Journey Into Mystery (1952) UK Edition comic books

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

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Dared to Battle...Rorgg, King of the Spider-Men!!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A spider-like alien invades a small New Mexico town; No one can stop him except for a boy who reads science-fiction comics. "The Weatherman" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "I Found the Lair of...the Lizard Men," art by Don Heck; A convict escapes and hides in a cavern, where he finds a society of lizard men unable to breathe on the surface. "I Must Find Korumbu!," art by Steve Ditko; A fat man who wishes to lose weight without giving up overeating goes to Korumbu for a magic potion. "Who Is the Ape Man?," art by Paul Reinman; A bullying strong-man torments the animals in the circus where he works; He is humiliated and beaten by a mysterious strong-man, who turns out to be a gorilla disguised by its trainer, who is a chimpanzee in disguise. 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 Am the Brute That Walks!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A man invents a growth serum to deal with his insecurities, but it turns him into a monster. "Fear in the Night," art by Steve Ditko; A man and a robot are stranded and the man tries to sacrifice himself to save the robot. "Kragoo!," art by Don Heck; An alien soldier is given immense strength and the ability to possess the body of one victim in order to hypnotize the population of their target planet. 36 pgs., full color.

UK Edition.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Return of the Hulk!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; The Hulk returns from space and takes over a small town to get revenge on the human that defeated him. "The Black Ray," art by Paul Reinman; An imprisoned criminal scientist pretends to make a medical device which is in fact a time machine. "The Thing Behind the Wall!," art by Steve Ditko; A thief passes through a wall and is confronted by an evil entity that plans to invade Earth; He escapes, only to be arrested and jailed; He doesnt know if it was real, but is too afraid to touch the wall of his cell and find out. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10.

UK Edition.
Cover by Steve Ditko. "Gruto! The Creature from Nowhere!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A journalist convinces the public that an amnesiac alien is a menace in order to make a better story. "The Black Clock!," art by Don Heck; A criminal steals a strange clock from an old man, but finds that it is cursed. "The Last Voyage of Captain Kragg," art by Steve Ditko; A cowardly space pilot flees a battle until his spaceship runs out of power and he crashes into a bog on an Earth-like planet. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10.

UK Edition.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Spragg Conqueror of the Human Race!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Spragg, an outcast of his race, is forced to the surface of the Earth in Transylvania, where he enslaves the local villagers and forces them to build him a device to boost his powers. "The Utopia" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Where Walks the Ghost," art by Steve Ditko; An escaped convict looks to buy a house that has the reputation of being haunted so people will steer clear of him, but when he meets up with a real estate agent turns out to be the ghost that haunts the prospective property, he turns himself in to the police for his own protection. "The Man From Mars!," art by Don Heck; A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "I Was Captured by...Korilla!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A cab driver uncovers an alien plotting an invasion of Earth. "The Iron Giant!," art by Paul Reinman; A train conductor in the Old West, who loves his locomotive, is robbed by bandits and left in the wilderness to die, but the bandits are chased to justice by the suddenly-animated locomotive. "When Darkness Falls!!," art by Steve Ditko; A man sees mannequins move during the business hours of the store, and stays until closing. When the mannequins step down from their positions he berates them for nearly being caught, since he was another living mannequin all along. 36 pgs., full color

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Sandman Cometh!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A family stumbles across a hostile alien made of sand; The military are helpless, but it is defeated by the familys bookish son, who uses water to dissolve it and traps it in a bucket. 'A Thousand Years," art by Paul Reinman; A convict is offered freedom and a thousand years of life by a mysterious stranger in return for his name on a contract. "The Stone Man," art by Steve Ditko; An old man prays to the statue of a local hero for help for the local poor. His prayers are answered, but his neighbors cheat him out of his share of the statues gift. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover by Steve Ditko. "I Brought the Roc to Life!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Two newlyweds in Egypt uncover a huge egg in the sand that hatches into the Roc in the warm sunlight. "The Boy Who Vanished!," art by Paul Reinman; A lame boy wills himself to the future and his legs are healed before he sends himself home. "The Painting," art by Steve Ditko; An art dealer who buys quality paintings at rock-bottom insulting prices from poverty stricken artists and then sells them for thousands attempts to steal a beautiful painting from a gypsy who refuses to sell it; The dealer has the gypsy arrested on a trumped up charge and burgles the man's wagon to remove the painting. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. "The Glob," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A painter is hired to cover a statue with strange paint; The statue comes to life at midnight and goes on a rampage. "The Sorcerer" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Patient in Room 3D," art by Paul Reinman; Doctors perform an operation to increase brain power, hoping to find an answer to the world's problems, but the patient is still not intelligent enough to solve them. "Will This Be the End of the World?," art by Steve Ditko; A baseball player's mitt is infested with tiny humans with enough rockets to evacuate their entire world as they see the baseball hurling towards them. 36 pgs., full color.

UK Edition.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "Where Will You Be, When...The Spider Strikes!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A physicist working at an atomic research lab in New Mexico goes into work one day with a spider in his pants cuff. "What Lurks on Channel X?," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A couple with a nasty landlord get a free TV set from a stranger; It is a device sent by aliens to enslave Earth by hypnotizing people through the sets in preparation for their landing force. "Menace from Mars!," art by Don Heck; Martians come to Earth to discover if humans represent a threat to them. "One Look Means Doom!," art by Steve Ditko; A couple moves to a cursed castle and the man discovers the imprisoned Medusa. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Thing in the Black Box!," pencils by Jack Kirby; A shipwrecked man meets the legendary Pandora, who tricks him into releasing the demons from her box. "The Remedy Oil" text story, art by Marie Severin. "Midnight in the Wax Museum," pencils by Jack Kirby; An artist falls asleep in a wax museum and after midnight he is awoken by a sound; When he investigates, he finds that the wax figures are really aliens who are observing humans. "The Mechanical Men!," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; An alien plot to infiltrate Earth with robotic dolls is unwittingly foiled by a police officer trying to get rid of peddlers. "Forever Is a Long Long Time!," art by Don Heck; A greedy businessman bullies a scientist into giving him a device that can give humans the 1,000-year lifespan of a giant redwood. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Last 10-cent cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Lo-Karr, Bringer of Doom!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; As international tensions mount, an alien lands and demonstrates its power before leaving, promising to return with an army. "Mr. Gregory and the Ghost!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein; A homebuilder who uses shoddy materials and unskilled labor gets his comeuppance when he builds a home for himself out of the wood from haunted trees. "The Magic of Mordoo!," art by Paul Reinman; A man falls in love with a middle-aged woman on vacation, but wants a younger wife; He convinces her to let a gypsy magician make her young again. "The Man Who Lost the World!," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A scientist's assistant is determined to find if his time machine that sends objects into the past or future. Ad for Amazing Adult Fantasy. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
First 12-cent cover price. Corrected Version with 12 cent cover price inside circle. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Genie with the Light Brown Hair!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A man finds a genie and uses it to fulfill his selfish whims; The genie finally persuades him to let him return to his bottle, but tricks him into allowing himself to be trapped there too. "Mind Over Matter!," art by Don Heck; A thief meets a lama in the foothills of the Himalayas and is amazed by the feats that he can accomplish with yoga. "Follow the Leader," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Space explorers are attacked by alien animals, and only make the situation worse by killing the largest beast, which was actually a robot holding the animals in check. "Escape to...Nowhere!," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A convict in a prison hospital is set to return to death row when he is better so he doesn't want the doctor to dismiss him. Ad for Amazing Adult Fantasy. 36 pgs., full color.

UK Edition.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Beware! He Isn't Human!," art by Jack Kirby; A Hollywood special effects man builds an android to slay a woman who rejected his advances because she was "waiting." "I Don't Believe in...Ghosts!," pencils by Jack Kirby; A man offers fifty thousand dollars to anyone who can show him a ghost but, time after time, he proves that there is a rational explanation behind the sightings. "When Aliens Walk the Earth!," art by Don Heck; Earth is terrified by the appearance of a flying saucer, but the people are relieved to see the aliens are small and elf-like. "They Were Only Scarecrows!," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A man tries to get his uncle, who talks to scarecrows, committed to an asylum so that he can take over his farm. Ad for Amazing Adult Fantasy. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Kraggoom! The Creature Who Caught an Astronaut!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An exiled gaseous alien criminal named Kraggoom waits in Earth orbit for the first human astronaut in order to enter his body and possess his mind, returning to Earth as a conqueror. "Time Machine" text story, art by Reed Crandall. "The Sorcerer," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A stranger appears at a gas station and asks for a job. He has mysterious powers, and is eventually attacked by supernatural beings. "The Clutching Hand," art by Joe Sinnott; The producers of an oddities exhibit strike it rich when a suspended hand appears in their booth. "Monsters on Mercury!," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; On Christmas eve, the first group of astronauts to land on Mercury encounter a group of friendly telepathic aliens who make them a Christmas tree. Ad for Amazing Adult Fantasy. 36 pgs., full color.

UK Edition. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Midnight Monster," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; When handsome, scientist, playboy Victor Avery is rejected by a girl he turns himself into a monster to wreak revenge on her fiancé only to become his own victim. "The Man Who Played Dead!," art by Don Heck; A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them. "Wings of the Butterfly!," art by Joe Sinnott; In the year 2050 Eric Krane is a spaceman who collects butterflies only to find himself trapped on planet where butterflies collect men. "The Speed Demon," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Speedy Sims races his car so recklessly he is doomed to race around the rings of Saturn forever. Ad for Amazing Adult Fantasy. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "Won't You Step Into My Parlor...???," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Herr Krumhausen prepares a giant room to deceive business competitor only to really shrink himself. "Strange Mission" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "Propaganda," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Low level communist worker Boris Grozny is given a chance to avoid Siberia if he can stir up turmoil in an African nation. "I Spent the Night in a Haunted House!," art by Don Heck; A young boy who has just moved to town is convinced to spend the night in a haunted house. "For the Birds!," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Mr. Borgon is an unscrupulous hunter of rare animals in the future who finds himself trapped by his own deceit. Incredible Hulk ad. Amazing Adult Fantasy ad. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. "The Ruler of Earth!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; In the near future of 1990, humanity has created a computer, named R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth), to settle disputes for it. "There Dwells a Dragon," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Tommy's father takes him to the zoo, but Tommy is only interested in the knights and dragons in his book. "Kunga," art by Gene Colan; Two hunters investigate reports of a gigantic gorilla, but when they confront it, they discover that the gorilla isn't from Earth at all, and that sometimes force is not the solution to every problem. "The Comic Strip!," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Cartoonist Nick Nash uses his comic strip to take his revenge on people, but in the end gets an ironic and surreal comeuppance. Incredible Hulk ad. Amazing Adult Fantasy ad. 36 pgs., full color.

UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9d cover price.
Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers. "The Scorpion Strikes!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Paul Reinman; A scorpion is mutated by radiation and grows giant, gaining an evil intelligence. "The Heat's On," pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Don Heck; When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat. "I Am the Prisoner of the Voodoo King!," art by Gene Colan; A criminal being brought to prison from a jungle outpost escapes into the jungle. "The Next Galaxy," art by Don Heck; In the thirtieth century, humanity becomes advanced but emotionless and brutally conquers the galaxy. "Take a Chair," art by Steve Ditko; A furniture maker gets more than he bargained for when he attempts to eliminate a rival chair producer and finds out he is an alien in disguise creating robotic spies on humans. Ad for Amazing Adult Fantasy. 36 pgs., full color.