Journey into Mystery, #37
Published: August 1956
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The Volcano!
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Everett
- Inks: Bill Everett
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
The Deep Freeze
Storyline
Three crooks place themselves in suspended animation for 200 years after stealing 150,000 dollars. Not only is the money still good in 2156, not only is 150,000 still a lot of money in 2156 (gasp!), but the only reason they run afoul of the law is that the suitcase of money they stole was counterfeit to begin with.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
Story Notes
Wessler credit from his record books, per Robin Snyder's the Comics, Vol 25, No. 6, June 2014.
Volcano!
Storyline
A man introduces technology to a primitive people living at the base of a volcano and the volcano becomes angry at their new competitive and mistrustful nature so wipes out their society.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: Jim Infantino
- Inks: Jim Infantino
Story Notes
Writer credit per M. Vassalo.
Inside the Whirlpool
Credits
- Pencils: Ed Winiarski
- Inks: Ed Winiarski
Story Notes
This story's plot is similar to Star Trek's "Mirror, Mirror" but the depicted events are used to make a thief feel shameful of his behavior. Artist credits from Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 2008 Series) #4.
The Voice in the Night
Storyline
When a man slugs an elderly man collecting donations for the poor and steals the poor box, his conscience bothers him so much that he hears a clock accuse him of being a thief.
Credits
- Pencils: Robert Q. Sale
- Inks: Robert Q. Sale
- Script: Jack Oleck
The Old Shop
Storyline
An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
Characters
- Mrs. Gerrity
- Tom Gerrity
- Officer O'Malley
- Logarithm
The Sea Serpent!
Storyline
A sailor sees a sea serpent arise when there is a disaster to be averted.
Credits
- Pencils: John Forte
- Inks: John Forte
The First Man
Storyline
The author of this story postulates that a series of satellites will be required to use as refueling stations on the way to the moon. Once they are built, and rockets make it to the moon, men find that the moon itself is an inhabited satellite built by alien beings.
Credits
- Pencils: George Roussos
- Inks: John Giunta