Journey into Mystery, #61
Published: October 1960
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Here Comes Gomdulla the Living Pharoah!
Characters
- Gomdulla
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: George Klein
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Cover inks credit from Monsters (2017 series) No. 1.
I Defied Gomdulla--The Living Pharaoh!
Storyline
An ancient alien robot disguised as an Egyptian mummy-god is reactivated, and forms a cult until it is foiled by a policeman and his own high priest.
Characters
- Gomdulla
- Paul
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- 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, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
Lucilles's Robot [sic]
Storyline
An engineer presents his wife with a robot to do her housework. He believes he is playing a prank, but the robot is real.
Characters
- Lucille Swart
- Arnold Swart
- Rogo the Robot
- Frank Swart
- Jimmy Swart
- Officer Murphy
- John Winters
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Dared Enter the Haunted Forest!
Storyline
A bigoted rich man buys a cursed forest, unconcerned with the misfortunes that befall the village. The forest's keeper takes him to another dimension, explaining that he was looking for a man who no one would miss to display in the alien zoo.
Characters
- Darius Zorn
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
'Zorn' seems to have been a stock character of Don Heck. This one bears a physical resemblance to Roderic Zorn in the previous issue, but the similarity ends there. 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 5, last page not numbered).
I Opened the Door to...Nowhere!
Storyline
A thief forces a shop owner to hide him in a back room, but finds himself opening doors without rest for years.
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Narrated in the third person. 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 5). Possible Lee script per Nick Caputo, as examined on his blog: http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html
The Curse of M'Gumbu!
Storyline
An African tribe ignores their witch-doctor's admonishments against raiding, believing that his vow never to harm another makes him helpless. When they try to kill him he shrinks the entire tribe to protect others.
Characters
- M'Gumbu
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Paul Reinman
- Inks: Paul Reinman
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Narrated in the third person. 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).