Journey Into Mystery #72

(September 1961)

The Glob (Table of Contents)

comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-304

Content Information

Genre:

monsters

Characters:

Glob

Synopsis:

A painter is hired to cover a statue with strange paint. The statue comes to life at midnight and goes on a rampage. The statue is an advance agent for an alien invasion, and the painter defeats it by using turpentine to remove the special paint.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (July 1971) [ one page removed from original story; pp1–6, 8–13, reformatted, as "The Glop"]
which is reprinted
• in Super Giant (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #8 ([March 1974] ?)
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #10
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #11

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part 2—"The Glob!" (7 pp) Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Sorcerer (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Maneely (illustration)

Inks:

Joe Maneely (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-203

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Tom Morton; Jack Morton; Ellen Morton; Johnny Morton

Synopsis:

A man who has travelled the world and seen wonders performed by hermits in India returns home to find that his young nephew creates magic with only belief.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Strange Tales of the Unusual (Marvel, 1955 series) #1 (December 1955)
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #130 ([none given - circa 1973])

The Patient in Room 3D (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-305

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

Doctors perform an operation to increase brain power, hoping to find an answer to the world's problems, but the patient is still not intelligent enough to solve them. The doctors are disappointed, and allow the patient, a monkey, to regain his natural intelligence.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #4 ([Septembre 1970])
• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (July 1971)
• in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #4

Indexer Notes

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

Will This Be the End of the World? (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

V-306

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A baseball player's mitt is infested with tiny humans with enough rockets to evacuate their entire world as they see the baseball hurling towards them.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Where Creatures Roam (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (July 1971)

Indexer Notes

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