover, sans title and trade dress.