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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $284.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
| RAW | $178.30 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1953-05-01 |
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CGC records 40 graded copies for Mystery Tales #11 (1953). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
I Can't Stop Running!
A diamond thief gets more than he bargains for when he seeks after the Flame of Midnight from Jasper Kane.
| StoryTitle2 = Love Affair | Writer2_1 = | Penciler2_1 = Mike Sekowsky | Inker2_1 = Christopher Rule | Colorist2_1 = | Letterer2_1 = | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * George Carew) * Diana Ross) **Supporting Characters:** * Mrs. Carew **Antagonists:** * Lew Ross) **Other Characters:** * George Carew's Son * George Carew's Daughter * Mr. Haggerty **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth
| Synopsis2 = George Carew and his secretary, Diana Ross, enjoy an affair in a shared dream, but when Diana's convict husband, Lew Ross, is released from prison and follows the two of them, the shared dream becomes a nightmare as Lew shoots George dead. In reality, George's wife looks over to wake him while watching TV but screams as he slumps over with a bullet hole in his forehead.
| StoryTitle3 = The Spice of Life! | Writer3_1 = | Penciler3_1 = Al Eadeh | Inker3_1 = Al Eadeh | Colorist3_1 = | Letterer3_1 = | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Ed Bean) **Supporting Characters:** * Smithers (Ed Bean's Chauffeur) **Antagonists:** * Unnamed Stranger **Other Characters:** * Mrs. Bean * Devil_(Earth-616)) **Races and Species:** * Humans) (flashback) * Birds * Elephants * Zombies * Spiders **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America ** Asia *** Mount Everest ** Africa ** Europe *** Monaco **** Monte Carlo ***** Monte Carlo Casino
| Synopsis3 = A rich man by the name of Ed Bean finds everything he has done in his life boring even the act of murder. He offers a million dollars to anyone who can come up with an entertaining idea of something he hasn't done, and stranger answers the ad at his home unannounced. The Stranger has Ed meet him at a deserted building where Bean will get to try something he never has before his own death.
| StoryTitle4 = Point of View | Writer4_1 = | Penciler4_1 = | Inker4_1 = | Colorist4_1 = | Letterer4_1 = Typeset | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
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| StoryTitle5 = Blackmail! | Writer5_1 = | Penciler5_1 = Manny Stallman | Inker5_1 = Manny Stallman | Colorist5_1 = | Letterer5_1 = | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
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**Other Characters:** * Henry Travis) (Banker) * Sanders * Ella Travis) (Henry's Wife)
| Synopsis5 = A man gets rid of a elderly blackmailer by putting peppermint candies in his drink and telling him it was arsenic and letting fear go to work on the old man's heart.
| StoryTitle6 = Hang Until Dead! | Writer6_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler6_1 = John Forte | Inker6_1 = John Forte | Colorist6_1 = | Letterer6_1 = | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
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| Notes = * "I Can't Stop Running!" is reprinted in Chamber of Chills Vol 1 9. * "Love Affair" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows Vol 1 16. * "The Spice of Life!" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell Vol 1 24. * "Blackmail!" is reprinted in Giant-Size Man-Thing Vol 1 3.
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Creative credits
Writers: Carl Wessler
Interior art: Sam Kweskin, Mike Sekowsky, Al Eadeh, Manny Stallman, John Forte
Source records & attribution
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