Journey into Mystery, #62 British
Published: November 1960
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Issue Contents:
Here Comes... The Hulk
Characters
- Hulk [Xemnu]
- Joe Harper
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
I Was a Slave of the Living Hulk!
Storyline
An electrician finds and revives an alien criminal. He psychically enslaves all humanity, forcing them to build him a ship that will help him escape and destroy the Earth. The electrician sabotages the ship and sends him into orbit around the Sun.
Characters
- Hulk [Xemnu, later called "the Titan"] (introduction, origin)
- Joe Harper
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
Story is pages 3-7, 10-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 13). This story is divided into two chapters: Chapter 1—"The Coming of the Hulk!" (7 pp, pages 1 to 7 of story) and Chapter 2—"Slaves of the Hulk!" (6 pp, pages 8 to 13 of story). The Hulk next appears in Journey Into Mystery #66 (March 1961). This is one of the first 'feature-length' monster stories published by Marvel (the other, "I Created Krang!" was published simultaneously in Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) #14). The format would be followed three months later in all four SF anthologies with a fifth (Amazing Adventures) launched in the next year. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Possible Lee plot; Lieber script per Nick Caputo. George Olshevsky's Marvel Comics Index credits Stan Lee solely.
Strange Mission
Storyline
A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
Characters
- Alfred Pook
- Harold
- Dr. Smith
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Maneely
- Inks: Joe Maneely
Story Notes
Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
There Is a Brain Behind the Fangs!
Storyline
A man is convinced that dogs are secretly planning to take over the world. His friend hypnotizes a dog and proves that it cannot understand complex questions. Neither suspects that the dog has been hypnotized by the cat.
Characters
- Frank Miller
- Dr. John Redfield
- Laddie
- Pharaoh
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Don Heck
- Inks: Don Heck
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
This would not be the last crazy idea that Frank Miller would have. 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 Can't Escape from the Creeping Things!
Storyline
A greedy businessman tries to cut down an ancient tree and is attacked by its branches during the night.
Characters
- Silas Bleede
Credits
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
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).