Mystical Tales Vol 1 4

	Published
	December, 1956
"The Condemned Man!"
	Penciler Reed Crandall; Inker Reed Crandall; Editor Stan Lee;
"When the Phantoms Speak!"
	Penciler Bob Forgione; Inker Jack Abel; Editor Stan Lee;
"The Runner"
	Penciler Carl Burgos; Inker Carl Burgos; Letterer Typeset;
"He's Still Following!"
	Writer Carl Wessler; Penciler Vic Carrabotta; Inker Vic Carrabotta; Editor Stan Lee;
"Fade-Out!"
	Penciler Dick Ayers; Inker Dick Ayers; Letterer Dick Ayers; Editor Stan Lee;
"Invaders of Earth!"
	Penciler Manny Stallman; Inker Manny Stallman; Editor Stan Lee;
"The Other Me!"
	Penciler Bob Powell; Inker Bob Powell; Editor Stan Lee;

Appearing in "The Condemned Man!"

Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "The Condemned Man!"

A dictator plans to use a machine that will place him in suspended animation for three hundred years because his mathematicians have determined the world will be ripe for conquest then. The machine malfunctions and he overshoots three hundred years but is eventually revived and finds himself back at the same day he entered the machine.

Appearing in "When the Phantoms Speak!"

Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "When the Phantoms Speak!"

Jim is a space explorer unsuccessfully looking for advanced alien life until he gives up hope and lands on planet of phantoms. They heal him and follow him back to Earth.

Appearing in "The Runner"

This story is a reprint of the comic
Journey into Mystery #26.

Featured Characters:

Mike

Supporting Characters:

Hermes

Other Characters

Snaky Blake

Races and Species:

Synopsis for "The Runner"

This story is a reprint of the comic
Journey into Mystery #26.

A chance encounter with Hermes teaches a boy how to run fast.

Appearing in "He's Still Following!"

Featured Characters:

Bruce Carmody

Supporting Characters:

Other Characters:

Carmody the Pirate (Vision)

Races and Species:

Humans
Crocodiles (Vision)
Wolves (Mentioned)
Horses (Vision)
Lions (Vision)

Locations:

North America
- United States of America
  - Massachusetts
    - Boston
- Spanish Empire (Vision)
  - Florida (Vision)
  - Cuba (Vision)
    - Havana (Vision)
- Greenland (Mentioned)
Europe (Vision)
- France (Vision)
- Greece (Mentioned)
Asia (Vision)
- Mongolia (Vision)
Africa (Vision)
- Egypt (Mentioned)

Synopsis for "He's Still Following!"

Bruce pays a sorcerer for a potion that will make a vision of his father appear and command his brother to lead him to buried treasure but the sorcerer's daughter falls in love with Bruce's brother and gives Bruce the potion. Bruce spends the next seven years following his brother's illusion on a wild goose chase.

Appearing in "Fade-Out!"

Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "Fade-Out!"

Grover longs for space travel yet when aliens test him with visions for the rigor required to survive challenges on their planet Grover fails every test and they cross him off their list of potential candidates for the first man to leave Earth in a rocket.

Appearing in "Invaders of Earth!"

Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "Invaders of Earth!"

Undersea men plan to invade the surface world but when they surface in a child's aquarium they turn back.

Appearing in "The Other Me!"

Appearances not yet listed

Synopsis for "The Other Me!"

Carl saves Lucius from drowning and Lucius makes a voodoo doll of Carl to present as a gift. Carl is told not to part with the doll but when his paintings don't sell Carl offers the doll to a smuggler. Carl begins to experience visions of various locations the smuggler is bringing the doll to and Carl resolves to track him down and retrieve the doll. Carl eventually manages to catch the smuggler just as the doll is in danger of being destroyed in a fire.