Journey Into Mystery (1952) UK Edition comic books 1960

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover by Steve Ditko. "Return of the Martian!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The imprisoned Martian breaks free and tries to conquer the world. "I Found Rro...The Thing from the Bottomless Pit!," art by Don Heck; A project drilling to the Earths core finds a dragon that is met with terrified attacks from humans. "They Called Me a Witch!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; A woman is accused of being a witch by a woman who wishes to get even for being jilted by her former beau. "Beware!!! Of the Little Toy Men!!," art by Steve Ditko; A man says that he is an alien distributing toy men in order to attack Earth, but only one reporter believes him; He convinces others when he explains that he saw a wind-up key in the man's back. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. "I Unleashed Shagg Upon the World!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; An explorer wakes the Sphinx, really a robot warrior called Shagg. "I Was Trapped in Horror House!," art by Paul Reinman; A convict escapes from death row and hides in a haunted house in an amusement park. "The Revenge of the Wooden Woman," art by Steve Ditko; A sea captain's love for his wooden figurehead is repaid when it saves his life after an attack by pirates. "I Am the Beast-Man!," art by Don Heck; A Russian spy masquerades as a talking bear in order to embarrass the West when the hoax is revealed; He finds that the radiation which he pretended gave a bear the ability to speak actually transformed him into a bear. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "I Learned the Monstrous Secret of Bombu!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Explorers meet a witch doctor named Bombu, who seems to possess real power. "We Were Trapped with the Silent Monster!," art by Don Heck; Against expert opinion, an engineer digs a mine to the center of the Earth and finds dragons. "I Found the Things from Nowhere," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; A man messes with his TV and it picks up a battle between alien-looking creatures. "I Turned into a...Martian!," art by Steve Ditko; A man is telepathically controlled by a hostile Martian who returns to Earth with him. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Here Comes the Hulk!", a.k.a. I Was a Slave of the Living Hulk!", is a great 13-page scientist-versus-giant-monster story with art by Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers, but it is not the origin of the Incredible Hulk; But back in the 1960s that fact didn't keep a prominent comics dealer from advertising Journey into Mystery #62 to unsuspecting comic collectors as the "Hulk origin issue"; That prominent dealer was not, by the way, Lone Star Comics, nor was it our friends at Mile High Comics (who were still years away from selling their first comic)! "Strange Mission" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "There Is a Brain Behind the Fangs!", art by Don Heck; A man is convinced that dogs are secretly planning to take over the world; His friend hypnotizes a dog and proves that it cannot understand complex questions. Neither suspects that the dog has been hypnotized by the cat. "I Can't Escape from the Creeping Things!", art by Steve Ditko; A greedy businessman tries to cut down an ancient tree and is attacked by its branches during the night. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Goliath! The Monster That...Walked Like a Man!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An advertising man tricks an advance agent of a proposed invasion from Atlantis into returning to Atlantis by building a mannequin even larger than Goliath and threatening to wage war with his people for the surface of Earth. "The Heat's On" text story, art by Gene Colan and Don Heck. "I Was Trapped by the Mole Men!," art by Don Heck; A snobbish mine owner is captured by subterranean creatures and kept in a zoo until the mine foreman rescues him. "The Dangerous Doll," pencils by Jack Kirby; A poor man finds a doll in the field and gives it to his lame daughter. "I Took a Journey Into Fear!," art by Steve Ditko; A man wants to build a time machine, but his colleagues say it is impossible. 36 pgs., full color