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Mystery Tales#53
Cover: Bill Everett & Carl Burgos
Mystery Tales #53
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The People Who Couldn't Move," a young boy’s afternoon plans hang in the balance as a predicted storm looms—until he encounters the rainmaker’s mysterious assistant, who offers an unexpected reprieve. Gene Colan’s moody artwork brings a quiet tension to this 1957 tale of small miracles, with Bill Everett and Carl Burgos sharing cover duties in a striking, era-defining design.
Contains 6 stories
The People Who Couldn't Move
That's What You Think!
I Died Too Soon
The Hired Hand
He Lived Again
What Happened in Room 14?
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CGC 9.0 · 1 in census $2,222*
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Full credits
writer Carl Wessler
artist, inker Dick Giordano
cover pencils, inks Bill Everett
cover pencils, inks Carl Burgos
Reprints
↩ Reprints Strange Tales #49 (1956)
Reprinted in Mystic #4 (1960), Mystic #52 (1965), Mystic #53 (1965), Spellbound #52 (1965), Spellbound #56 (1965), Cuentos de Brujas #77
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