Journey Into Mystery #60

(September 1960)

I Learned the Monstrous Secret of Bombu! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-801

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Bombu; Mr. Mason; Luis

Synopsis:

Explorers meet a witch doctor named Bombu, who seems to possess real power. He is killed by lightning and when they find that his mask is really his face they realize that he was an alien.

Reprints:

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (May 1971)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Swami (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-746

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Rijak Lobar; John McDermott

Synopsis:

A greedy man misinterprets a fortune-teller's prediction and spends money that he'll never have.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (February 1956)

Indexer Notes

The first page is printed between the pages of "I Learned the Monstrous Secret of Bombu!", while the second page is printed between "I Found the Things from Nowhere" and "I Turned into a...Martian!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

We Were Trapped with the Silent Monster! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-804

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Roderic Zorn

Synopsis:

Against expert opinion, an engineer digs a mine to the center of the Earth and finds dragons. He collapses the mine himself to allow his workers to escape. They say that the mine collapsed as a warning to avoid panic, and silently remember the engineer's heroism.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #11 (September 1971)

Indexer Notes

The dragons in this story appear identical to Rro from issue #58, also found in a dig to the Earth's core, and also drawn by Don Heck. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

I Found the Things from Nowhere (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-805

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Joe Carter

Synopsis:

A man messes with his TV and it picks up a battle between alien-looking creatures. The man assumes that he must have tuned into the events upon some other planet, but what the TV has actually shown him was a colony of black ants being attacked and destroyed by a colony of red ants right outside his window.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #1 (February 1966)
• in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #9 (May 1971)
• in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #17/1985 (13. august 1985)
• in Where Monsters Dwell #9 (May 1971)

Indexer Notes

This is a retelling of "The Voice of Doom!" drawn by Carl Burgos, from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #4 (July 1959). Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

This shares the last page of "The Swami". Average monthly circulation not provided. Contradicting the indicia, the statement of ownership shows bimonthly publication; it is possible that the shift in publication schedules is the reason for reprinting an identical statement of ownersship to the one printed two issues prior (issue #58).

I Turned into a...Martian! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

T-794

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A man is telepathically controlled by a hostile Martian who returns to Earth with him. He returns to Earth and places his mind in the man's body, but he is able to trick the alien into immediately attacking armed guards and being killed.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #4 (July 1971)

Indexer Notes

The explorer in this story wanders over Mars in jeans and a t-shirt. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.