Journey Into Mystery #16

(June 1954)

Vampire Tale (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Doug Wildey

Inks:

Doug Wildey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

E-99

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. After the jury does not buy his vampire hunting story and convicts him, he removes his bandages revealing himself to be a zombie pursuing revenge after he was killed by the vampire one year ago.

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• in Monsters Unleashed (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (1973)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2

The Curse (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

9765

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #2 (August 1952) [original title "The Curse"]

Man Alone (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Eadeh

Inks:

Al Eadeh

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

E-175

Content Information

Genre:

horror

Synopsis:

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, but they succeed in their training too well.

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• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #10 (September 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2

The Man Who Wasn't (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Walton

Inks:

Bill Walton

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

E-167

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

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. When they administer it to him anyway, he reverts to his true alien form, which is the signal to begin the invasion.

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• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #30 (September 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2

The Vultures (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mannie Banks

Inks:

Mannie Banks

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

E-177

Content Information

Synopsis:

Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral, of which, only his daughter does.

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• in Tomb of Darkness (Marvel, 1974 series) #10 (September 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #2

The Question (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vic Carrabotta (signed)

Inks:

Vic Carrabotta (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

E-92

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Paul Jessup; Marie Jessup (Death); Tavish; Don (Death)

Synopsis:

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?' The brain answers 'Your wife will be murdered ten minutes from now.' He seizes the gun from his desk and races home knowing that there is still time to save her. When he arrives, he realizes his wife is having an affair. Since he loves her, he forgives her, but trains the gun on the man. During the struggle, the gun goes off, and kills the wife. The distraught husband thinks to himself that without her life is not worth living and commits suicide, which back in the office building, the electronic brain also correctly predicts.

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• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #12 (August 1974)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2009 series) #2

Indexer Notes

art credits from the Atlas Tales website