Journey into Mystery, #54
Published: September 1959
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Issue Contents:
I Unleashed Monstro on the World!
Characters
- Monstro
- Spellbinder [Sam Binder]
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Christopher Rule
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Cover inks credit added by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008.
I Unleashed Monstro on the World!
Storyline
A hypnotist brings a giant albino gorilla to America, but causes a near calamity when he finds that the beast is blind, and so immune to hypnosis.
Characters
- Spellbinder [Sam Binder]
- Moko
- Monstro
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
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 5).
Music Master
Storyline
A struggling band takes on a poor but talented young harp player who turns out to be a young angel studying on Earth.
Characters
- Joe
- Gus
- Angelo
Credits
- Pencils: John Darkow
- Inks: John Darkow
- Editing: Stan Lee
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Dared to Defy...the Idol's Curse!
Storyline
A mercenary tries to steal a sacred diamond from a mysterious idol, only to find that the idol is actually a trap set by aliens to collect a human sample for study.
Characters
- Dunstan Blake
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Joe Sinnott
- Inks: Joe Sinnott
- 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 1-2 of story not numbered, then pages numbered 3 to 5).
My Other Face!
Storyline
A space pilot in the year 2010 is convinced that his appearance is holding him back, and seeks out a new Martian beauty serum, which he is horrified to find turns him into a handsome Martian.
Characters
- Jason Gibbs
- Professor Rectorus
Credits
- Pencils: Al Williamson
- Inks: Al Williamson
- Inks: Roy Krenkel
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of comic numbered 1 to 4).
I Know the Gargoyle's Secret!
Storyline
A Frenchman fascinated with gargoyles joins the resistance in WWII. When he is captured a strange beast saves him, and after the war he sees tell-tale bullet holes on the gargoyles he loves.
Characters
- Jacques-Pierre Duval
Credits
- Script: Carl Wessler
- Pencils: John Severin
- Inks: John Severin
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script attribution by Dr. Michael Vassallo on www.atlastales.com. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of comic numbered 1 to 3, last page not numbered).
I Am the Menace from the Purple Planet!
Storyline
An alien arrives on Earth on a mission of peace. The humans are suspicious of him and try to hold him hostage, but they find they have only captured a robot, while the disappointed alien returns home.
Characters
- Gxenu
- Mark VIII
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Christopher Rule
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4, last page not numbered).