Journey into Mystery #2
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- August 1952
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/9863
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee, Editor [credited]
Issue contents
Cover
Don't Look!
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
Credits
- Art
- , line art
- Chris Rule, inker [as Christopher Rule]
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg, colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
Notes
Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
1"I’m Tim Blake... You don’t know me, but you know my type..."
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- A-500
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Russ Heath, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (January 1973) — The Scarecrow
-
Crypt of Shadows (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #1 (1975) — The Scarecrow
-
Where Monsters Dwell (Yaffa/Page, 1980?) ([1980?]) — The Scarecrow
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #125 (20 Gennaio 1976)
- Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #8
- Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #39 ([Novembre 1974])
Synopsis
Scrawny Tim Blake buys a magic potion to build up his muscles, which is very successful at first, until it sends his body out of control.
2"The tall, young man sat at his desk and stared steadily at the sheet of paper in his type-writer."
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- [9734]
- Characters
- Henry Conrad; Frances Conrad; the Devil
Credits
- Writing
- , author
- Art
- , line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , typeset
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #76 (August 1960)
- Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #48 (December 1963)
- Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1961 series) #4 (September 1961)
- Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #20 (May 1954)
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #61
Synopsis
A historian, writing about the trial and execution of his ancestor for witchcraft, interviews the only remaining party concerned in the case: the Devil.
3"No! No! Get away from me!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- A-537
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Jay Scott Pike, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #1 (January 1973) — Don't Look!
-
Crypt of Shadows (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #1 (1975) — Don't Look!
-
Where Monsters Dwell (Yaffa/Page, 1980?) ([1980?]) — Don't Look!
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #124 (6 Gennaio 1976)
- Das Monster von Frankenstein (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #8
- Capitaine America (Editions Héritage, 1970 series) #39 ([Novembre 1974])
Synopsis
A madman offers to give an attorney a magic mirror that reveals how people will look in the future but there is a secret terrible cost.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- C. C. Beck, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Notes
Joe Bonomo advertisement includes a half page of sequential panel art.
5"Our story begins deep in the heart of mysterious India, where an American is learning the secrets of magic from a yogi fakir..."
Featuring
- Genre
- Humour; horror-suspense
- Code
- A-478
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Howie Post, line art
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Vault of Evil (Marvel, 1973? series) #2 (April 1973) — How Clumsy Can Ya Be?
-
Vault of Evil (Yaffa, 1978? series) #1 ([August 1978?]) — How Clumsy Can Ya Be
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
Synopsis
A would-be magician bungles his training in India, and when he returns to the States to begin his career, he bungles his first performance, too.
6"C’mon, honey!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- A-444
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Ben Brown, penciller [signed]
- David Gantz, inker [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Crypt of Shadows (Marvel, 1973 series) #2 (March 1973) — Thru the Door
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
- Die Gruft von Graf Dracula (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #9
Synopsis
A boxer's manager tries to persuade the boxer's wife to run away with him, but the boxer overhears and chases after them. They barricade themselves in a room, but the manager then learns that the woman is really a hungry vampire.
7"Wait a minute! Don’t... No! No!"
Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-suspense
- Code
- A-477
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Gene Colan, line art [signed]
- Colours
- , colourist
- Text
- , letterer
Reprint history
- Printed in
- Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([October] 2008)
Synopsis
When Ann and her lover Paul are confronted by Ann's husband, she panics and kills him. Paul tells her he will get rid of the body but as time passes she fears that he will decide to turn her in.
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