Journey into Mystery, #71
Published: August 1961
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Issue Contents:
I Brought the Roc to Life!
Characters
- Roc
- John Avery
- Anne Avery
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Cover signed "Ditko" on the Jeep.
I Brought the Roc to Life!
Storyline
Two newlyweds in Egypt uncover a huge egg in the sand that hatches into the Roc in the warm sunlight. The monstrous bird flies around gathering parts of bridges, trains and other items to use in constructing a nest until the scientist that uncovered the egg gets the idea to build a robotic duplicate that flies into outer space, enticing the Roc to follow it in its forlorn quest for a mate.
Characters
- Roc
- John Avery
- Anne Avery
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Narrated in the first person. This story is divided into two parts: an untitled part one (6 pp) and part two—"The Roc Lives Again!" (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).
Zero of Time
Storyline
A scientist's machine transports him and a reporter outside of time and into the realm of Father Time.
Characters
- John Pearson
- Prof. Thomas Benton
- Father Time
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
The Boy Who Vanished!
Storyline
A lame boy wills himself to the future and his legs are healed before he sends himself home.
Characters
- Billy Carter
- Alana
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Paul Reinman
- Inks: Paul Reinman
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- 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).
The Painting
Storyline
An art dealer who buys quality paintings at rock-bottom insulting prices from poverty stricken artists and then sells them for thousands attempts to steal a beautiful painting from a gypsy who refuses to sell it. The dealer has the gypsy arrested on a trumped up charge and burgles the man's wagon to remove the painting. When the gypsy is released because the man cannot be found he knows why and goes to the art dealer's apartment to retrieve his enchanted painting, finding the art dealer now a part of the picture.
Characters
- Simon Squeed
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
The name Bessarabia was obsolete even when this story was printed, it was then part of the Soviet Union, and is today known as Moldova. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Script and Letters credit from The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Creators website. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).