Journey into Mystery, #55
Published: November 1959
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Issue Contents:
I Found the Giant in the Sky!
Characters
- Prof. Dunn
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Tanja Wenisch (uncertain)
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Possible Rule inks per Nick Caputo, November 2017. Jim Vadebonceour Jr disagrees and has ink credit as unknown.
I Found the Giant in the Sky!
Storyline
A homely professor discovers the cloud kingdom of the giants and finds happiness there with a beautiful princess.
Characters
- Prof. Dunn
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
Story Notes
Only "T-" visible in story, job number surmised from other stories in issue. Story is pages 3-7 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Strange Encounter
Storyline
An American tourist in Paris is unwittingly targeted by a spy as an intelligence courier and is nearly killed.
Characters
- Andre Corday
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Maneely
- Inks: Joe Maneely
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Was a Prisoner of the... Ape Creatures!
Storyline
Blake lands on an alien world, where the telepathic natives look like cavemen. He is afraid of being dissected but is instead scanned with rays and sent back to Earth as uninteresting.
Characters
- Dunstan Blake
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Joe Sinnott
- Inks: Joe Sinnott
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14 of the comic (pages of the story numbered 1 to 3, 5 with page 4 not numbered).
I Can Live Forever!
Storyline
A scientist studies redwoods looking for the secret of eternal life. He nearly meets disaster when he tests the formula on himself, and finds that to become immortal he must become immobile.
Characters
- Henry
- Marge
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: John Forte
- Inks: John Forte
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
This story is retold in issue #74 (November 1961) as "Forever is a Long Long Time!" drawn by Don Heck, and in issue #103 (April 1964) as "To Live Forever!" by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber. Stan Lee is tentatively credited as writer on the basis of his plot credit for the version in issue #103. Story is pages 16-18, 20 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
My Neighbor's Secret!
Storyline
An eccentric moves into a desert town and begins building a boat. Shortly afterwards, it begins to rain constantly and the man’s neighbour is shocked to discover his name is Noah.
Characters
- Sam
- Noah
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Christopher Rule
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 21-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4).
I Saw the Serpent That Saved the World!
Storyline
A man dreams of a monster growing from an alien spore that is killed when it is eaten by a garter snake, a snake that he found in his yard as a boy.
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- 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 the comic (the pages of the story are numbered 1 to 5).