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Issue Details

Issue #82
Published July 1962
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in May 1961. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "The Scorpion Strikes!"

Characters giant scorpion; Edward Bentley
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (October 1973)

7 page story "The Scorpion Strikes!"

Characters Paul Rodgers; Edward Bentley
Synopsis A scorpion is mutated by radiation and grows giant, gaining an evil intelligence. It is transformed back with another burst of radiation after being tricked into position by a hypnotist.
Genre monsters
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Paul Reinman ?
Notes The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Inks from reprint.
Reprinted in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (October 1973)

2 page text story "The Heat's On"

Characters John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler
Synopsis When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustrations. Artist credits from record of Journey Into Mystery #44.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (March 1957)

6 page story "I Am the Prisoner of the Voodoo King!"

Synopsis A criminal being brought to prison from a jungle outpost escapes into the jungle. He happens upon a tribe worshipping a gold idol and steals it. He escapes his pursuers, but realizes that the idol is cursed: he can never put it down.
Genre occult
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Gene Colan
Notes Narrated in the first person. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966); in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (November 1973)

5 page story "The Next Galaxy"

Characters Darius Zorr
Synopsis In the thirtieth century, humanity becomes advanced but emotionless and brutally conquers the galaxy. They send an explorer to the next galaxy to find new conquests, but when he finds a totally peaceful world he is reminded that once some humans sought peace, and so lies to his superiors to protect the people of this world.
Genre science fiction
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck

5 page story "Take a Chair"

Characters Gorgi Gruff; Adam Able; Mr. Vort
Synopsis A furniture maker gets more than he bargained for when he attempts to eliminate a rival chair producer and finds out he is an alien in disguise creating robotic spies on humans.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Notes The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (October 1973)