Journey into Mystery, #69
Published: June 1961
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Issue Contents:
I Was Captured by Korilla!
Characters
- Korilla
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Cover inker credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. Original indexer had not credited an inker.
I Was Captured by...Korilla!
Storyline
A cab driver uncovers an alien plotting an invasion of Earth. The police won’t believe him, but he foils the invasion on his own and the aliens are killed by their masters for their failure.
Characters
- Korilla
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Artie Simek
- Letters: Ray Holloway
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part 1 (6 pp) and part 2—"The Secret of...Korilla!" (7 pp). 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).
Tricky Travel
Storyline
A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.
Characters
- Eli Twiddle
- Mr. Hardy
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
The Iron Giant!
Storyline
A train conductor in the Old West, who loves his locomotive, is robbed by bandits and left in the wilderness to die, but the bandits are chased to justice by the suddenly-animated locomotive.
Characters
- Ben Perkins
- Wharton
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Paul Reinman
- Inks: Paul Reinman
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
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).
When Darkness Falls!!
Storyline
A man sees mannequins move during the business hours of the store, and stays until closing. When the mannequins step down from their positions he berates them for nearly being caught, since he was another living mannequin all along.
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg (uncertain)
- Letters: Artie Simek
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).