Journey into Mystery, #51
Published: March 1959
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Issue Contents:
Robot on the Rampage!
Characters
- Supreme Calculator
Credits
- Pencils: Russ Heath
- Inks: Russ Heath
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
The Ghost Ship of Space
Storyline
A reporter investigates a series of spaceship disappearances and is captured by primitive aliens. He forces them to free him by pretending that a simple gadget is a powerful bomb.
Characters
- Frank Brandon
- Ben
- Charlie
- Smitty
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Sinnott
- Inks: Joe Sinnott
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
Story Notes
This story is set in 2705. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4, last page not numbered).
Mystery Pupil
Storyline
A dull teacher earns accolades by accidentally helping capture a Martian criminal.
Characters
- Colin
- Mr. Plum
- Gertrude
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Maneely
- Inks: Joe Maneely
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
The Creatures in the Volcano
Storyline
A chief of a Pacific island tribe finds aliens in a volcano preparing to conquer Earth. He thinks his people will not believe him, so he instead agrees to sell the island to the US for nuclear tests, which destroys the aliens.
Characters
- Tubuai
- Mauiki
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Wally Wood
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
The Prison Planet!
Storyline
A prison colony grows into a thriving society and forgets its origins, while the mother planet becomes a peaceful utopia before being devastated by invaders. The mother planet was Mars, and the prison planet Earth.
Characters
- Vaalu (narrator)
- Uxmal (in framing sequence)
Credits
- Pencils: Carl Burgos
- Inks: Carl Burgos
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
This story is narrated by some kind of alien "watchers", bearing no resemblance to the later Watchers. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
Alien on Earth!
Storyline
An alien lands on Earth, but cannot be understood. The humans attack it out of fear, and finally drop a nuclear bomb on it. The alien leaves, not out of fear, but because its attempt to make peaceful contact has shown that humans are barbarians.
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Christopher Rule
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
Robot on the Rampage!
Storyline
A supercomputer and its army of robots enslave humanity, but it is stopped when a janitor unplugs it.
Characters
- Supreme Calculator
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
This story is set in the late 22nd century. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. No relation to an identically titled story drawn by Ditko in Tales to Astonish #18. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).