Journey into Mystery, #63
Published: December 1960
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Goliath! The Monster That Walks Like a Man!
Characters
- Goliath
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008.
Goliath! The Monster That.. ...Walked Like a Man!
Storyline
An advertising man tricks an advance agent of a proposed invasion from Atlantis into returning to Atlantis by building a mannequin even larger than Goliath and threatening to wage war with his people for the surface of Earth.
Characters
- Goliath
- Mr. Baxter
- Charlie
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Sam Rosen
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. Goliath was re-named "Gigantus" in a reprint, and his home changed from "Atlantis" to "Mu". Goliath/Gigantus next appears in Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #347 (December 1990). Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 6, last page not numbered). Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Heat's On
Storyline
When a young boy builds a fan to help his family get through a heat wave it brings down the flying saucer that caused the heat.
Characters
- John Tyler
- Mary Tyler
- Bobby Tyler
Credits
- Pencils: Gene Colan
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Gene Colan
- Inks: Don Heck
Reprint Notes
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery #44 Reprinted in Journey Into Mystery #82
Story Notes
Text story with illustrations. Art credits from Journey Into Mystery #44 entry. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
I Was Trapped by the Mole Men!
Storyline
A snobbish mine owner is captured by subterranean creatures and kept in a zoo until the mine foreman rescues him. The experience teaches him to treat his employees with respect.
Characters
- Sir Norman Ramsay
- Blake
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. 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).
The Dangerous Doll
Storyline
A poor man finds a doll in the field and gives it to his lame daughter. What he doesn't know is that the doll actually moves and talks. When he's gone the doll asks the girl for food as the "doll" is really an alien child that's gone off exploring other planets without his parents' supervision. When his parents do arrive, he asks the father to reward the girl for her kindness and he cures her leg and leaves behind a gold bar.
Characters
- Timothy Jones
- Cathy Jones
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: George Klein (uncertain)
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Klein inks per Nick Caputo, March 2013. 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).
I Took a Journey into Fear!
Storyline
A man wants to build a time machine, but his colleagues say it is impossible. He works in secret and murders one of them to get the equipment that he needs, but when he activates the machine, he goes mad and thinks that he has succeeded.
Characters
- Otto Bruger
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. The story is pages 28-32 of the comic (the pages of the story are numbered 1 to 5). Possible Lee script per an examination at Nick Caputo's blog: http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html