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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published March 1955
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes 1st Comics Code.

Cover Details

Reprinted in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #149; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010)

5 page story "Gone But Not Forgotten"

Synopsis An alien child makes off with Earth city landmarks.
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Notes Cover story
Reprinted in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #149; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010)

2 page text story "Trapped"

Letters typeset
Reprinted from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #23 (March 1953) [originally titled "Doom of Ages"]; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010)

4 page story "Yvette"

Synopsis Two ghosts search for each other on the streets of Paris.
Pencils Marvin Stein
Inks Marvin Stein
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010)

5 page story "Revenge"

Synopsis A man in a labor camp plots his revenge against a co-prisoner responsible for his being there, but has the ill luck of following him into the gas chamber on the day of his scheduled execution.
Reprinted in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #151; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010)

4 page story "The Doll House"

Synopsis Now that she's twelve, a girl's parents think she is too old for her dollhouse, so they put it in the attic. Ten years later, when the woman is married and moved back into the house, she is surprised to find the dolls appear as if they have aged ten years.
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Gene Colan
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010)

5 page story "Clinging Vine"

Synopsis An explorer has a theory that ivy is plotting against mankind. They put him in a padded cell, where ivy sneaks in through the bars and strangles him before anyone notices.
Reprinted in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #151; in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010)