Journey into Mystery (1952) comic books 1959 or before, graded by CGC

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"The Scarecrow," art by Russ Heath; Scrawny Tim Blake buys a magic potion to build up his muscles, which is very successful at first, until it sends his body out of control. "The Pact" text story. "Don't Look!," art by Jay Scott Pike; A madman offers to give an attorney a magic mirror that reveals how people will look in the future but there is a secret terrible cost. "How Clumsy Can Ya Be?," art by Howard Post; A would-be magician bungles his training in India, and when he returns to the States to begin his career, he bungles his first performance, too. "Thru the Door," pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; A boxer's manager tries to persuade the boxer's wife to run away with him, but the boxer overhears and chases after them; They barricade themselves in a room, but the manager then learns that the woman is really a hungry vampire. The Hiding Place, art by Gene Colan; When Ann and her lover Paul are confronted by Ann's husband, she panics and kills him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 1.0 $379.00 Paper: Slightly britle Label #4202680015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.37) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

"The Scarecrow," art by Russ Heath; Scrawny Tim Blake buys a magic potion to build up his muscles, which is very successful at first, until it sends his body out of control. "The Pact" text story. "Don't Look!," art by Jay Scott Pike; A madman offers to give an attorney a magic mirror that reveals how people will look in the future but there is a secret terrible cost. "How Clumsy Can Ya Be?," art by Howard Post; A would-be magician bungles his training in India, and when he returns to the States to begin his career, he bungles his first performance, too. "Thru the Door," pencils by Ben Brown, inks by David Gantz; A boxer's manager tries to persuade the boxer's wife to run away with him, but the boxer overhears and chases after them; They barricade themselves in a room, but the manager then learns that the woman is really a hungry vampire. The Hiding Place, art by Gene Colan; When Ann and her lover Paul are confronted by Ann's husband, she panics and kills him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $299.99 Paper: Off white to white Label #4426522008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

"Hands Off!"; Eugene Varo designs artificial hands, and strives to imitate "the old masters" in that field; However, his creations are rejected by manufacturer Perry Nugent; Returning home, Varo is confronted by a ghostly figure who desires to take the hands back to the past, as "they are too beautiful for this age." "Revenge From Beyond" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Corpse!", pencils by Mike Sekowsky, inks by Sy Barry; This story is narrated by the dead body of John Saxton; Before his death, he had been engaged to marry a woman named Barbara, but suspected her of having an affair with his brother Donald. "I Didn't See a Thing!", art by Louis Zansky; Running from the police, wanted criminal Ed Rocco ducks into a bar, where he meets a rather strange-seeming bartender; Rocco buys a drink in an attempt to quiet his nerves, but he soon sees the ghosts of the men he has murdered gliding into the bar and threatening to kill him. "The Stroke of Midnight!", art by Carmine Infantino; Bank president Ebenezer Grimm fires a longtime employee for being too "soft-hearted," and then he forecloses on the mortgage of an old woman, forcing her out of her house. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $750.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1278451002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Anderson. "Vampire Tale," art by Doug Wildey; A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. "The Curse" text story. "Man Alone!," art by Al Eadeh; Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot. "The Man Who Wasn't," art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. "The Vultures," art by Mannie Banks; Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral. "The Question!," art by Vic Carrabotta; An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $350.00 Paper: Off white Label #1291976005

Cover by Harry Anderson. "Vampire Tale," art by Doug Wildey; A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. "The Curse" text story. "Man Alone!," art by Al Eadeh; Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot. "The Man Who Wasn't," art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. "The Vultures," art by Mannie Banks; Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral. "The Question!," art by Vic Carrabotta; An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $332.50 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0308370011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.97) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Carl Burgos. "Quick-Change!", art by Pete Tumlinson; A guy in love with an evil woman tries to woo her with an amulet which changes him into legendary creatures but she steals it to commit robberies; After one success she realizes that she doesn't know any more legendary creatures so she rushes into the library with police right behind her. "The Man in Black!" text story. "After Man...What?", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Bob Powell; A man discovers that Starlings have actually come from the moon and are planning on displacing humans on Earth. "Hector!", art by John Tartaglione; A woman who has a robot servant for a husband is the envy of all the other neighborhood women. "The Messenger!", script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Abel; A warehouse employee from the future gets the foreman taken away as a mental case after he shows him impossible products. "The Crazy Car!", art by Bill Everett; When a stranger approaches Karl Baxter on the street and invites him to take a test drive in his car: a car that runs on no fuel of any kind, Karl decides to kill the old man and figure out a way to duplicate the engine in the car so that he can make a fortune....or so HE thinks! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $403.75 Paper: Off white to white Label #0308371002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($12.11) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Joe Maneely. "Too Human!," pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Mike Esposito; Alien invaders adapt the same form of humans to learn their weaknesses but grow to like them, and when their masters demand they report in, they tell them that the humans are dangerous and smash the communicator. "The Cylinder!" text story. "The Missing Men," pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel. "The Man With No Past," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Joe Maneely; An artist who's been working with a publisher for a year suffers from severe claustrophobia; His boss refers him to a psychiatrist who puts him under hypnosis. "The Hog!," art by Joe Kubert; A reckless driver enjoys being the 'road hog' so much he designs mirrors to magnify the expressions of his motorist victims; A hitchhiker berates him for his behavior and tells him someday you'll "meet a bigger hog than yourself." "The Hidden Vampire!," art by Fred Kida; An American reporter investigating stories of a vampire in Hungary meets his end when he realizes that the castle he's been poking around in is itself the vampire in disguise. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.0 $474.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4301299003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($14.22) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Carl Burgos. "Gone...But Not Forgotten?," art by John Forte; An alien child makes off with Earth city landmarks. "Trapped!" text story. "Yvette," art by Marvin Stein; Two ghosts search for each other on the streets of Paris. "Revenge!," art by Ed Winiarski; A man in a labor camp plots his revenge against a co-prisoner responsible for his being there, but has the ill luck of following him into the gas chamber on the day of his scheduled execution. "The Doll House!," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Gene Colan; Now that she's twelve, a girl's parents think she is too old for her dollhouse, so they put it in the attic. "Clinging Vine," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Manny Stallman; An explorer has a theory that ivy is plotting against mankind; They put him in a padded cell, where ivy sneaks in through the bars and strangles him before anyone notices. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Joe Maneely. "Three Frightened People," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; A soldier's spirit shows up in time to save his family from three escaped convicts. "The Wish" text story, art by John Forte. "The Black Book," art by Manny Stallman; An evil sea captain reads a spell from a book of black magic wishing for a sea calm as a "sea of glass" and winds up inside of a bottle. "Mr. Know-It-All," script by Carl Wessler, art by John Forte; A carnival operator is in cahoots with Moon men. "Into Thin Air!," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Ed Winiarski; Elephants go to another planet when they die. "Someone Is in My Room," art by Bob Brown; A sick person's spirit rests up in his room while his body goes to work. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $180.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4372915019

Cover by Joe Maneely. "Three Frightened People," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; A soldier's spirit shows up in time to save his family from three escaped convicts. "The Wish" text story, art by John Forte. "The Black Book," art by Manny Stallman; An evil sea captain reads a spell from a book of black magic wishing for a sea calm as a "sea of glass" and winds up inside of a bottle. "Mr. Know-It-All," script by Carl Wessler, art by John Forte; A carnival operator is in cahoots with Moon men. "Into Thin Air!," script by Paul S. Newman, art by Ed Winiarski; Elephants go to another planet when they die. "Someone Is in My Room," art by Bob Brown; A sick person's spirit rests up in his room while his body goes to work. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $300.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0309275006 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.00) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $370.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3826951002

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $332.50 Paper: Off white to white Tape on interior cover. Label #2038965012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($9.97) will be charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $284.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3991629014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($8.52) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

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.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $349.00 or Best Offer Paper: White Label #3937999016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

"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.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $249.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #0962508003 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.47) will be charged at checkout.

"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.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $175.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #4304930004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($5.25) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Siggy’s Comics

Cover by Carl Burgos. "It's Waiting For Me," art by Jay Scott Pike; A man and his dog have a recurring nightmare in which some hostile presence is waiting for him just around a bend in the road; His wife dislikes the dog as its cries during the dreams disrupt her sleeping. "The Invisible Woman"; An invisible female terrorist strikes in the heart of a Communist country. "The Third Ear," script by Carl Wessler, art by John Forte; A convict with a device that lets him read minds acts as a stoolie for the prison warden. "The Secret of the Strange Stone," pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Ralph Mayo; A man finds a meteorite that gives off rays that make things disappear. "Living Portrait" text story, art by Al Williamson. "The Panhandler," script by Carl Wessler, art by Bernard Baily; A panhandler robs time-travelers from 1991 and is arrested for passing counterfeit bills. "Ghost Ship," script by Carl Wessler, art by Jim Mooney; Modern day pirates are thwarted in their efforts by a ghost ship. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $700.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #1135266013 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($21.00) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Carl Burgos. "The Middle of the Night," art by John Forte; A watch repairman gets a watch from a mysterious stranger and when he fixes it, he finds that he can go backwards and forwards in time by moving the hands. "Voodoo," art by Robert Q. Sale; Two detectives with different attitudes toward voodoo track down a blackmailer. "Immortal Horses" text story, art by Gene Colan. "The Red Doom," art by Bernard Baily; When a man attempts to steal the world's largest ruby from an Indian temple, he finds himself mysteriously imprisoned under glass. "The Desert Rat," art by Bernie Krigstein; An aging strongman drinks a potion that will forever keep him a "man of iron"...literally. "The Betrayer," art by Manny Stallman; A Communist terrorist is burned to death by the statue of liberty's torch when he tries to place a bomb there. "Nightmare," art by Angelo Torres; When three people in a town commit criminal or uncompassionate acts, they perceive the entire town floating off into space, until they repent of their actions. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $380.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0309275011 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($11.40) will be charged at checkout.

Cover pencils by Bill Everett, inks by Carl Burgos. "Bring Back My Body," pencils by George Woodbridge, inks by Syd Shores; When a man in a trance gets into an astral duel with another, the strain proves too much for his body. "It Hides Under the Ground," script by Carl Wessler, art by Syd Shores; A coward cooks up a scheme to swindle two old men out of paying for a fake chariot of Odin, but when his workers dig in another spot in the cave where he planted the fake chariot, they uncover the real thing and it takes him to Valhalla to fight battles for eternity. "They Can't Find Me," art by Manny Stallman; A scientist invents an invisibility serum that only renders the one who imbibes it invisible to himself. "The Blinding Flash," script by Carl Wessler, art by Robert Q. Sale; When a scientist invents a device that allows an image to be projected into the past that can retrieve objects, a crook uses it to pick up a lighter with his initials that he dropped at the scene of his robbery. "The Face in the Darkness," art by Howard O'Donnell; A man who goes to mediums looking to speak to a non-living relative thinks the swami who conjures a spirit is fake because the spirit can answer none of his questions. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $349.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #1291627015 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.47) will be charged at checkout.

"Worlds at War!" with art by Jack Davis; "One Had Vanished!" with art by Steve Ditko; "Uneasy Lies the Head!"; "Adrift in Space!" with art by Don Heck; "The Green Fog!" (art by Vince Colletta?); and a two-page text story, "The Remedy Oil." Joe Sinnott cover. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $230.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #3889289014

Cover by Russ Heath. "The Ghost Ship of Space," art by Joe Sinnott; A reporter investigates a series of spaceship disappearances and is captured by primitive aliens. "Mystery Pupil" text story, art by Joe Maneely. "The Creatures in the Volcano," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Wally Wood; A chief of a Pacific island tribe finds aliens in a volcano preparing to conquer Earth. "The Prison Planet!," art by Carl Burgos; A prison colony grows into a thriving society and forgets its origins, while the mother planet becomes a peaceful utopia before being devastated by invaders. "Alien on Earth!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Christopher Rule; An alien lands on Earth, but cannot be understood; The humans attack it out of fear, and finally drop a nuclear bomb on it. "Robot on the Rampage!," art by Steve Ditko; A supercomputer and its army of robots enslave humanity, but it is stopped when a janitor unplugs it. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.0 $120.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4154616017 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.60) will be charged at checkout.

"Only Twelve of Us May Live!" with art by Joe Sinnott; "Beware of Tomorrow!" with art by Steve Ditko; "The Stranger in Space!" with art by John Forte; "Shadows in the Night!" (art by Sinnott?); "He Made the Machines Go Mad!" (art by Don Heck?); and a two-page text story, "The Spirit." Jack Kirby cover pencils. Cover price $0.10.