Journey into Mystery, #56

Published: January 1960

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Journey into Mystery #56

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Issue Contents:
I Brought Zog the Unbelievable Back to Life!
1 page science fiction
Characters
  • Zog
Credits
Story Notes

Cover inks suggestion by Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors List (December 2008). Zog miscolored in brown on cover (instead white in the story within).

I Brought Zog Back to Life!
Story 1 6 pages science fiction
Storyline

An alien giant is found in a glacier, causing fear of what might happen if it gets free. A scientist thinks that the fear is dangerous and frees it, finding that the alien is harmless.

Characters
  • Charles Burton
  • Zog
Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-8 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

I Spent a Night in the Haunted Lighthouse!
Story 2 6 pages fantasy
Storyline

A man visiting a coastal town is stranded in an abandoned lighthouse during a storm and sees a ghostly ship and pirates arrive. Next morning he finds a life preserver from the Flying Dutchman.

Characters
  • John
Credits
Story Notes

Information on this sequence from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 10-14, 16 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

I Planted the Seeds of Doom!
Story 3 6 pages science fiction
Storyline

A space explorer sells the seeds of an alien plant, before finding to his horror that the plants spawn monsters. He uses the monster’s need for water to escape and stop the growth of more like it.

Characters
  • Hank Garnett
Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 17-18, 20-23 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

Underground
Story 4 2 pages science fiction
Storyline

A man is thought mad for designing underground homes, until everyone moves underground and surface-dwellers are thought mad.

Characters
  • Doyle Fairless
  • Sandy Clark
Story Notes

Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 24, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

I Shrunk Away to Nothing!
Story 5 5 pages science fiction
Storyline

A man needs to raise money for his brother's medical treatment and so he answers an ad from a scientist seeking to test a shrinking ray. He agrees to be the subject and the ray works. He finds himself shrinking past microscopic objects and finally finds himself in a new world. When he asks a native what this world is called, he receives the answer 'Earth'.

Characters
  • Brad
  • Prof. Ace
Credits
Story Notes

This story is retold in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #82 (March 1961) as "The World Beyond" (also drawn by Ditko). 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 5).