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CATALOG RECORD

Journey into Mystery #55

Marvel · Series began 1952 · November 1959

Dates

Cover date
November 1959
On sale
July 31, 1959
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

script: Stan Leepencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Joe Maneely, Joe Sinnott, John Forte, Don Heckcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simekinks: Steve Ditko, Joe Maneely, Joe Sinnott, John Forte, Christopher Rule, Don Heck

Stories

  • I Found the Giant in the Sky! · 5 pages

    A homely professor discovers the cloud kingdom of the giants and finds happiness there with a beautiful princess.

  • Strange Encounter · 2 pages

    An American tourist in Paris is unwittingly targeted by a spy as an intelligence courier and is nearly killed.

  • I Was a Prisoner of the... Ape Creatures! · 5 pages

    Blake lands on an alien world, where the telepathic natives look like cavemen. He is afraid of being dissected but is instead scanned with rays and sent back to Earth as uninteresting.

  • I Can Live Forever! · 4 pages

    A scientist studies redwoods looking for the secret of eternal life. He nearly meets disaster when he tests the formula on himself, and finds that to become immortal he must become immobile.

  • My Neighbor's Secret! · 4 pages

    An eccentric moves into a desert town and begins building a boat. Shortly afterwards, it begins to rain constantly and the man’s neighbour is shocked to discover his name is Noah.

  • I Saw the Serpent That Saved the World! · 5 pages

    A man dreams of a monster growing from an alien spore that is killed when it is eaten by a garter snake, a snake that he found in his yard as a boy.

Reprinted in

Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Creepy Worlds (1962), All Star Adventure Comic (1959), Strange Tales Annual (1962), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Sinister Tales (1964), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

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