Journey into Mystery, #42
Published: January 1957
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Farley's Other Face
Credits
- Pencils: Bill Everett
- Inks: Bill Everett
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
Story Notes
Coloring credit per Stan Goldberg.
Farley's Other Face!
Storyline
A man steals a thousand dollars from a recluse that he had pretended to befriend, then pays to have his looks altered and fingerprints removed to avoid trouble with the police. It turns out that the wealthy recluse died shortly after the theft and left the thief his money, but he has no way to convince authorities that he was that man.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: John Forte
- Inks: John Forte
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Joe Letterese
Story Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
Life Sentence!
Storyline
A man gives a prisoner time-traveling pills in exchange for the knowledge of where the bank roll is hidden because he knows the past can't be changed. The prisoner thinks he will be able to go back in time and behave differently, so he agrees to the deal, but finds that he does the exact same things and will have to serve his sentence all over again.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: Robert Q. Sale
- Inks: Robert Q. Sale
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Joe Letterese
Story Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.
The Curse of Ojiir!
Storyline
When two jewel thieves attempt to steal a cursed diamond they find themselves aged prematurely.
Credits
- Pencils: Pete Morisi
- Inks: Pete Morisi
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Joe Letterese
He Saw the Future
Humans... Keep Out!
Storyline
Scientists are driven off the moon by lifeforms that they themselves engineered to live without oxygen so as to colonize the moon.
Credits
- Pencils: George Roussos
- Inks: John Giunta
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Script: Jack Oleck
The Savages
Storyline
This story postulates that the first humans were actually Martians whose spaceship developed engine trouble.
Credits
- Pencils: Angelo Torres
- Inks: Angelo Torres
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
The Disappearing Man!
Storyline
A fight manager has his wife stolen from him when he signs up a Venusian who can disappear in the ring at will.
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: Gray Morrow
- Inks: Gray Morrow
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
Story Notes
Wessler script per Nick Caputo from biblio info in Robin Snyder's The Comics, Vol 25, No. 4, April 2015.