Journey Into Mystery #44

(March 1957)

The Menace of the Green Men (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Williamson

Inks:

Al Williamson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L159

Content Information

Synopsis:

Light images of aliens from space become the fall guy of a crook in a series of planned robberies.

While the City Sleeps (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Doug Wildey

Inks:

Doug Wildey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L209

Content Information

Synopsis:

A midget who poses as a ventriloquist's doll in order to pull off heists has a chemist friend who works on suspended animation pills as a hobby. He takes one that is supposed to last for twenty-four hours to throw the police off his trail, but the panicked chemist shows up at his apartment claiming he accidentally gave him a pill that lasts twenty years.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #119 (28 Ottobre 1975)
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 (?)

The Strange Power of Henry Grey (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Winiarski

Inks:

Ed Winiarski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L265

Content Information

Synopsis:

A man finds he has the power to project his spirit across distance. He uses this ability to do evil to people as he is a hateful person. When he tries to force his business partner out by dive bombing him at the controls of a model airplane, the wing breaks off and the resulting crash breaks the bones of his real body.

Indexer Notes

Art identification from atlastales.com.

The Taboo (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Tony DiPreta (signed)

Inks:

Tony DiPreta (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L204

Content Information

Synopsis:

When a sailor upstages a native witch doctor, the witch doctor maroons the sailor on a small island surrounded by sharks.

The Heat's On (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-366

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler

Synopsis:

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.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (November 1955) [as "The Heat's On"]
• in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #1 (January 1959)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #63 (December 1960)
which is reprinted
• in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #21/1988 (uke 41 1988)
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #188 (none listed) [original title: I Was Trapped By the Mole Men!]
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #63 (December 1960)
• in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #25 (January 1962)
• in Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #82 (July 1962)
• in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #108 (May 1963)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 ([August] 2010)

Indexer Notes

The story has two illustrations; at least one is by Heck. All future reprints of "The Fan" are titled "The Heat's On"

The Outcast (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Vince Colletta

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

A telepath who works for the police department is shunned by others because of his ability until he saves a trapped boy.

The Haunted Halls (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Frank Bolle

Inks:

Frank Bolle

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L273

Content Information

Synopsis:

When a man enters a castle, he becomes the resident ghost.