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Journey into Mystery #57

Marvel · Series began 1952 · March 1960

Dates

Cover date
March 1960
On sale
November 30, 1959
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

script: Stan Leepencils: Jack Kirby, Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Paul Reinmaninks: Dick Ayers, Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Paul Reinmancolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Ray Holloway

Stories

  • Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!! · 6 pages

    An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man.

  • The Earth-Crawlers! · 5 pages

    An inventor with a nagging wife must prevent giant roots resulting from a witch doctor's curse from overrunning Africa. He then turns to inventing a device which will harness the power of his wife's voice.

  • Tricky Travel · 2 pages

    A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.

  • The Metal Monster · 6 pages

    An American engineer ignores the warnings of locals and builds a road through a Gypsy-inhabited wood. One of the gypsies causes his steam shovel to attack him until he agrees to stop building.

  • The Martian Who Stole My Body! · 6 pages

    A Martian criminal arrives on earth and switches bodies with a man, but the man's dog can still tell the difference between them, forcing the Martian to switch back.

Reprinted in

Creepy Worlds (1962), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby (2017), Fantasy Masterpieces (1966), Fear (1970), Pet Avengers Classic (2009), The A-Z of Marvel Monsters (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019)

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