Weird Mystery Tales #2

Published
July 1972
Page count
52
Cover price
0.25 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled Cover, 1 page

""Who are you? Why do you want me?""

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Art
Nick Cardy, line art

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #123 (February-March 1971)
Show/hide 1. Cain's Game Room Comic story, 1 page

"Used Clothes"

Featuring

Genre
Humour
Code
J-1440

Credits

Writing
Sergio Aragonés, scripter [as Sergio Aragones]
Art
Sergio Aragonés, line art [as Sergio Aragones]
Editing
Joe Orlando, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #201 (April 1972)

Notes

Begins: "Used Clothes"

Show/hide 2. Eerie Adventure Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Art
Bernie Wrightson, line art [as Berni Wrightson]
Editing
Joe Orlando, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #4 (1971) —Weird Mystery Tales
Show/hide 3. The Haunters from Beyond (The Phantom Stranger) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Phantom Stranger
Genre
Horror-Suspense

Credits

Writing
John Broome, scripter
Art
Carmine Infantino, penciller
 
Sy Barry, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Julius Schwartz, editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1952 series) #1 (August-September 1952)
This version
United States
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #4 (1971) —Weird Mystery Tales
Show/hide 4. Monsters Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Horror-Suspense
Code
J-1269.C

Credits

Art
Bernie Wrightson, line art [as Berni Wrightson]
Editing
Joe Orlando, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #4 (1971) —Weird Mystery Tales
Show/hide 5. I Was the Last Martian Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 6. I Hunted the World's Wildest Animals Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 7. Science-Fiction Foreword, introduction, preface, afterword, 1 page

Featuring

Genre
Science fiction
Code
J-1269.0

Credits

Art
Bernie Wrightson, line art [as Berni Wrightson]

Reprint history

First print
United States
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #4 (1971) —Weird Mystery Tales
Show/hide 8. The City of Three Dooms Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 9. Untitled Comic story, 1 page

"Harware nails & tacks"

Featuring

Genre
Humour
Code
J-829

Credits

Art
Sergio Aragonés, line art [as Sergio Aragones]

Reprint history

First print
United States
DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #4 (1971) —Weird Mystery Tales

Notes

Begins: "Harware nails & tacks"

Show/hide 10. Jungle Boy of Jupiter Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 11. The Mysterious Mr. Omen Comic story, 6 pages
Show/hide 12. Silk Gauze (Silk Gauze) Comic story, 1 page

"Some years ago, seances were held in one of the old houses that line East 70th Street, New York."

Featuring

Feature
Silk Gauze
Genre
Non-Fiction
Code
B-1037

Credits

Editing
Dick Giordano, editor
Management
Carmine Infantino, Editorial Director

Reprint history

First print
United States
Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #1 (February-March 1969)
Also printed
United States
The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #126 (August 1971)

Synopsis

How silk gauze was used to deceive seance patrons.

Notes

Begins: Some years ago, seances were held in one of the old houses that line East 70th Street, New York."

Show/hide 13. Cain's Gargoyles (Cain's Gargoyles) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Cain's Gargoyles
Genre
Humour
Code
J-1045

Credits

Art
Sergio Aragonés, line art [as Sergio Aragones]
Editing
Joe Orlando, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #195 (October 1971)

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Brandon Viruet

AusReprints ID

  • 2711

Entry created

  • 20/08/2005

Cover added

  • 10/03/2023

Index completed

  • 18/07/2009

Last updated

  • 06/11/2018