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Mystery Tales#53
Cover: Bill Everett & Carl Burgos
Mystery Tales #53
“The People Who Couldn't Move”
In "The People Who Couldn't Move," a young boy’s afternoon plans hang in the balance as a predicted storm looms—until he encounters the rainmaker’s mysterious assistant, who offers an unexpected reprieve. Gene Colan’s moody artwork brings a quiet tension to this 1957 tale of small miracles, with Bill Everett and Carl Burgos sharing cover duties in a striking, era-defining design.
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Full credits
writer Carl Wessler
artist, inker Dick Giordano
cover pencils, inks Bill Everett
cover pencils, inks Carl Burgos
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In the future, young boy's afternoon is nearly ruined by a scheduled rainstorm, but when he runs into the rainmaker's magical assistant, he gets a delay.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).