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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $149.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1955-01-01 |
| 6.0 | $181.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1955-01-01 |
| 8.0 | $183.75 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1955-01-01 |
| 9.2 | $239.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1955-01-01 |
| RAW | $75.56 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1955-01-01 |
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Graded population
CGC records 53 graded copies for Mystery Tales #25 (1955). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Polka-Dot Man
A desperate man named Ben Morgan runs down the street covered in polka dots. He encounters a policeman who tries to question him but as the policeman is talking he too becomes covered with mysterious polka dots. The strange phenomenon spreads amongst a crowd of people and Morgan flees back to his house. Once he arrives, he finds a strange letter slipped underneath his doorstep. The letter instructs Morgan to get into a waiting car and he will be delivered to Dr Zorko who claims he can cure him of his malady. Morgan follows the instructions and he soon finds himself in the presence of Zorko. He begins talking to Zorko and his polka dots instantly disappear however hey are replaced by stripes. Zorko explains that he is from another planet and he is on earth to recruit humans to fight against the polka dot people. Morgan is told that the polka dot people are his enemies and he is to slay them on sight. Morgan panics and runs away from Zorkos house. He eventually arrives back at his own home and falls asleep. When he awakens he hears his wife call out to him. She apparently had a bad dream and Morgan immediately sees that she is covered in polka dots. Morgan cannot believe that she is “one of them”.
| ReprintOf2 = Adventures into Weird Worlds Vol 1 2 | ReprintOfStory2 = 3 | StoryTitle2 = The Treasure!
| StoryTitle3 = Mirror, Mirror on the Wall! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Ed Winiarski | Inker3_1 = Ed Winiarski | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Dan Maley)
**Antagonists:** * Winters
**Races and Species:** * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America **Items:** * Magic Mirror
| Synopsis3 = A thief demands to know of the most valuable item in a pawn keeper's shop, and the frightened owner tells him that it is a mirror painted over with black since it has the power to restore life. The angry robber hits him and he falls, striking his head, killing him. The robber panics and leaves, but then has second thoughts about the mirror thinking perhaps there is something valuable under the paint. He returns, and is surprised to see the body is gone. As he uncovers more and more of the paint off the mirror he is shocked to see, not his reflection, but the store owner. Suddenly, the store owner seizes him and pulls him into the mirror. From the inside of the mirror looking out, the thief views the store owner painting the mirror with black paint.
| StoryTitle4 = Hate! | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Vince Colletta | Penciler4_2 = Joe Maneely | Inker4_1 = Vince Colletta | Inker4_2 = Joe Maneely | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Dr. Jonas **Supporting Characters:** * Mr. Kant **Antagonists:** * Miss Long * Mr. Bow * Mr. Gaines **Other Characters:** * Numerous unnamed orderlies **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** United States of America
| Synopsis4 = A psychologist is revealed to be the actual object of three patient's different compulsions. They throw him through the window and are cured.
| StoryTitle5 = The Time Is Now | Writer5_1 = N/A | Penciler5_1 = W. R. Brown | Inker5_1 = W. R. Brown | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Unnamed Martian **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed United States President **Antagonists:** * Soviet Armed Forces) ** Numerous unnamed military personnel * Unnamed Russian Delegate **Other Characters:** * United States Navy) **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Martians **Locations:** * Earth-Unknown ** Solar System *** Earth **** Europe ***** Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ****** Russia ******* Moscow ***** Germany ****** Berlin ***** Switzerland ****** Geneva) **** Asia ***** Thailand ***** Cambodia ***** Laos ***** Myanmar ***** Vietnam **** Gulf of Thailand **** Gulf of Tonkin **** South China Sea **** North America ***** United States of America *** Mars)
**Events:** * Cold War Category:Cold War (Event)) * Indochina War Category:Indochina War
| Synopsis5 = A Martian contemplates entering the cold war in order to force the east to come to peace.
| StoryTitle6 = Werewolf Beware | Writer6_1 = N/A | Penciler6_1 = Don Heck | Inker6_1 = Don Heck | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = N/A | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Hugo von Stahl) **Supporting Characters:** * Erika Ludvig)
**Other Characters:** * Otto **Races and Species:** * Werewolves * Humans) **Locations:** * Earth-616 ** Earth *** Europe **** Germany
| Synopsis6 = A werewolf commits suicide in order to avoid venting his bloodlust upon the girl he loves.
| Solicit =
| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "The Polka-Dot Man" is reprinted as "The Deadly Plague" in Beware Vol 1 6. * "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" is reprinted in Beware Vol 1 6. * "Hate!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows Vol 1 13. * "Werewolf Beware" is reprinted in Dead of Night Vol 1 4.
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Creative credits
Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
Interior art: Dick Ayers, Ed Winiarski, Vince Colletta, Joe Maneely, W. R. Brown, Don Heck
Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A
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