Journey into Unknown Worlds (1951 2nd Series) comic books 1951-1953

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Return from Mars, art by Russ Heath; Martians want to take over Earth, but they don't invade because even their weakest weapons are so powerful that they would destroy Earth and make it useless to them, so they place agitator spies among the population to incite war. The Man in the Crowd; An evil entity gives a struggling artist a hand, which makes the artist paint well, but also commits murders while the artist is asleep. The Witch Doctor text story. The Lost Land; A man becomes ruler of an underground civilization, but when weapon tests for a planned invasion of the surface go awry and destroy his subjects, he finds himself trapped underground with an immortal lifespan due to radiation treatments he has received. The Train to Nowhere, script by Hank Chapman. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Look -- If You Dare, art by Ed Winiarski; A man buys a telescope with a powerful lens from an alien spy; The man sees an impending invasion fleet through the telescope; The alien spy tracks him down and knocks him out and switches the telescope with a normal one so that no one knows the man got the powerful telescope by accident. Trapped in Space, art by Mike Sekowsky; The Master of Zodus captures Earth people for slaves by setting up The Room of No Return in carnival attractions. Mantrap! text story. The Last Plunge, script by Hank Chapman; Suicides who leap off bridges must pay the penalty of being transformed into fish. Two Worlds in One!; When a man passes through a time machine to the year 2049, he is told that he can only remain for thirty days in one era before returning to the other, else he will die. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Sol Brodsky, inks by Chris Rule. The Day that Saturn Struck!; Creature of living flame from another planet plans to conquer Earth. The Voice of Death, art by Russ Heath. The Revolt of the Universe text story. The World Below. The Terrible Toy, art by Gene Colan. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

"The Men Who Conquered the Earth," art by Russ Heath; An inventor attempts to unify the countries of Earth by building a ray which will draw Mars close enough that its rocket ships can launch an attack; He realizes his mistake when the Martian forces begin to get the upper hand. "Escape from Death!", art by Joe Maneely; A criminal condemned to die in the electric chair has planned for his mob to short circuit the electrical power and spring him, but the warden tells him that they arrested three of his men earlier; The man thinks the warden is trying to rattle him as he sits in the chair and the switch is thrown. "In the Valley of the Mist" text story. "Planet of Terror!", art by Basil Wolverton; An Earthman sets himself up as a god among primitive Saturians. "The House That Wasn't There," art by Paul Cooper; A mailman who desires the job of postmaster finds he has a natural gift to see the inhabitants of time-space and they want him to come with them so that he may be involved with an exciting new experiment. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Joe Maneely. Face of Stone, art by Paul Reinman; Artist uses murder victims as basis for incredibly life-like sculptures; plot elements in common with House of Wax (Warner Bros. Pictures, 1953). When a Planet Dies!, art by Joe Maneely. Hate Is a Lonely Hunter text story. No Return!, art by Russ Heath. The World Beyond, art by Werner Roth. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by unknown. Art by Mike Sekowsky, Allen Bellman, Werner Roth, Pete Morisi and Joe Sinnott. Do you dare to meet..."The People Who Couldn't Exist!" with art by Mike Sekowsky. Also in this issue: "The Spaceman" with art by Allen Bellman; 2-page text story "House of the Vampire"; "Don't Kill Me Twice!" with art by Werner Roth; "Beyond Time!" with art by Pete Morisi; and "The Four Walls" with art by Joe Sinnott. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Stories by Hank Chapman, Carl Wessler and unknown. Art by Fred Kida, Harry Lazarus, George Tuska, Dick Ayers and Werner Roth. This tale of terror could have happened to no one but..."The Undertaker" by Hank Chapman and Fred Kida. Also in this issue: "The Thing in the Cellar" with art by Harry Lazarus; 2-page text story "Eyes of Doom," reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #3 (original title: "Dimension of Death"); "The Old Man" with art by George Tuska; "Blood on the Moon" by Carl Wessler and Dick Ayers; and "The Man Who Didn't Exist!" with art by Werner Roth. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by unknown. Art by Bill Everett, Bernie Krigstein, Marty Elkin, Dick Ayers, George Klein and unknown. In this issue: "Frankie was Afraid!" with art by Bill Everett - Frankie is afraid of midnight and Le Doux promises to cure him, bringing him to a cemetery to prove Frankie's fears of ghosts are unfounded, but at midnight Frankie becomes a vampire and kills the doctor; 2-page text story "Endless Steps" - Steve Parker is intrigued by the shadow of a man he sees each night on his fire escape...one night he follows the man up and finds himself transported to another planet; "Kiss of Death" with art by Bernie Krigstein - In legend, Hemus had been philandering with various women until Xanthia killed him so no one else could have him...Dede is taken by Hemus' statue and is amazed when he comes to life...however, the statue of Xanthia comes to life and jealously kills Dede; "Once Upon a Corpse" with art by Marty Elkin - Monk wants to kidnap and ransom Buddy but when he grabs him, spectral energy drains the life from Monk's body, reducing him to a skeleton...Buddy was a dead child who had assumed human form; "I Can't Stop Screaming" with art by Dick Ayers - A strange man offers astounding silk cloth for Green to sell...Green sneaks into the man's house to find more of the silk but discovers the man is a human-sized spider who makes his own silk and now he's hungry; and "The Neat Trick" with inks by George Klein - Harry exposes Lokar's magic tricks...as revenge, Lokar offers to show Harry how to make his head disappear...once Harry's head is gone Lokar refuses to undo the spell. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by unknown. Art by George Roussos, Ed Goldfarb, Marty Elkin, Bernie Krigstein, Bob Baer, Jack Abel and unknown. Do you dare enter these unknown worlds? In this issue: "The Last Voice You Hear" with art by George Roussos; 2-page text story "The Haunted Fortune"; "The Terrible Truth!" with art by Ed Goldfarb and Bob Baer; "Tick Tock" with inks by Jack Abel; "The Perfect Mate" with art by Marty Elkin; and "Water, Water Everywhere!" with art by Bernie Krigstein. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. Witch Woman; A witch curses her killer with the stipulation that her spirit will enter the body of each maiden that his male descendants fall in love with. The Thread text story. The Thing in the Graveyard, art by Jack Keller; A man marries a woman for ten thousand dollars in insurance money coming from her dead son, but she buys a monument with the money and when he tries to kill her, the monument strangles him. It Waits in the Box; An atomic blast creates a horrible monster immune to guns and poison gas so they try to dump it in the sea but curious sailors open the crate against orders. The Bookworms, script by Hank Chapman, art by Ed Robbins. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. Stories by Stan Lee, Dan Keyes and unknown. Art by George Tuska, Basil Wolverton, Bill Everett, Louis Zansky, George Roussos and unknown. In this issue: "The Lighthouse Ghost" by Stan Lee and George Tuska; 2-page text story "The Ultimate Weapon" with illo by George Roussos; "One of Our Graveyards Is Missing!" by Dan Keyes and Basil Wolverton; "One Little Mistake"; "The Scarecrow" with art by Bill Everett - A destitute couple, out of money and nearly out of hope, wish for a miracle to happen to ease them out of their plight...when their fields are plowed and corn planted overnight, and a mysterious scarecrow appears on their property, their wish seems to have come true...in more ways than one; and "The Spy" with art by Louis Zansky. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky. Stories by Carl Wessler, Stan Lee, Dan Keyes and unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Jack Keller, Joe Maneely, Louis Zansky and Basil Wolverton. In this issue: "Wanted...One Werewolf!" by Carl Wessler and Tony DiPreta; "Swampland" with art by Jack Keller; 2-page story "The Unknown" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely; 2-page text story "Captain Samuel Stone's Sea Serpent"; "The Big Man!" with art by Louis Zansky; and "They Crawl By Night!" by Dan Keyes and Basil Wolverton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Joe Maneely, Cal Massey, Tony DiPreta, Al Luster and John Rosenberger. Everything would have been okay if Otto hadn't been..."Scared to Death!" with art by Tony DiPreta. Also in this issue: "The Hermit in the Hills" with art by Cal Massey - Grant is assigned to a story involving a meteor that has crashed into the Black Hills; 2-page text story "The Tourists," reprinted from Mystic (1951 Atlas) #5 (original title: "The Valley of the Vampires"); "The Masterpiece!" by Stan Lee and Joe Maneely; "The Devil's Good Deed!" with art by Al Luster; and "Deadline!" with art by John Rosenberger. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Bill Everett. "The Ice Monster Cometh!", art by Gene Colan; A woman who scoffs at local tales of an 'ice monster' plots to get rid of her husband and pin the blame on the 'ice monster'; She has the tables turned on her when the accomplice she picks to aid her in her crime reveals himself to be...the Ice Monster. "The Lost City," pencils by Sheldon Moldoff; A pilot finds himself in a lost city at the ocean floor while charting a hurricane where men have their mouths sewn shut in order to prevent them from telling the secret. "The Woman Who Was Afraid of Birds" text story. "Harry's Hideout," art by Carl Hubbell; A murderer seeks a hiding place and unknowingly enters a time capsule. "Tough Guy," art by John Rosenberger; Bart Nelson is too tough for the demons of hell--nothing they do to him has any effect until they come up with a rather unique torment. "The Great Disappointment!", script by Stan Lee, art by Russ Heath; A Soviet expedition lands on the moon, but the cosmonauts are absorbed into the surface; American scientists observing this admit that they knew that the moon was a dangerous living organism, which is why they allowed the Soviet Union to reach it first. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Russ Heath. Stories by unknown. Art by Tony DiPreta, Ed Goldfarb, Hy Fleishman, Sheldon Moldoff, Larry Woromay, Matt Fox and unknown. In this issue: "The Broth Needs Some Body!" with art by Tony DiPreta; 2-page text story "Feast Day"; "It Can Happen Here" with pencils by Ed Goldfarb; "If I Breathe...I Die!" with art by Hy Fleishman (note: last two panels drawn by Sol Brodsky); "The Terrible Torture!" with art by Sheldon Moldoff; and "Dugan and the Dummy" with art by Larry Woromay and Matt Fox. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Joe Maneely. The Man with a Knife, art by Gene Colan; A knife grinder who only works for hated nobles uses blood on the grindstone to curse the blades so that they will kill with a mind of their own; When he is arrested on suspicion because he is in the area of the stabbing, the jail cook uses the grindstone to sharpen the knife that the grinder will use for his jail meal. Grim Victory text story. Beelzebub!, pencils by Larry Woromay, inks by Matt Fox; A man spends twenty years looking for a book that will make the Devil his slave, but he doesn't know that Satan has joined his expedition to make sure he acquires the book first. The Rivals, art by Al Luster; Two circus performers despise each other so one makes it so the highwire snaps and the other drains the water out of the barrel underneath the plunge. The Man from Another World!, art by Robert McCarty. The Long Wait, art by Sam Kweskin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. Bwana Brown!, art by Gene Colan; Bwana Brown, a member of the Explorer's Club, gives a talk at their meeting of an African tribe who will give gold and diamonds to one who can prove they are immortal; The explorers ask for the location of this tribe, figuring to impress the natives with modern gadgets and pass the test, but Bwana Brown refuses to tell them. The 'Genie' text story. The Son of Rasputin, art by Russ Heath; A man uses Pavlovian conditioning on his actress beloved in order to get her to automatically shoot his rival when he rings a bell. The Secret of Asteroid #85!, script by Stan Lee, art by Gil Evans. A Monument to Mortimer!, art by Hy Fleischman. The Race That Vanished, art by Don Perlin. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Decapitation cover pencils by Carl Burgos. Stories by unknown. Art by Don Rico, Joe Sinnott, Chuck Winter, Bob McCarthy, Mike Sekowsky, Matt Fox and Louis Zansky. Sometimes "Modern Art" can be too modern! Don't miss this tale with art by Don Rico. Also in this issue: "The Most Hated Man in the World" with art by Joe Sinnott; "What's Going on Here?" with art by Chuck Winter; "Someone Isn't There" with art by Bob McCarthy; "The Dead of Winter" with art by Mike Sekowsky and Matt Fox; and 2-page text story "The Birdmen!" with art by Louis Zansky, reprinted from Venus (1948 Marvel) #17 (original title: "The Madmen of Mogan"). 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Bill Everett. The Death House, art by Russ Heath. Two Frightened People!, art by John Romita. The Changeling! text story. Polio Precautions public service announcement. Davey and His Dame, art by Cal Massey; a story featuring the mythical spirit of the deep Davey Jones. The Devil's Day Off!, script by Stan Lee, art by Joe Maneely; Satan makes the mistake of visiting a Communist nation on his day off. Upon his return to Hell, he orders his imps and devils to send every new arrival up to the communists for a few days, because "then they'll know what hell really is!" Too Timid to Live, pencils by John Forte, inks by Matt Fox. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Carl Burgos, inks by Sol Brodsky. The Vampire's Fangs, art by Paul Reinman; A stowaway on a freighter is bitten by a vampire bat and transforms into a bat; After draining one of the crew of his blood, he hides in a casket that is being shipped over the ocean. The First Time Machine text story. The Men from Earth, art by Mac Pakula. The World's End, art by Gene Colan; An astronomical disaster means the destruction of human civilization; Our story's protagonist is despondent over this state of affairs until he encounters a group of time travelers who are present to record the last days of humanity. Weather Balloons, art by Jack Abel. Crashing Through the Time Barrier, art by Russ Heath. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.