Journey into Mystery #42

(January 1957)

Farley's Other Face! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Inks

John Forte (signed as John Forte)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

K-679

Genre

crime

Synopsis

A man steals a thousand dollars from a recluse that he had pretended to befriend, then pays to have his looks altered and fingerprints removed to avoid trouble with the police. It turns out that the wealthy recluse died shortly after the theft and left the thief his money, but he has no way to convince authorities that he was that man.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

Life Sentence! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)

Inks

Robert Q. Sale (signed as Robert Q. Sale)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

K-810

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man gives a prisoner time-traveling pills in exchange for the knowledge of where the bank roll is hidden because he knows the past can't be changed. The prisoner thinks he will be able to go back in time and behave differently, so he agrees to the deal, but finds that he does the exact same things and will have to serve his sentence all over again.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #57
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #9 (1963 ?)

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.

The Curse of Ojiir! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Pete Morisi (signed as Pete Morisi)

Inks

Pete Morisi (signed as Pete Morisi)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

K-870

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Synopsis

When two jewel thieves attempt to steal a cursed diamond they find themselves aged prematurely.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #57, #188 ([circa 1988 - 1989]) [Black and white.]

He Saw the Future (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

G-932

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #43 (November 1955) [as "He Saw the Future"]
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #21 (1963 ?)

Humans... Keep Out! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Oleck (sourced)

Pencils

George Roussos (sourced)

Inks

John Giunta (sourced)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

?

Job Number

K-737

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

Scientists are driven off the moon by lifeforms that they themselves engineered to live without oxygen so as to colonize the moon.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #89
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #129 ([circa 1974 - 1975])

The Savages (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Angelo Torres (signed as Angelo Torres)

Inks

Angelo Torres (signed as Angelo Torres)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-825

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

This story postulates that the first humans were actually Martians whose spaceship developed engine trouble.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #89
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #129 ([circa 1974 - 1975])

The Disappearing Man! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Wessler

Pencils

Gray Morrow (signed as GRAY MORROW [lettering style])

Inks

Gray Morrow (signed as GRAY MORROW [lettering style])

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

?

Job Number

K-815

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A fight manager has his wife stolen from him when he signs up a Venusian who can disappear in the ring at will.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #3
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #89
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #129 ([circa 1974 - 1975])

Indexer Notes

Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.