Journey into Mystery, #67

Published: April 1961

Cover

Journey into Mystery #67

Reviews

No reviews yet
Posts About This Issue

No discussions yet.

Issue Contents:
Gruto
1 page science fiction
Characters
  • Gruto
  • Dan Mitchell
  • Laura
Credits
Gruto! The Creature from Nowhere!
Story 1 13 pages science fiction
Storyline

A journalist convinces the public that an amnesiac alien is a menace in order to make a better story. When the alien recovers, it says that it had come to share advanced technology with the humans, but it is disgusted by the journalist’s lies and the people’s violence and leaves.

Characters
  • Gruto
  • Dan Mitchell
  • Laura
Credits
Story Notes

Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: part one Gruto! (6 pages) and Gruto! Part Two (7 pages). Simek letters in part one; Rosen in part two. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7, 10-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 13).

The Party
Story 2 2 pages humor
Storyline

A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.

Characters
  • Mr. Braggle
Story Notes

Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered)

The Black Clock!
Story 3 5 pages horror-suspense
Storyline

A criminal steals a strange clock from an old man, but finds that it is cursed. He cannot put it down without pain, but he ages rapidly as he holds it. He believes that returning the clock will cure him, leaving him to choose between rapid death, pain or jail.

Characters
  • Mr. Jordan
Credits
Story Notes

Narrated in the first person. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

The Last Voyage of Captain Kragg
Story 4 5 pages science fiction
Storyline

A cowardly space pilot flees a battle until his spaceship runs out of power and he crashes into a bog on an Earth-like planet. He finds himself in a place similar to 15th-century Spain, complete with a sailor who is attempting to prove the planet round with a voyage around the globe. The space pilot thinks this is a sure bet to gain fame and fortune so he arranges to exchange places with the sailor and head out to sea. Unfortunately for him, the planet he has crash landed upon does indeed turn out to be flat.

Characters
  • Captain Kragg
  • Kumbus
Credits
Story Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).