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CATALOG RECORD

Journey into Mystery #61

Marvel · Series began 1952 · October 1960

Dates

Cover date
October 1960
On sale
June 27, 1960
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

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

Stories

  • I Defied Gomdulla--The Living Pharaoh! · 7 pages

    An ancient alien robot disguised as an Egyptian mummy-god is reactivated, and forms a cult until it is foiled by a policeman and his own high priest.

  • Lucilles's Robot [sic] · 2 pages

    An engineer presents his wife with a robot to do her housework. He believes he is playing a prank, but the robot is real.

  • I Dared Enter the Haunted Forest! · 6 pages

    A bigoted rich man buys a cursed forest, unconcerned with the misfortunes that befall the village. The forest's keeper takes him to another dimension, explaining that he was looking for a man who no one would miss to display in the alien zoo.

  • I Opened the Door to...Nowhere! · 5 pages

    A thief forces a shop owner to hide him in a back room, but finds himself opening doors without rest for years.

  • The Curse of M'Gumbu! · 5 pages

    An African tribe ignores their witch-doctor's admonishments against raiding, believing that his vow never to harm another makes him helpless. When they try to kill him he shrinks the entire tribe to protect others.

Reprinted in

Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Monsters on the Prowl (1971), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Fear (1970), Tower of Shadows [Special] (1971), Doomsday Annual (1974), Rampage (1977), 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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