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Journey into Mystery (1952) comic books 1956

  • Issue #30
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 30
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #0309275006
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    Cover art by John Severin; The Lady Who Vanished!, art by Bob Powell; Universal Gadget text story; The Man Who Couldn't Breathe!, art by Tony di Preta; And Then Something Happened, art by Joe Orlando; No Way Out!, and The Endless Search, art by Doug Wildey. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #31
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 31
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Label #3826951002
    • Residue.

    Cover pencils by Carl Burgos; The Man Who Had No Fear, art by Bill Benulis; The Space Chase text story; Time Table, art by Dave Berg; When Dave Opened the Door, art by Joe Sinnott; Dark Room; and Monsters on the Moon, art by Al Hartley. 36 pgs. Cover price $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #32
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 32
    • Cover oxidation.
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    Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Elevator in the Sky!," art by Bob Powell; When a hotel magnate builds a hotel over a meteor crash site he reckons without the alien beings inside the "meteor", as it is really a spaceship, building an extra elevator in his hotel as a means back to space. "The Writer" text story. "The Two of Me!," art by Al Hartley; Parallel world doppelgangers invade. "The Skin-Diver!," art by Paul Reinman; Six divers go down, but seven come up. "Someone Out There is Calling!," art by John Forte; A freighter on Mars sends out an SOS that is received by an Earth ship. "The Town That Lived Again!," art by Joe Orlando; A man takes his friend for a visit in a miniature Alpine village. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    1 day left Auction Journey Into Mystery #32, Mar. 1956

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  • Issue #33
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 33

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    Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky, inks by Carl Burgos. "The Flame That Burned a Thousand Years!," script by Carl Wessler, art by Manny Stallman; A man buys an incense burner that causes misfortune if the flame is allowed to burn down. "There'll Be Some Changes Made," script by Carl Wessler, art by Steve Ditko; A poor man resents the wealth of an ancestor until he builds a machine that can transport the money through time and space and he realizes that continental currency is useless to him. "The Fabulous Traveler!," art by Charles F. Miller; A librarian mistakenly receives a book detailing a factual journey to Mars. "The Meddler!," art by Bill Benulis; An inventor works upon developing a suspended animation pill but then has a dream which convinces him to abandon the experiment. "The Man Who Had No Friends!," script by Carl Wessler, art by Al Williamson; Davy Jones is lonely and so sets out to befriend a group of pirates. "Footprints from Nowhere!," art by Ed Winiarski. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #34
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 34
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Tape on interior cover.
    • Label #2038965012
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    Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Secret of the Mystic Ring," script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Robert Q. Sale; 300 years ago a poor man is denied marrying his lover by her wealthy father; The poor man saves a fellow from a quicksand pool and gets a mystic ring as a reward. "The Long Way Home," script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Bob Forgione; Atlanteans pull a switch on a gag TV show host who sets up an episode to fool contestants into believing they are taking a deep sea diving bell to the ocean floor. "Odd Skills" text story, art by Bob Powell. "A Penny for Your Dreams!", pencils by Ed Winiarski; A man who enjoys daydreaming while he rides to work on the subway tries a new machine which has the power to briefly turn dreams into reality; He wishes he was a big shot and fires two hundred men simply because he has the power to do so. "The Missing Man!"; This story postulates that UFOs were the exploratory experiment of a Martian who withdraws them and gives up his all-consuming work in order to marry his long-neglected sweetheart. "Down to Earth," art by Bob Powell. "Someone Is Calling," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernie Krigstein; A reporter ends up rescuing several people in trouble when messages come over the teletype, but never seems to rescue the senders of the distress signal. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #35
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 35

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    "Fallon's Folly" (art by Paul Reinman), "The Unexpected Voyages" (art by Lou Cameron), "Missing Persons" (art by Mac L. Pakula), "Turn Back the Clock" (art by Jay Scott Pike), "The Mysterious Mr. Peebles," "The Green Fires of Mars" (art by John Forte), and a two-page text story, "The Long Journey." 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #36
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 36
    • Only one staple (manufacturing). Staple rust. Rust migration.
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    • 2" Cumulative spine split.
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    Cover by Bill Everett. "I, the Pharaoh," script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Sinnott; This story starts in the present and depicts a man dreaming that he is a Pharaoh and ends in the past with the Pharaoh recovering from a delusion where he thought he was a man from 1956. "He Hides Among Us," script by Carl Wessler, art by Herb Familton; A doctor raises a Martian child among humans as an experiment; When a young man breaks several athletic records, his rival for the affection of a young girl digs through the doctor's records attempting to prove his suspicions regarding alien origin. "The Floating City;" An architect builds a bridge that collapses but is approached by an alien who appreciates his daring and contracts him to build a suspended city in the desert. "Something Is Happening in There!," art by Carl Hubbard; A yokel thinks his neighbor has a time machine in his barn, but it's really just a new design for a car wash. "Island Mystery" text story. "The Lost Land," art by Ted Galindo. "The Beasts!," art by Paul Hodge. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $150 Journey Into Mystery #36 GD/VG 'I, The Pharaoh' Atlas Comics SA

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  • Issue #37
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 37

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    Cover by Bill Everett. "The Deep Freeze," script by Carl Wessler, art by Don Heck; Three crooks place themselves in suspended animation for 200 years after stealing 150,000 dollars. "Volcano!," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jimmy Infantino; A man introduces technology to a primitive people living at the base of a volcano and the volcano becomes angry at their new competitive and mistrustful nature so wipes out their society. "Inside the Whirlpool," art by Ed Winiarski. "The Voice In the Night," art by Robert Q. Sale; When a man slugs an elderly man collecting donations for the poor and steals the poor box, his conscience bothers him so much that he hears a clock accuse him of being a thief. "The Old Shop" text story. "The Sea Serpent!," art by John Fort; A sailor sees a sea serpent arise when there is a disaster to be averted. "The First Man," pencils by George Roussos, inks by John Giunta; The author of this story postulates that a series of satellites will be required to use as refueling stations on the way to the moon. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #38
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 38
    • Full-length spine split. Cover oxidation.
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    Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky, inks by Carl Burgos. "Stone Face," art by John Giunta; An evil alien practitioner of black magic is revived by a carnival barker. "Those Who Vanish!," script by Carl Wessler, art by Steve Ditko; A magic pool of water causes those who enter it to vanish back to what they were doing 20 years before. "The Mystery of the Missing Man," art by Bill Walton; A stolen box shrinks the thief into a small figurine. "The Box That Wouldn't Open," script by Carl Wessler, art by Ed Winiarski; Some thieves mistake a scientist's latest invention to be a box that won't open when it turns out his latest invention is a telepathy pill that allows him to cue the police in on his kidnapping by the thieves. "The Servants" text story. "The Secret of the Sargasso Sea," art by Bill Benulis; A ship carrying rocket fuel is deposited into the Sargasso where a stranded rocketship makes use of the fuel and then tows the ship to safety. "The Sea Serpent!," pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #39
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 39
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    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Color touch. 7.5" Cumulative spine split (taped at interior). Tape over cover tears and under staple holes. Water damage.
    • Paper: White
    • Label #3937999016
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    • Paper: Off white
    • Label #0962508003
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    "Behind the Mask" (art by Paul Reinman), "The Forbidden Room!" (art by Dick Ayers), "I Lived Four Times," "At the Edge of Nowhere," "He Can't Resist!" (art by George Roussos), "The Executioner!" (art by Wally Wood), and a two-page text story, "Memory Mix." Bill Everett cover. 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

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    6 days left Auction Comics Journey Into Mystery #39 1956 GOOD + 3 FREE Western Cartoon (See Photos)

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  • Issue #40
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 40

    Cover by Bill Everett. "I Saw a Demon!," art by John Giunta; A scientist invents a machine to record sound waves onto solid objects such as rocks and tests the playback on a rock taken from an old temple where the black arts were practiced. "The Silence!," art by Gene Colan; In the year 2076 the first flight to Mars finds that Martians have built a replica of a small town as a welcome. "How Harry Escaped," art by Ed Winiarski. "The Experiment" text story. "The Strange Secret of Henry Hill!," art by Bill Draut; A man jealous of the success of another man learns of an experiment that brought a child from another dimension to live on Earth. "The Victim!," art by Vic Carrabotta; A confidence man becomes the kidnap victim of an alien from Pluto who needs to demonstrate to his people that his transference device works. "The Question That Can't Be Answered!," art by John Forte; A reporter thinks reincarnation a scam and so he plans to expose a hypnotist who has prepared a hoax with his wife to channel a spirit through time. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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    $130 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #40 [1956 VG-] "THE STRANGE SECRET OF HENRY HILL"

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  • Issue #41
    Journey into Mystery (1952) 41
    • Paper: White
    • Label #0002998-AC-020
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    Cover by Bill Everett. "I Switched Bodies," art by Reed Crandall; An old scientist invents a machine that can transpose minds into other bodies but he makes the mistake of picking as his victim an ex-con on the way to meet with his parole officer. "He Came From Nowhere," art by Gray Morrow; Time-traveling government agents go back to the past in order to duel it out over a scientist's work. "TV Invasion" text story. "Prison Without Bars," script by Carl Wessler, art by Ed Winiarski; A criminal is set free from jail if he agrees to a form of behavioral control by hypnotism ala "A Clockwork Orange." "The Unseen," art by Mac L. Pakula; Invisible visitors to Earth arrive in a flying saucer. "The Perfect Hideout," art by Syd Shores; A fleeing dictator thinks he will hide out on an island and then fly back to the mainland when his pursuers have given up looking for him, but his associates have drained the plane of fuel. "The Swirling Mist!," script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Sinnott; A man finds himself on a steamboat that transports him through time. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.