#12

Synopsis

A Calcutta magician's famous rope trick, witnessed by many, was a hoax using a bamboo pole and mist. Another fakir's "suspended animation" in a sealed cubicle for 62 hours was also debunked by scientific calculation. Both were elaborate deceptions, not magic.

Credits

Script

Jack Schiff, Irwin Hasen, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Miller

Pencils

Mort Meskin, Nick Cardy, Bob Oksner, Ruben Moreira, Irwin Hasen, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perry

Inks

Mort Meskin, Nick Cardy, Bob Oksner, Ruben Moreira, Irwin Hasen, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perry

Letters

Ira Schnapp, Irwin Hasen, Henry Boltinoff

Editor

Whitney Ellsworth

Associate editor

Jack Schiff, Murray Boltinoff, George Kashdan