Price history & market evidence
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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | $688.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1954-10-01 |
| 9.2 | $894.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1954-10-01 |
| RAW | $155.81 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1954-10-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 30 graded copies for Mystery Tales #22 (1954). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Boy who Believed
A boy with telekinetic powers is punished by his tutor who tells him that it is evil to display them. When a statue falls on the tutor, he asks the boy to lift it off with the power, but the boy refuses since he thinks it is a trick to punish him again.
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Realities:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| StoryTitle2 = Wings in the Night! | Writer2_1 = | Penciler2_1 = | Inker2_1 = | Colorist2_1 = | Letterer2_1 = | Editor2_1 = | Synopsis2 = A husband stakes his new wife when he realizes she is a vampire because he doesn't want the competition.
| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Charlie Taylor) **Supporting Characters:** * Mona Taylor) **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Races & Species:** * Vampires **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| StoryTitle3 = The Rejected Robot! | Writer3_1 = | Penciler3_1 = Jack Abel | Inker3_1 = | Colorist3_1 = | Letterer3_1 = | Editor3_1 = | Synopsis3 = A man hunts down a robot that violates the first law of robotics.
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Realities:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| StoryTitle4 = The Tiny Coffin! | Writer4_1 = | Penciler4_1 = | Inker4_1 = | Colorist4_1 = | Letterer4_1 = | Editor4_1 = | Synopsis4 = An exterminator develops growth and shrinking formulas for bugs and increases the size of a cockroach while he accidentally spills shrink formula on himself. The cockroach steps on him and his wife buries him in a tiny coffin.
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Realities:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
| StoryTitle5 = Bottled Up! | Writer5_1 = | Penciler5_1 = Pete Tumlinson | Inker5_1 = | Colorist5_1 = | Letterer5_1 = | Editor5_1 = | Synopsis5 = A man who makes ships-in-bottles befriends a boy who collects bottles but is bullied by neighborhood thugs. When the man gives him the idea of putting something in the bottles, the boy bottles up those who harass him.
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * **Supporting Characters:** * **Antagonists:** * **Other Characters:** * **Realities:** * **Locations:** * **Items:** * **Vehicles:** *
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Creative credits
Interior art: John Forte, Jack Abel, Pete Tumlinson
Source records & attribution
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