Mystery Tales #33

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CGC records 17 graded copies for Mystery Tales #33 (1955). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

They Melt at Night!

A scientist, who is bitter at having his ideas rejected, succeeds in developing a corrosive that melts automobiles. He plans to extort money for the counter agent, but has a change of heart when a dollar bill touches the corrosive and burns, thinking that it may be a sign of what could happen if a dictator gets control of his formula. He destroys the formula and resolves to work for the benefit of mankind.

| StoryTitle2 = Night Visitor | Writer2_1 = N/A | Penciler2_1 = N/A | Inker2_1 = N/A | Colorist2_1 = N/A | Letterer2_1 = Typeset | Editor2_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Tony **Supporting Characters:** * Unnamed Boy **Antagonists:** * Kramer **Other Characters:** * Faleesh **Races and Species:** * Humans) (flashback) **Realities:** * Earth-616 (flashback) **Locations:** * Earth (flashback) ** Asia *** India ** North America *** United States of America

| Synopsis2 = Tony is in India to fly to a friend he me to acquire the rights to his diamond mine, but having taken ill with fever he was forced to hold back. A man he thought was his friend, Kramer had decided to take a loan out and try to make it to Faleesh, the owner of the diamond mine, before Tony could.

Tony wanting to get there first had chartered a plane but decided to cancel his plans after visiting with what the native boy taking care of Tony calls fever spirits but what Tony believes to be his conscience which made him realize that his friend Falseesh was a good man who would see his rushed pursuit without an invite to be an insult and not one who could take care of the diamond mine.

The following morning Tony's fever had broke and the plane he was suppose to be on had crashed, killing the man who sought to take his place, Kramer.

| StoryTitle3 = The Unseen! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Sid Greene | Inker3_1 = Sid Greene | Colorist3_1 = N/A | Letterer3_1 = N/A | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Flame, the Wonder Dog)

**Antagonists:** * Warring Dogs ** Several unnamed Warring Dogs **Other Characters:** * Unidentified Movie Studio ** Flame's Owner ** Unnamed Director ** Unnamed Employee **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Warring Dogs * Neanderthals) * Unidentified alien species **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Milky Way (flashback) ** Earth (flashback) *** North America (flashback) **** United States of America (flashback) *** Africa *** Europe * Seventh Galaxy ** Scylla) * Unidentified Galaxy ** Unidentified Planet

| Synopsis3 = Flame, TV's wonder dog, is revealed to be an alien placed on Earth four thousand years ago to spy for the coming invasion. Flame has grown to love Earth and sacrifices himself to destroy the alien armada.

| StoryTitle4 = The Time-Saver! | Writer4_1 = N/A | Penciler4_1 = Tony DiPreta | Inker4_1 = Tony DiPreta | Colorist4_1 = N/A | Letterer4_1 = N/A | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Phineas Purdy) **Supporting Characters:** * Jasper Purdy) * Mr. Minutes **Antagonists:** * Bank Robbers ** Two unnamed bank robbers **Other Characters:** * John * Unidentified Police Department ** Two unnamed police officers * Unnamed Bus Driver * Unnamed Newsstand Vendor * United Casualty Company) ** Alice ** Mr. Travers ** Numerous unnamed employees * Numerous unnamed time savers **Races and Species:** * Humans) **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** United Casualty Company Building *** Time Bank

| Synopsis4 = A man finds a bank where he can save time deposits in order not to age. It works until the deposit slips are stolen by thieves.

| StoryTitle5 = The Locked Door | Writer5_1 = Carl Wessler | Penciler5_1 = Robert Sale | Inker5_1 = Robert Sale | Colorist5_1 = N/A | Letterer5_1 = N/A | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * David Farnum) **Supporting Characters:** * Mildred Farnum)

**Other Characters:** * Mrs. Farnum (David's Mother) * Mr. Farnum (David's Father) * Four unnamed employees * Mrs. Babcock * David's Boss **Races and Species:** * Humans) (flashback) **Realities:** * Earth-616 (flashback) **Locations:** * Earth (flashback) ** United States of America (flashback)

| Synopsis5 = A young man knocks over a vase and lies about it to his mother. He keeps the pieces in a sack because his conscience bothers him. When he tells his wife forty years later about the lie she reaches into the sack and pulls out the miraculously restored vase.

| StoryTitle6 = The Voices! | Writer6_1 = Bill Everett | Penciler6_1 = Bill Everett | Inker6_1 = Bill Everett | Colorist6_1 = N/A | Letterer6_1 = Bill Everett | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee

| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Carlson

**Antagonists:** * Hoaxers ** George ** Two unnamed hoaxers **Other Characters:** * Bill **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Floranians **Realities:** * Earth-616 (flashback) **Locations:** * Milky Way ** Earth *** United States of America * Unidentified Galaxy ** Floranus

| Synopsis6 = Three men think they are playing a trick on an old man by broadcasting radio messages that he picks up and believes to be from another planet. They try to send him another message, but something blocks the transmission, and when they break down his door he is missing with only a message pad on the table that says "They have come for me at last!"

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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "They Melt at Night!" is reprinted in Dead of Night Vol 1 9. * "The Time-Saver!" is reprinted in Weird Wonder Tales Vol 1 9. * "The Voices!" is reprinted in Crypt of Shadows Vol 1 14.

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Creative credits

Writers: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, Carl Wessler, Bill Everett

Interior art: John Forte, N/A, Sid Greene, Tony DiPreta, Robert Sale, Bill Everett

Color: N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A, N/A

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