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Issue Details

Issue #26
Published September 1955
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #3 (2010)

5 page story "The Wishing Well"

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)

2 page text story "The Runner"

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"]

5 page story "Plane To Nowhere"

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)

4 page story "The Machine"

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)

4 page story "Stormy Night"

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)

5 page story "The Man From Out There"

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)