Journey into Mystery, #74 British
Published: November 1961
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Issue Contents:
Thing in the Black Box; Midnight at the Wax Museum
Characters
- Dan Harper
- Bob Crane
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Inking credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, December 2008. Original indexer had not credited an inker.
The Thing in the Black Box!
Storyline
A shipwrecked man meets the legendary Pandora, who tricks him into releasing the demons from her box. Humanity is helpless against the demons, but the man forces Pandora to recall them by dispelling her illusory beauty.
Characters
- Dan Harper
- Pandora
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers (uncertain)
- Inks: Marvin Stein (uncertain)
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Ayers inks per Nick Caputo, September 2014. Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. credits Marvin Stein but Nick sees no evidence of his inking on this story. Narrated in the first person. This story is retold in Chamber of Darkness (Marvel, 1969 series) #3 (February 1970) as "Something Lurks on Shadow Mountain" by Roy Thomas and John Buscema. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).
The Remedy Oil
Storyline
An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.
Characters
- Mrs. Gerrity
- Tom Gerrity
- Officer O'Malley
- Logarithm
Credits
- Pencils: Marie Severin
- Inks: Marie Severin
Story Notes
Text story with illustrations. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
Midnight in the Wax Museum
Storyline
An artist falls asleep in a wax museum and after midnight he is awoken by a sound. When he investigates, he finds that the wax figures are really aliens who are observing humans. He flees and summons the police, who attack the aliens with tear gas. The entire wax museum begins to shudder and the whole building lifts off into space. They leave behind a book which states that their intent was to pass along beneficial knowledge, but the humans are too dangerous and perhaps they will return in a thousand years.
Characters
- Bob Crane
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee (uncertain)
- Script: Larry Lieber (uncertain)
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Dick Ayers (uncertain)
- Inks: Marvin Stein (uncertain)
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Ray Holloway (uncertain)
Story Notes
Ayers inks per Nick Caputo, September 2014. Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. credits Marvin Stein but Nick sees no evidence of his inking on this story. Bob Crane, the fictional protagonist, is described as an artist for Journey into Mystery. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (pages numbered 1 to 6).
The Mechanical Men!
Storyline
An alien plot to infiltrate Earth with robotic dolls is unwittingly foiled by a police officer trying to get rid of peddlers.
Characters
- Patrolman Patrick Smith
- Z-4
Credits
- Script: Stan Lee
- Pencils: Steve Ditko
- Inks: Steve Ditko
- Colors: Stan Goldberg
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Lee credit noted by Stephane Petit via the GCD Errors list, February 2010. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).
Forever Is a Long Long Time!
Storyline
A greedy businessman bullies a scientist into giving him a device that can give humans the 1,000-year lifespan of a giant redwood. He ignores the scientist's warnings and uses the ray on himself alone in his mansion, finding to his horror that the ray also renders its subject as immobile as a redwood.
Characters
- Luther Kane
- Dr. Jonathan Weems
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. This story is a retelling of "I Can Live Forever!" drawn by John Forte, in issue #55 (November 1959). The original has a more sympathetic main character and a happy ending. Possible Lee plot/Lieber script per Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited Stan Lee solely based on his later plot credit for another version of this story in issue #103 (April 1964). Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).