Journey into Mystery #82 [British]

(July 1962)

The Scorpion Strikes! (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

?

Job Number

V-741

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Paul Rodgers; Edward Bentley

Synopsis

A scorpion is mutated by radiation and grows giant, gaining an evil intelligence. It is transformed back with another burst of radiation after being tricked into position by a hypnotist.

Reprints

• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #25 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #84
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (October 1973)
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #17 ([Mai 1975])
• in Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2017 series) #2 (2017)

Keywords

monsters

Indexer Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby.

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Timely/Atlas discussion group. Inks per reprint, confirmed by Nick Caputo.

The Heat's On (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Gene Colan; ? (illustrations)

Inks

Gene Colan; ? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

H-366

Genre

science fiction

Characters

John Tyler; Mary Tyler; Bobby Tyler

Synopsis

When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (March 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (November 1955) [as "The Heat's On"]
• Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery #44
  Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery #63

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations. Artist credits from record of Journey Into Mystery #44.

I Am the Prisoner of the Voodoo King! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Gene Colan

Inks

Gene Colan

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

V-742

Genre

horror-suspense

Synopsis

A criminal being brought to prison from a jungle outpost escapes into the jungle. He happens upon a tribe worshipping a gold idol and steals it. He escapes his pursuers, but realizes that the idol is cursed: he can never put it down.

Reprints

• in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #15
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #24 (1964 ?)
• in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (June 1966)
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #19 (1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #60
• in Chamber of Chills (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (November 1973)

Indexer Notes

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

The Next Galaxy (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)

Pencils

Don Heck

Inks

Don Heck

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Joe Letterese

Job Number

[V-743 ?]

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Darius Zorr

Synopsis

In the thirtieth century, humanity becomes advanced but emotionless and brutally conquers the galaxy. They send an explorer to the next galaxy to find new conquests, but when he finds a totally peaceful world he is reminded that once some humans sought peace, and so lies to his superiors to protect the people of this world.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #94
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #82
• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #234 ([circa 1986 - 1987])

Take a Chair (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (signed as Stan Lee [early- to mid-career])

Pencils

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Inks

Steve Ditko (signed as S. DITKO)

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Ray Holloway ?; Artie Simek (splash)

Job Number

V-744

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Gorgi Gruff; Adam Able; Mr. Vort

Synopsis

A furniture maker gets more than he bargained for when he attempts to eliminate a rival chair producer and finds out he is an alien in disguise creating robotic spies on humans.

Reprints

• in Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #17
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #61
• in Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1972 series) #7 (October 1973)
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Indexer Notes

The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Timely/Atlas discussion group.