Journey Into Mystery #68

(May 1961)

Spragg the Conqueror of the Human Race! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-160

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Spragg (introduction, origin); Prof. Bob Robertson (introduction, last name not given)

Synopsis:

Spragg, an outcast of his race, is forced to the surface of the Earth in Transylvania, where he enslaves the local villagers and forces them to build him a device to boost his powers. A visiting scientist figures out how to rid the planet of Spragg, and flings him into space.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Creatures on the Loose (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (January 1972)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two chapters: an untitled chapter one (6 pp) and chapter two—"Spragg" (7 pp). Spragg and Prof. Robertson next appear in Sensational She-Hulk (Marvel, 1989 series) #31 (September 1991). Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Utopia (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely (illustration)

Inks:

Joe Maneely (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

K-188

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Bob Winkle; Fred Dunn

Synopsis:

Two old friends deceive each other about their own success, until a dream of a heavenly restaurant teaches them the importance of honesty.

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• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #53 (September 1956)

Where Walks the Ghost (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-159

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Big Monk McGak; Mr. Zero

Synopsis:

An escaped convict looks to buy a house that has the reputation of being haunted so people will steer clear of him, but when he meets up with a real estate agent turns out to be the ghost that haunts the prospective property, he turns himself in to the police for his own protection.

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• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19122 (1969) [as "Wat goed dat er spoken zijn"]
• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #16 (April 1972)
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #117 (30 Settembre 1975) [as "Il regna del fantasma!", Italian translation]
• in Fantomet (Semic AS, 1976 series) #3/1987 (27. januar 1987)
• in Uncanny Tales (Alan Class, 1963 series) #23 (?)

Indexer Notes

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

The Man From Mars! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Don Heck

Inks:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-161

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Joe Krunk; Luxurr

Synopsis:

A dishonest carnival owner hires an amnesiac to play a Martian and cheats him on his wages. When the man regains his memory, he realizes that he really is a Martian, sent to Earth to capture a human for the zoo, and so he takes the crook with him.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #15 (February 1972)

Indexer Notes

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