Journey into Mystery (1972 2nd series) comic books

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Cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. Dig Me No Grave!, script by Roy Thomas (adaptation) and Robert E. Howard (original story), art by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer; When John Grimlan dies, two of his friends must undertake a strange series of tasks that reveal dark secrets about the life of the dead man. House!, script by Steve Englehart, art by Ralph Reese; Jim Staton finds refuge in a deserted house during a storm, or so he thinks. You Show Me Your Dream -- I'll Show You Mine!!, script by Steve Skeates, art by Jim Starlin and Mike Ploog; A man and woman who have never met repeatedly dream the same weird dream, seeing each other and the figure of Death. House ad for Marvel Spotlight #6 and Luke Cage Hero for Hire #3, art by Mike Ploog and Billy Graham. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper!, script by Robert Bloch (original story) and Ron Goulart (adaptation), art by Gil Kane and Ralph Reese; The notorious murderer Jack the Ripper has survived into the present day, remaining young due to the human sacrifices he regularly performs. More Than Blood!, script by George Alec Effinger, art by Billy Graham; The best student athletes of Westfield Heights High School are struck down one by one by an unknown illness. The Girl Who Couldn't Die, art by Mort Lawrence; A scientist attempts to reanimate his dead lover. After years of failed attempts he succeeds, but she kills herself at the sight of his decades-old body. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer. The Shambler from the Stars!, script by Ron Goulart (adaptation) and Robert Bloch (priginal story), art by Jim Starlin and Tom Palmer; A writer becomes obsessed with an ancient forbidden book of magic, and murders its owner to steal it; However, translation of the book releases a loathsome evil from beyond space and time. Revenge From the Rhine, script by Sam Kweskin, art by Sam Kweskin and Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua); A German pilot breaks the armistice to kill one more French flier and attain a high military honor, but the testimony of his own men prevents the honor. He murders those who testified against him, and years later all his victims return to kill him in return. Ad for Supernatural Thrillers #2, art by Jim Steranko. Genius, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; An intelligent man grows tired among life on Earth as mere humans are like children to him when he receives a telepathic message from what appears to be a beautiful woman on Saturn imploring him to build a rocket to journey to her. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia. The Haunter of the Dark!, script by Ron Goulart (adaptation) and H. P. Lovecraft (original story), art by Gene Colan and Dan Adkins; Robert Blake, student of the occult, visits a strange church which was overtaken by dark forces and becomes swept away by the ancient evil once released there. The Price Is Flight!, script by Dan Adkins and Steve Gerber, art by P. Craig Russell and Dan Adkins; A circus magician unexpectedly attains real occult powers, at the cost of his own life. The Man with -- Two Faces!, script by Gardner Fox and Don McGregor, art by Win Mortimer; Martin Ballard is pursued by the curse of the treasure of Genghis Khan, which he once stole. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia. The Shadow from the Steeple!, script by Ron Goulart (adaptation) and Robert Bloch (original story), art by Rich Buckler and Frank Giacoia; Edmund Fiske wants to discover the truth behind the deaths of two of his friends but when he does he is killed by the same demon who killed the others. For Love of Money!, script by Kevin Frost, art by Win Mortimer and Ernie Chan (as Ernie Chua); Lyle married Melissa for her money, but his greed is no match for her family curse. An Invasion of Privacy, script by John Albano and Marv Wolfman, art by Paul Reinman, Mike Esposito, and George Roussos; Martin Xavier's mania for privacy eventually leads him to perform a terrible operation on his wife, which in turn leads to his own death. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Rich Buckler and Mike Esposito. He Who Hesitates..., art by Al Eadeh; A hesitant professor finally decides to kill the man who's moving in on his wife, but he waits a little too long and the other man pushes him off the cliff instead so that he can marry the professor's wife. The Strange Case of Mr. Whimple!, art by Fred Kida; A thief attacks a man who always carries a box around on his shoulder and kills him; When he gets the box open, he is startled to see that he has killed one head but not the other and runs into the path of an oncoming train. Indoor Sport!, art by Sam Kweskin; A female ghost acquires pictures of men from potential suitors and throws darts into them to inflict pain and death upon the men in revenge for a man who once jilted her. The Tough Guy, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; A muscleman gets pistol-whipped and winds up in the hospital; He overhears a conversation between two doctors about a serum that toughens the body so he decides to take it and turn to crime with his powerful body. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers. The Scorpion Strikes!, art by Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman; A scorpion is mutated by radiation and grows giant, gaining an evil intelligence; It is transformed back with another burst of radiation after being tricked into position by a hypnotist. Won't You Step into My Parlor...??, art by and Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; Herr Krumhausen prepares a giant room to deceive a business competitor into believing he has shrunk to miniature size, only to really shrink himself. Take a Chair, script by Stan Lee, 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 Monsters Unleashed and Vampire Tales. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Gil Kane and Ernie Chan. The Bewitched Bike!, script by Carl Wessler, art by Tony DiPreta; A crook steals a bike from a time-traveler that has come from the year 1992, forty years in the future; He robs a bank and pedals into the future but is recognized anyway and shot as he attempts to flee. Death Waits Within!, art by Carl Hubbell; An elderly couple that run an inn in Europe murder their guests in order to rob them and send the money to their son in America; They do not recognize their final victim as their son, who has come home for a surprise visit. Out of the Night, art by Jim Mooney; A writer is attacked and killed by a giant insect. The Man Who Was Nobody, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Ed Winiarski; A Martian sleeper agent is eradicated when his usefulness is ended due to incarceration in an asylum. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Russ Heath. Coffin of Hell!; The Communists of East Germany are baffled by the murders of several of their agents. I Can Hear You Think!, script by Paul S. Newman, art by Vic Carrabotta; After the first atomic bomb explodes children are born with the ability to read minds, which the government put to use as a tactical defense against the Communists. The New Tenants, art by Bill Everett ; A man works for a miser who cheats people on real estate deals until he gets so fed up with his boss selling run down dumps to kindly old folks that he kills him and shores up the floor support in the cellar with the man's body. Wilson's Woman, art by Doug Wildey; A scientist moves into a small town that proves his undoing when he builds a robot for a mate and the townspeople suspect that he has hypnotized the beautiful woman into remaining with the homely man. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

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Cover by Steve Ditko. The Threat of Tim Boo Ba, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Alien warlord Tim Boo Ba is master of all he surveys but is wiped out in a torrential flood when an Earth boy drips water on the small scale model that is Tim Boo Ba's home planet. Something in the Fog!, art by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer; A group of smugglers find themselves aboard the fabled ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman. Plague!, art by Ed Winiarski; Fear of a notorious plague sweeps through a futuristic society, but instead of a virus, the source of the "plague" is a handgun. Fame!, art by Manny Stallman; Universal rejection makes a would-be actor's mind snap and so he rents a tuxedo with his last few dollars and does a presentation on a building ledge before a gathered crowd until he makes the leap that will ensure his fame. "Shhhh", art by Dick Ayers; Agents of a foreign power grab the wrong man when they attempt to kidnap a scientist working on a secret project; The man they took escaped from an asylum and he releases germs that turn his captors into apes. 36 pgs., full color. $0.20. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Carl Burgos. House for Sale, art by Dick Ayers; In an attempt to save his job at a real estate agency, Paul Harris tries one last time to sell the haunted Keystone mansion. The Secret Men, art by Richard Doxsee; Captain Shaw and his soldiers search for a fabled city in the Rocky Mountains. The Burning Flame, art by Gil Kane; A bum breaks into a funeral parlor to steal a solid silver candlestick. I Went Through the Veil!, art by Paul Reinman; Lise falls in love with Ralph and brings him through time to the future. The Books That Were Alive, art by Mort Meskin; Bert Wells finds some books from space that allow him to experience the adventures contained within. Stan Lee discusses the Italy comic book convention he had just returned from. Ad for Giant-Size Chillers #1. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Larry Lieber and Frank Giacoia. Kiss of Death, art by Tony DiPreta; A woman plans to get rid of her writer husband by taking him to a house supposedly haunted by vampires and shocking his bad heart. The Genie Lives, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A boy finds a genie, but his wishes go wrong and he turns back time to before he found the genie. 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?' Hide and Shriek, art by John Forte; A voodoo priest takes his revenge on a man who got him expulsed from his tribe by playing a practical joke. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Larry Lieber and Mike Esposito. I Captured the Abominable Snowman!, art by Steve Ditko; A man lies, cheats and steals to find the abominable snowman, and eventually discovers a lama who knows the secret of the snowman and is forced to summon it. Revolt of the Robots, art by Paul Reinman; Robots make Earth into a living paradise, but humans grow fearful and oppress them, causing them to leave for another planet, where they build and oppress their own robots while Fate laughs. The Imitation Man, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A dictator forces a scientist to use his duplicator machine on him so that he can have a substitute appear in public places to avoid assassination attempts. The Terrible Teeth!, art by Robert Q. Sale; A man gets the idea to rob a gambler by putting sleeping powder in his toothpaste. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ron Wilson. When Wakes the Sphinx!, art by Steve Ditko; An Egyptian tells a disbelieving Westerner of the magic of the Sphinx; Alien invaders land nearby, and the Egyptians stories are confirmed when the Sphinx comes to life and chases them off. The Thing on the Moon, art by Don Heck; Earth of 1970 sends an expedition to the moon looking for a place to escape overpopulation. It Came from Nowhere, art by Doug Wildey; Aliens from space wish to conquer Earth, but when they land, temperatures are too high for them and they melt into a blob-like creature. If Looks Could Kill!, art by Harry Anderson; When a beautiful woman cheats a smitten scientist out of ten thousand dollars to gamble with, he gets revenge by transforming her ageless beauty into stone. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Ron Wilson and Mike Esposito. I Fought the Molten Man-Thing!, art by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko; An airline pilot goes on vacation after a traumatic crash, but witnesses a volcanic eruption and strange creature. It Was Only a Simple Barber Shop...or Was It??!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Mugsy Bogar is a crook on the run; A mysterious figure instructs him to hide in a nearby barbershop. Which Wish, Dish...?, art by Jay Scott Pike; An evil woman gets her wish to be a beautiful, wealthy queen; However, as they lead her up the stairs to her fate, she protests that she did not wish to be...Marie Antoinette. The Hungry Jaws, art by Gene Colan; A plantation owner attempts to buy time to ignite a moat defense against swarming ants by sacrificing his workers to them, but even though the ploy works, the ants cross over the burning moat by crossing over the dead ant corpses and kill him. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by John Romita. The Man Who Said "No, art by Angelo Torres; A man refuses to give money to a scientist to help complete a cellular shrinking serum. The Rag Doll!, art by George Roussos; A father resents his daughter's doll because it was given to her by the man's estranged father, but it turns out that the doll contains the grandfather's fortune. The Old Man's Secret!, art by John Giunta; A man crosses the mountains of Tibet in order to gain the secret of immortality, but makes a mistake when he thinks he has completed his search. The Thing in the Jungle!, art by Bernard Baily; An explorer discovers alien invaders hiding in the jungle. Inside the Mummy Case, art by Joe Orlando; An undead mummy attempts to slay a museum guard by using telepathic suggestion to get him to open a booby-trapped section of the mummy case. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ron Wilson and Dan Adkins. Too Human!, art by Ross Andru and 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 Crackpot, art by Don Heck; An unsuccessful inventor finally gives up, throwing his final invention away. The Terrible Touch!, art by Syd Shores; A miner comes upon the immortal king Midas, takes him for a claim jumper and grabs him. The Secret of Steven Durham, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; A man's friend realizes that he has developed a way to stop aging by taking treatments from a device that measures the speed of light. The Trap Hostess Fruit Pies ad with Spider-Man, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

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Cover by Ron Wilson and Frank Giacoia. The Monster in the Iron Mask!, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; A seemingly invincible alien attacks Earth, but a magician realizes that he is using misdirection to keep from facing his one weakness: gas. 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. The Thing from the Hidden Swamp, art by Jack Kirby; A plain girl helps a stranded alien, and is made beautiful as a reward. The Big Bang!! Hostess Twinkies ad with Captain Marvel, art by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.

Cover by Ron Wilson. When the Mummy Walks, art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers; An archaeologist uncovers an ancient mummy, which is actually an alien invader that locked itself in the pyramid. Dead Planet!, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A warrior race from conquers world after world, but on one of them there seems to be life but their warrior can find none and dies of loneliness. They Vanished Forever!, art by Dick Ayers; Sailors find the "Flying Dutchman" and take the ship's gold, despite the pleas of the ghost crew. 36 pgs., full color. $0.25. Cover price $0.25.