Journey Into Mystery #8

(May 1953)

The Tough Guy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Joe Maneely

Inks:

Joe Maneely

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Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

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. After he collapses the doctors inform him he has a throat infection that will kill him shortly now that his body is too powerful for medicine to effect.

Reprints:

• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #6 (August 1973)

Indoor Sport (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

Sam Kweskin

Inks:

Sam Kweskin

Colors:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

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.

Reprints:

• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #6 (August 1973) [-1 page]

Willie Brown Is Out To Get Me! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Al Luster

Inks:

Al Luster

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

People tell a thug that Willie Brown is after him, which terrifies him, since he shot Willie Brown a week ago and he is now a zombie.

Reprints:

• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #22 (June 1974)

Time Reversal (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

He Who Hesitates (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

A hesitant professor finally decides to kill the romeo who's moving in on his wife, but as usual, 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.

Reprints:

• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #6 (August 1973)

The Strange Case of Mr. Wimple (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Content Information

Synopsis:

A thief attacks a man who always carries a box around on his shoulder with a blackjack 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. His intended victim gets up and procures a box for the dead head.

Reprints:

• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #6 (August 1973)