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Journey into Mystery, #60

Published: September 1960

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Journey into Mystery #60

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Issue Contents:
I Learned the Monstrous Secret of Bombu--The Witch Man!
1 page science fiction
Characters
  • Bombu
  • Mr. Mason
  • Luis
Credits
Story Notes

Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008.

I Learned the Monstrous Secret of Bombu!
Story 1 7 pages science fiction
Storyline

Explorers meet a witch doctor named Bombu, who seems to possess real power. He is killed by lightning and when they find that his mask is really his face they realize that he was an alien.

Characters
  • Bombu
  • Mr. Mason
  • Luis
Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).

The Swami
Story 2 2 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

A greedy man misinterprets a fortune-teller's prediction and spends money that he'll never have.

Characters
  • Rijak Lobar
  • John McDermott
Story Notes

The first page is printed between the pages of "I Learned the Monstrous Secret of Bombu!", while the second page is printed between "I Found the Things from Nowhere" and "I Turned into a...Martian!". The last page is split with the statement of ownership. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

We Were Trapped with the Silent Monster!
Story 3 6 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

Against expert opinion, an engineer digs a mine to the center of the Earth and finds dragons. He collapses the mine himself to allow his workers to escape. They say that the mine collapsed as a warning to avoid panic, and silently remember the engineer's heroism.

Characters
  • Roderic Zorn
Credits
Story Notes

The dragons in this story appear identical to Rro from issue #58, also found in a dig to the Earth's core, and also drawn by Don Heck. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6).

I Found the Things from Nowhere
Story 4 5 pages science fiction
Storyline

A man messes with his TV and it picks up a battle between alien-looking creatures. The man assumes that he must have tuned into the events upon some other planet, but what the TV has actually shown him was a colony of black ants being attacked and destroyed by a colony of red ants right outside his window.

Characters
  • Joe Carter
Credits
Story Notes

This is a retelling of "The Voice of Doom!" drawn by Carl Burgos, from Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #4 (July 1959). Inker credit and job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 4, last page not numbered).

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233)
Story 5 0 pages
Story Notes

This shares the last page of "The Swami". Average monthly circulation not provided. Contradicting the indicia, the statement of ownership shows bimonthly publication; it is possible that the shift in publication schedules is the reason for reprinting an identical statement of ownership to the one printed two issues prior (issue #58).

I Turned into a...Martian!
Story 6 5 pages science fiction
Storyline

A man is telepathically controlled by a hostile Martian who returns to Earth with him. He returns to Earth and places his mind in the man's body, but he is able to trick the alien into immediately attacking armed guards and being killed.

Credits
Story Notes

The explorer in this story wanders over Mars in jeans and a t-shirt. 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).