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Journey into Mystery #69

Marvel · Series began 1952 · June 1961

Dates

Cover date
June 1961
On sale
April 6, 1961
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #69 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditkoinks: Dick Ayers, Paul Reinman, Steve Ditkocolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Ray Holloway

Stories

  • I Was Captured by...Korilla! · 13 pages

    A cab driver uncovers an alien plotting an invasion of Earth. The police won’t believe him, but he foils the invasion on his own and the aliens are killed by their masters for their failure.

  • Tricky Travel · 2 pages

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

  • The Iron Giant! · 5 pages

    A train conductor in the Old West, who loves his locomotive, is robbed by bandits and left in the wilderness to die, but the bandits are chased to justice by the suddenly-animated locomotive.

  • When Darkness Falls!! · 5 pages

    A man sees mannequins move during the business hours of the store, and stays until closing. When the mannequins step down from their positions he berates them for nearly being caught, since he was another living mannequin all along.

Reprinted in

Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Kid Colt Outlaw (1949), Spellbound (1960), Mystic (1960), Zombie (1961), Climax Adventure Comic (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Creatures on the Loose (1971), 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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