Journey Into Mystery #49

(November 1958)

City of Giants (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

John Forte

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-371

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Eric Wolton; Josef Fuhmar; Otto Grotz

Synopsis:

A man invents a gas that makes people 30 feet tall. While everyone is giant-sized, he goes around looting the town. He forgets to store enough oxygen bottles, so he removes his mask and has to breathe in his own gas. He gets stuck in the subway until the gas wears off.

The Doctor Wears a Mask (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alfonso Greene

Inks:

Alfonso Greene

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-405

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

"Edward Wallace"; Dr. Masters; Dr. Sanford; Mr. Lemaire; Mr. Turner; Tommy; Chief Brennan

Synopsis:

Sociologists investigate a totally harmonious town, and find that the people were shamed into better behavior by their persecution of a stranger who turned out to be an alien with a mirror face.

Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Original art credit: Bernard Baily.

The World-Destroyers! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Matt Fox

Inks:

Matt Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-376

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; occult

Characters:

Agent X

Synopsis:

Aliens make the mistake of stealing an Egyptian solar ship from the museum when they need a boat to make last minute adjustments to a bomb set to detonate in the ocean. The solar ship flies them to the sun.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Little Green Man (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sol Brodsky

Inks:

Sol Brodsky

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-399

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Marcus Gabel; Martha Gabel; Richard Redding

Synopsis:

A jade Buddha begins to possess its owner until the man even begins to resemble the fat statue. His wife frees the man by smashing the statue.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Morgan's Mad Machine! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ed Winiarski

Inks:

Ed Winiarski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

L-259

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Cal Donner; George Cobern; Dr. Harley Morgan

Synopsis:

Two swindlers get taken by a conman who tries to sell them a gold-making machine. The machine accidentally transports them into their own past, back to the beginning of their prison sentence.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Sdrawkcab (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Tartaglione

Inks:

John Tartaglione

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

K-18

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mr. & Mrs. Oston Trams; Laer Trams; Mike Ross

Synopsis:

An extraordiinary child excels at sports and school, but does it all backwards.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #58 (May 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #50 (August 1956) [as "Sdrawkcab"]

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Room With Two Billion Cards! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sid Check

Inks:

Sid Check

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

M-461

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Paul Afton

Synopsis:

An unemployed actor comes across a room with two billion cards in it which assigns all human beings their role in life. A loudspeaker takes requests from people who wish to change their roles. When the actor is refused his request for a new role, he threatens to expose the setup, and the loudspeaker voice reassigns the man's role from actor to mental patient.

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.