Issue | #26 |
Published | September 1955 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010) |
Synopsis | A young couple starting out find a well on their property that appears to grant wishes. When the woman's wish for a million dollars comes true, she has second thoughts, and wishes that the well's power be broken. The telephone man tells her that she could not have received the phone call notifying her of the inheritance because he hasn't connected the phone yet. The young couple resolve to make their way together and earn everything they get. |
Pencils | Paul Reinman |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010) |
Characters | Mike; Hermes; Snaky Blake |
Synopsis | A chance encounter with Hermes teaches a boy how to run fast. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Reprinted | from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #4 (December 1956) [originally titled "Fast Fellow"] |
Synopsis | A man has an argument with his wife and then gets on a plane which deposits him into a world of doppelgangers. |
Pencils | Mort Lawrence |
Inks | Mort Lawrence |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010) |
Synopsis | Scientists build a calculator that gets bored with them and transports itself to another planet with an advanced civilization that will pose more interesting questions. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010) |
Synopsis | When a nurse gives an ambulance driver a medal of the patron saint of travelers he is surprised to hear from people at his destination that the bridge he crossed to get there had been washed out hours ago. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010) |
Synopsis | An alien comes to Earth looking for the most socially advanced lifeform, but bypasses humans in favor of ants. |
Pencils | Pete Tumlinson |
Inks | Pete Tumlinson |
Notes | Cover story |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010) |