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Mystery Tales 2

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Published March 1952 – August 1957
Issue Numbers 1 – 54
Total Issues 54
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How much is Mystery Tales #2 worth? Current market pricing for Mystery Tales #2 shows a latest raw sale of VG/FN sold for $227.05 on November 29th, 2009, a latest graded sale of CGC VF 8.0 sold for $1,440 on November 22nd, 2025.
Raw price ranges include Very Good/Fine 5.0 $227.05 (1 comp).
Graded price ranges include CGC 2.5 $195 (1 comp); CGC 3.5 $79-$300 (3 comps).
Pricing data last updated May 26th, 2026.

Mystery Tales #2 (1952) | Atlas Tales Cover Image
Issue Information
Cover Date
May 1952
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher
20th Century Comic Corp.
 
Cover Titles
This Corpse is Mine!
The Crawling Horror!
He Went For A Train Ride!
 
Cover Credits
Sol Brodsky pencils guess
Christopher Rule inks guess
 
Contributions
Michaël Dewally: Cover Image
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Cover Creator Credit

Issue Overview

Mystery Tales #2 was published by 20th Century Comic Corp. in May 1952. It is part of the Mystery Tales series, which ran from March 1952 to August 1957.

Cover credits include Sol Brodsky and Christopher Rule.

Atlas Tales indexes 6 stories for this issue, including "This Corpse is Mine." Indexed story credits include Dick Ayers and Ernie Bache, among others.

Stories

9917 This Corpse is Mine Page 1
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This Corpse is Mine

Job # 9917
Pages 5
Type art
Credits
Dick Ayers pencils unsigned Ernie Bache inks guess
Contributors:
Ger Apeldoorn: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Michaël Dewally: Story Scan
Notes: This story looked like Ayers to me and a bit of research here lead me to post 3677 where Doc V. passes along a mail from Dick Ayers giving the titles of his first five stories for Stan Lee. The Corpse is the fourth. - Ger Apeldoorn

The Cigar

Credits
Credits not yet documented
Job # 9937
Pages 2
Type text
9890 The Crawling Horror Page 1
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The Crawling Horror

Job # 9890
Pages 5
Type art
Credits
Ogden Whitney pencils and inks signed
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan
9912 He Went for a Train-Ride Page 1
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He Went for a Train-Ride

Job # 9912
Pages 4
Type art
Credits
Bernie Krigstein pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
John Benson: Creator Credit
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan

The Gold Gorilla!

Credits
Bill LaCava pencils and inks unsigned
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
Job # 9910
Pages 4
Type art
A-13 The Rat Race Page 1
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The Rat Race

Job # A-13
Pages 5
Type art
Credits
Bill Everett pencils and inks signed Bill Everett letters attributed
Contributors:
Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr.: Creator Credit
John Benson: Creator Credit
John Benson: Story Scan

Market Pricing

Last Updated 2026-05-26 13:21:16
Last Raw Sale VG/FN sold for $227.05 on November 29th, 2009
Last Graded Sale CGC VF 8.0 sold for $1,440 on November 22nd, 2025
Reported Sources Heritage Auctions

Raw Price Ranges

Very Good/Fine 5.0 $227.05 (1 comp)

Graded Price Ranges

CGC 2.5 $195 (1 comp)
CGC 3.5 $79-$300 (3 comps)
CGC 4.0 $181 (1 comp)
CGC 5.5 $426.55 (1 comp)
CGC 6.0 $541.29 (1 comp)
CGC 7.5 $552 (1 comp)
CGC 8.0 $1,440 (1 comp)
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VG/FN
$227.05
November 29th, 2009
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VF 8.0
$1,440
November 22nd, 2025
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$181.20
October 7th, 2025
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$204
April 25th, 2022
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$552
May 18th, 2020
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$79
January 29th, 2012
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