Weird Mystery Tales
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Weird Mystery Tales was a mystery (horror) anthology from DC Comics, which ran from July 1972-November 1975. It was originally hosted by Destiny, but was gradually taken over by Eve, who fully assumed the title with issue #15 (December 1974-January 1975).
Early issues printed material by Jack Kirby that had been intended for his black and white, magazine-size DC comic, Spirit World, which lasted only one issue. These stories featured Dr. E. Leopold Maas as host, sometimes with an appended hosting segment by Destiny.
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| Issue | Date | Title | Writer | Pencils | Host(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | July-Aug 1972 | Introduction | Marv Wolfman | Bernie Wrightson | Destiny | |
| Horoscope Phenomenon or Witch Queen of Ancient Sumeria? | Jack Kirby | Jack Kirby | Dr. E. Leopold Maas | originally written for Spirit World #2 | ||
| The Brothers Beaumont! | Howard Purcell | Howard Purcell | Destiny | Destiny illustration by E. Nelson Bridwell | ||
| Special Delivery, based upon notes compiled from research done in conjunction with Dr. E. Leopold Maas | Mark Evanier, Steve Sherman | none | Dr. E. Leopold Maas | |||
| #2 | Sep-Oct 1972 | Toxl the World Killer! | Jack Kirby | Jack Kirby | Dr E. Leopold Maas and Destiny | originally written for Spirit World #2 |
| Titanic | Howard Purcell | Howard Purcell | Destiny and Death | cover by Howard Purcell | ||
| They're Still Up There! | - | - | none | |||
| #3 | Nov-Dec 1972 | The Burners! | Jack Kirby | Jack Kirby | Dr. E. Leopold Maas | originally written for Spirit World #2 |
| I Know Your Future! | Howard Purcell | Howard Purcell | none | |||
| The Wizard's Gift! | - | - | none | reprint from House of Mystery #95 | ||
| The Cosmic Log | - | Berni Wrightson | Destiny | cover by Nick Cardy | ||
| #4 | Jan-Feb 1973 | Introduction | Michael W. Kaluta | Destiny | Immortality-themed issue | |
| The Devil to Pay | Jack Oleck | Rubeny | none | Lucifer appearance | ||
| The Secret of Bat Island! | none | |||||
| The Hotel | cover by JA | |||||
| To Live Forever | Steve Skeates | Romy Gamboa, Rico Rival | Destiny (stock image) | |||
| The Cosmic Log | Joe Orlando?, Raymond Feldman, Art Stampler, Clifford King | Bernie Wrightson | ||||
| #5 | Mar-Apr 1973 | |||||
| #6 | May-June 1973 | |||||
| #7 | July-Aug 1973 | |||||
| #8 | Sep-Oct 1973 | Final Take! | Michael Pellowsky, Robert Kanigher | Tony de Zuniga | Destiny | |
| Portrait of Terror | Jack Oleck | Bernard Baily | none | |||
| An Evil Pair | John Albano | Ernesto Patricio | Destiny | Western setting | ||
| The Cosmic Log | Joe Orlando?, John Elliot, Barry Rosenstein, Keith Reed | Berni Writghtson | Destiny | |||
| #9 | Oct-Nov 1973 | Vampire's Gold! | Jack Oleck | Jess Jodloman | Destiny | |
| Checkmate! | John Jacobson, Robert Kanigher | Nestor Redondo | Destiny | |||
| Evil Power | Jack Oleck | AlexM | Eve | |||
| The Cosmic Log | Joe Orlando?, Paul Edwards, Kenny Sugar, Lisa Anderson, Terry Pearce, Jed Rifkin | Berni Wrightson | Destiny | |||
| #10 | Dec-Jan 1974 | The Curse | Bill Reilly | G.K. | Destiny | Destiny is a featured character in the story |
| Lady Killer | Jack Oleck | Alfredo Alcala | Destiny | Jack the Ripper story | ||
| The Sunken Pearls of Captain "Hatch" | Michael Fleischer | Jess Jodloman | Eve | |||
| The Cosmic Log | Joe Orlando?, Tom O'Connell, Howard Kaye, Carole Morrison, Guy Lillian III | Berni Wrightson | Destiny, Eve | |||
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| #13 | ||||||
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| #15 | ||||||
| #16 | ||||||
| #17 | ||||||
| #18 | ||||||
| #19 | June 1975 | Fire Dance | Bob Kanigher | Abe Ocampo | Eve | |
| Flight | Lee Marrs | Lee Marrs | Eve | |||
| Death-Calling | Kanigher | Rubeny | Eve | |||
| Witch's Tales | - | Eve | ||||
| #20 | ||||||
| #21 | ||||||
| #22 | ||||||
| #23 | ||||||
| #24 | ||||||
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