Mystery Tales (1952 Atlas) 9

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Specimen!", art by Joe Maneely; A scientist plots to use a mermaid from Atlantis to gain world renown and so he lies to her that he loves her until he can build an escape-proof tank; Unfortunately for him, she has the exact same intentions for him and drags him down to Atlantis so they can use him as a specimen to model how human males appear in order to create an invasion force. "Hunger," pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; A butcher poisons his ex-partner's meat locker in order to drive him out of business but then comes back later to make sure he did not leave any evidence behind and gets himself locked in; Over the course of several days he waits for someone to come and let him out, but no one comes. "Ashes to Ashes!", pencils by Al Eadeh; A woman burns her uncle to death before learning that the directions to his fortune are tattooed in a map upon his back. "The Broken Step" text story. "The Man in the Morgue," art by Vic Dowling; A hoodlum spends his last buck for a psychic reading and is told that his luck will change; After spending the night in an alley with nothing to eat an elderly man approaches him and he strangles him in order to rob him; The cops give chase and gun him down; The police wonder why the elderly man was in such a rundown area. "Lost!", art by Pete Tumlinson; Criminals hide loot in a cave and one is arrested and serves a jail sentence of twenty years; When he is released he goes back to the cave and shoots the man and woman who were lost in there for twenty years, but their son kills him. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.