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CATALOG RECORD

Journey into Mystery #53

Marvel · Series began 1952 · July 1959

Dates

Cover date
July 1959
On sale
April 3, 1959
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Steve Ditko, John Forte, Don Heckinks: Christopher Rule, Joe Sinnott, Steve Ditko, John Forte, Don Heckcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek

Stories

  • Only Twelve of Us May Live! · 5 pages

    A rogue planet is headed for Canopus Minor and their escape craft can only evacuate 12 people. Sfeen finds a way to shrink everyone into miniature size so the entire population can fit.

  • The Spirit · 2 pages

    A young boy cleans out the attic of the old house his family moved into and meets a ghost from the Revolutionary War era.

  • Beware of Tomorrow! · 5 pages

    A stranger keeps correctly predicting calamities before they occur. Mike wonders how he could see into the future but the man responds he's from the future.

  • The Stranger in Space! · 4 pages

    A space traveller leaving for a distant star meets himself returning, since he had travelled back in time due to faster than light speeds.

  • Shadows in the Night! · 4 pages

    Elias believes there is another world parallel to his but invisible and cannot be glimpsed. Unable to prove it, he gives up trying to find Earth.

  • He Made the Machines Go Mad! · 5 pages

    XTT-4 attempts to seize control of all the machines on Earth but Weems gets near enough to press his deactivation button.

Reprinted in

Creepy Worlds (1962), Adventures into the Unknown (1958), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Strange Tales Annual (1962), Astounding Stories (1966), Vault of Evil (1973), The Empire Strikes Back Weekly (1980), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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