Mystic #8
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "We Meet at Midnight!" from Mystic #8 (1952), a desperate man stumbles into a gypsy's tent and is handed a pair of glasses that transform the fortune teller into a vision of beauty—her words twisting his mind with promises and lies. As he returns with stolen money, the same tent pole trips him again, and the glasses reveal the truth: the woman he’s been serving is an old hag. Bill Everett’s art brings the eerie atmosphere to life, while the cover by Carl Burgos and Sol Brodsky captures the story’s haunting mood.
In "We Meet at Midnight!" from Mystic #8 (1952), a curious man seeks the ancient wisdom of the Sphinx, only to find that the creature’s greatest secret lies not in prophecy or hidden treasure, but in the meticulous art of mummification—revealed in chilling, intimate detail.
In "Sorry... Mr. Hopkins!", a desperate man’s chance encounter with a gypsy fortune teller under the flickering light of a carnival tent spirals into something far more sinister. With a pair of enchanted glasses that twist his vision, he’s drawn into a dangerous scheme—only to discover the truth behind the beautiful face he believed in.
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Reprinted in Menace #10 (1954), Fear #21 (1974), Dead of Night #4 (1974), Journey into Mystery #11 (1974), Monsters on the Prowl #29 (1974), Atlas Creator Collection #3 (2026)
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