Journey into Mystery (1952) comic books in grade FN or better

Add to cart CGC 9.8 $114.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Newsstand Edition. Label #4593123010 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Newsstand Edition. A Tale of Asgard! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios. Cover by Gil Kane. Flashback! It's a special tale starring Odin, Lady Sif, Balder the Brave and the Warriors Three! Witness Odin's first confrontation with Seth, the Serpent-God of Death! Plus, appearances by Loki, Nurse Jane Foster and a pre-Thor Dr. Donald Blake! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Cover art by Carl Burgos. "They Wouldn't Believe Him!," art by Pete Tumlinson; A woman three thousand years hence flees into the past to avoid marrying a bore. "The Masterpiece" text story. "The Last Chance," art by Paul Reinman; In order to avoid a costly war, a marriage is suggested between two rival factions, but the man finds the girl homely and is not interested. "The Hole in the Ground!," art by Bob Brown; Aliens from another dimension kidnap people in an apartment building. "Jigsaw!," art by Doug Wildey; A man buys a jigsaw puzzle where the pieces fly out of his hand as he tries to place them. "The Survivor!," art by Dave Berg; A man washes up on a beach populated by tiny people. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. "I Switched Bodies," art by Reed Crandall; An old scientist invents a machine that can transpose minds into other bodies but he makes the mistake of picking as his victim an ex-con on the way to meet with his parole officer. "He Came From Nowhere," art by Gray Morrow; Time-traveling government agents go back to the past in order to duel it out over a scientist's work. "TV Invasion" text story. "Prison Without Bars," script by Carl Wessler, art by Ed Winiarski; A criminal is set free from jail if he agrees to a form of behavioral control by hypnotism ala "A Clockwork Orange." "The Unseen," art by Mac L. Pakula; Invisible visitors to Earth arrive in a flying saucer. "The Perfect Hideout," art by Syd Shores; A fleeing dictator thinks he will hide out on an island and then fly back to the mainland when his pursuers have given up looking for him, but his associates have drained the plane of fuel. "The Swirling Mist!," script by Carl Wessler, art by Joe Sinnott; A man finds himself on a steamboat that transports him through time. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Bill Everett. "The Menace of the Green Men," script by Carl Wessler, pencils by Al Williamson, inks by Ralph Mayo; Light images of aliens from space become the fall guy of a crook in a series of planned robberies. "While the City Sleeps," art by Doug Wildey; A midget who poses as a ventriloquist's doll in order to pull off heists has a chemist friend who works on suspended animation pills as a hobby. "The Strange Power of Henry Grey," art by Ed Winiarski; A man finds he has the power to project his spirit across distance; He uses this ability to do evil to people as he is a hateful person. "The Taboo," script by Carl Wessler, art by Tony DiPreta; When a sailor upstages a native witch doctor, the witch doctor maroons the sailor on a small island surrounded by sharks. "The Heat's On" text story, art by Gene Colan and Don Heck. "The Outcast," inks by Vince Colletta; A telepath who works for the police department is shunned by others because of his ability until he saves a trapped boy. "The Haunted Halls," art by Frank Bolle; When a man enters a castle, he becomes the resident ghost. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Carl Burgos. "The Middle of the Night," art by John Forte; A watch repairman gets a watch from a mysterious stranger and when he fixes it, he finds that he can go backwards and forwards in time by moving the hands. "Voodoo," art by Robert Q. Sale; Two detectives with different attitudes toward voodoo track down a blackmailer. "Immortal Horses" text story, art by Gene Colan. "The Red Doom," art by Bernard Baily; When a man attempts to steal the world's largest ruby from an Indian temple, he finds himself mysteriously imprisoned under glass. "The Desert Rat," art by Bernie Krigstein; An aging strongman drinks a potion that will forever keep him a "man of iron"...literally. "The Betrayer," art by Manny Stallman; A Communist terrorist is burned to death by the statue of liberty's torch when he tries to place a bomb there. "Nightmare," art by Angelo Torres; When three people in a town commit criminal or uncompassionate acts, they perceive the entire town floating off into space, until they repent of their actions. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Bill Everett, inks by Carl Burgos. "Bring Back My Body," pencils by George Woodbridge, inks by Syd Shores; When a man in a trance gets into an astral duel with another, the strain proves too much for his body. "It Hides Under the Ground," script by Carl Wessler, art by Syd Shores; A coward cooks up a scheme to swindle two old men out of paying for a fake chariot of Odin, but when his workers dig in another spot in the cave where he planted the fake chariot, they uncover the real thing and it takes him to Valhalla to fight battles for eternity. "They Can't Find Me," art by Manny Stallman; A scientist invents an invisibility serum that only renders the one who imbibes it invisible to himself. "The Blinding Flash," script by Carl Wessler, art by Robert Q. Sale; When a scientist invents a device that allows an image to be projected into the past that can retrieve objects, a crook uses it to pick up a lighter with his initials that he dropped at the scene of his robbery. "The Face in the Darkness," art by Howard O'Donnell; A man who goes to mediums looking to speak to a non-living relative thinks the swami who conjures a spirit is fake because the spirit can answer none of his questions. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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"Worlds at War!" with art by Jack Davis; "One Had Vanished!" with art by Steve Ditko; "Uneasy Lies the Head!"; "Adrift in Space!" with art by Don Heck; "The Green Fog!" (art by Vince Colletta?); and a two-page text story, "The Remedy Oil." Joe Sinnott cover. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko. "Goliath! The Monster That...Walked Like a Man!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Steve Ditko; An advertising man tricks an advance agent of a proposed invasion from Atlantis into returning to Atlantis by building a mannequin even larger than Goliath and threatening to wage war with his people for the surface of Earth. "The Heat's On" text story, art by Gene Colan and Don Heck. "I Was Trapped by the Mole Men!," art by Don Heck; A snobbish mine owner is captured by subterranean creatures and kept in a zoo until the mine foreman rescues him. "The Dangerous Doll," pencils by Jack Kirby; A poor man finds a doll in the field and gives it to his lame daughter. "I Took a Journey Into Fear!," art by Steve Ditko; A man wants to build a time machine, but his colleagues say it is impossible. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by George Klein. "Where Will You Be, When...The Spider Strikes!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A physicist working at an atomic research lab in New Mexico goes into work one day with a spider in his pants cuff. "What Lurks on Channel X?," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; A couple with a nasty landlord get a free TV set from a stranger; It is a device sent by aliens to enslave Earth by hypnotizing people through the sets in preparation for their landing force. "Menace from Mars!," art by Don Heck; Martians come to Earth to discover if humans represent a threat to them. "One Look Means Doom!," art by Steve Ditko; A couple moves to a cursed castle and the man discovers the imprisoned Medusa. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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This is the "Black Circle" variant edition with the price circle blacked out and 12 cents printed below it. "The Genie With the Light Brown Hair!" with pencils by Jack Kirby; "Mind Over Matter (art by Don Heck?); "Follow the Leader" with pencils by Kirby; "Escape to Nowhere!" with script by Stan Lee and art by Steve Ditko; and a two-page text story, "Tricky Travel." Kirby cover pencils. Cover price $0.12.

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Cover pencils by Jack Kirby. "The Ruler of Earth!," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; In the near future of 1990, humanity has created a computer, named R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth), to settle disputes for it. "There Dwells a Dragon," pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers; Tommy's father takes him to the zoo, but Tommy is only interested in the knights and dragons in his book. "Kunga," art by Gene Colan; Two hunters investigate reports of a gigantic gorilla, but when they confront it, they discover that the gorilla isn't from Earth at all, and that sometimes force is not the solution to every problem. "The Comic Strip!," script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; Cartoonist Nick Nash uses his comic strip to take his revenge on people, but in the end gets an ironic and surreal comeuppance. Incredible Hulk ad. Amazing Adult Fantasy ad. 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.

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A Gathering of Heroes - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios, Carlos Mota and Rene Micheletti. Cover by Mike Deodato. The Thunder God disappeared in Onslaught Marvel Universe (1996) #1, and that means Asgard needs some serious protection! Now eight strangers are recruited for a secret, deadly adventure! Who are they? Why have they been selected? And most important, are they really the missing, amnesiac Norse gods? Those are just some of the questions that will be explored in the all-new, all-different Journey into Mystery! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

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If This Be My Quest--! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios. Cover by Mike Deodato & Carlos Mota. The Golden Realm -- in ruins! The Asgardians -- amnesiac and scattered on Earth! But even before the Lost Gods can fully assemble, the unspeakable evil known as Ulik the Troll strikes! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

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What Power is This? - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios. Cover by Mike Deodato. The Lost Gods put their new powers through a crash course against a classic Thor foe: the rampaging Wrecker! And if that's not enough, how about a surprise guest appearance by Spider-Man? 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

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Last $1.50 cover priced issue. And Death Be Thy Foe! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios, Carlos Mota, Eddie Wagner and Rene Micheletti. Heimdall returns! Amora makes the scene! The men in black target the World Ash! The master villain stands revealed! All this and more in the all-new adventures of Thor's buds, the Lost Gods of Asgard! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.50.

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First $1.95 cover priced issue. First Blood - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Mark Campos and Deodato Studios. Cover by Mark Campos. Odin is prepared to reveal the secrets to restoring the Lost Gods, but before he can, the mysterious men in black attack! Now Odin is kidnapped and Balder & co. must battle Seth to restore their Asgardian glory! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Deadly Reunion! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios. The return of Red Norvell! The Lost Gods gain a new member as they prepare to storm the dimension of the master villain behind the madness! Waiting for them on the other side: a resurrected ally who now works for the enemy! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Howie's Tale - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios. Cover by Carlos Mota. The return of Loki! The battle for the future of Asgard erupts! As the Lost Gods battle a former ally, a current teammate sneaks off to betray the group! Meanwhile, Volstagg joins the good fight and the true identity of Zhung is revealed! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Lest Despair Doth Claim Thee! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios. Cover by Sal Buscema? Final judgment at the hands of Red Norvell! And Loki returns -- the Trickster God makes his triumphant re-entrance into the Marvel Universe, forging a sinister new alliance with Seth, the Serpent God of Death! 40 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Betrayed! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Deodato Studios. Cover by Ed Benes. At last, the Lost Gods are reunited with Odin! But are they too late to stop Red Norvell from destroying the other hidden Asgardians? Plus: the startling secret of Thor's hammer and Odin's full plan to avoid Ragnarok are revealed, forcing Loki to choose between betraying his own stepfather or sacrificing himself by taking on Seth! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Hold Back the Night! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Sal Buscema & Al Milgrom. The Lost Gods are restored to their former glory in this, our penultimate issue! Odin begins his final showdown with Seth! Meanwhile, only one person stands between Red Norvell and Thor's hammer, and his name is Vincent Starwit, the Gargantuan Gourmet?! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Final Jeopardy! - Written by Tom DeFalco. Art by Sal Buscema & Al Milgrom. At long last, the senses-shattering conclusion to the offbeat saga of the Lost Gods! It's all-out action in the Mighty Marvel Manner as Odin battles Seth for the fate of life itself! Plus, learn the final fate of Red Norvell and the new status of all your favorite Asgardians as they're put into place in anticipation of this fall's Heroes Return! Featuring cameos by Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer, Peter Parker and a host of Marvel's magnificent super stars! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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The Ripple That Stirs - Written by Creative Differences Studio & Ben Raab. Art by Brian Hagen & Vince Russell. In this three-part adventure, the Master of Kung-Fu returns to Hong Kong to find inner peace and kick some serious butt! Having seen newer, more powerful warriors rise to battle evil, Shang-Chi concludes that he can do the most good as a small force striking for positive change on a grand scale. And what better place for him to start than in Hong Kong? As radical sociopolitical and economic evolution rocks this exotic land, the heads of the Asian underworld consolidate under a mysterious new leader, the woman known only as the Cursed Lotus! Their goal: to destroy the infrastructure of this vulnerable territory through the spread of a deadly narcotic called Wild Tiger! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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To Catch a Wild Tiger By the Tail! - Written by Ben Raab. Art by Brian Hagan & Vince Russell. In chapter two of the three-part Shang-Chi story, the Master of Kung-Fu sneaks onto Chow Yun Woo's boat to seek out the identity of the mastermind behind the deadly Wild Tiger drug -- the mysterious woman known as the Cursed Lotus! Waiting to welcome him onboard: a horde of Chinese mobsters and the Cursed Lotus' right hand man, Deng Ling-Xiao! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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Bring Me the Head of Shang-Chi!! - Written by Ben Raab. Art and Cover by Brian Hagan & Sandu Florea. In the last chapter of the three-part Shang-Chi story arc, the Master of Kung-Fu faces off against Deng Ling-Xiao, the Wild Tiger, as Deng's warehouse "lab" burns around them! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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The Fire Next Time: Part 1 of 3 - Written by Scott Lobdell. Art and Cover by Randy Green & Rick Ketcham. A new creative team swings the solo spotlight on the Black Widow! In this issue, Lottie relates the story of her involvement with Ebon Flame to Agent Carter Tenko. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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The Fire Next Time: Part 2 of 3 - Written by Scott Lobdell. Art and Cover by Randy Green & Rick Ketcham. The Black Widow comes face-to-face with the leader of Freedomslight, the beautiful and deadly Ebon Flame! Now, if it were just one Avenger against an army of anarchists out to destroy America, that'd be one thing...but the further into this she gets, the more it becomes apparent to Natasha that she just might be journeying into a mystery from which she may never return! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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The Fire Next Time: Part 3 of 3 - Written by Scott Lobdell. Art and Cover by Randy Green & Rick Ketcham. Concluding the three-part Black Widow epic! Natasha finds herself in the middle of a national conspiracy while battling Ebon Flame! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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The Long Cold Kill: Part 1 of 2 - Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by Karl Kerschl & Al Milgrom. Kicking off a new two-part story arc as the spotlight is swung on Hannibal King -- the private eye who just happens to be a vampire! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.

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The Long Cold Kill: Part 2 of 2 - Written by Marv Wolfman. Art by Karl Kerschl & Al Milgrom. Fear-filled final issue! The bone-chilling conclusion to the story arc starring Hannibal King -- vampire detective! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $1.99.