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Issue: Journey into Mystery #40
Publication Date: November 1956
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Issues: #40 of 125 Issues (180 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #138 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #174 published January 1978
as The Strange Secret of Henry Hill [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #211 published January 1984
as The Strange Secret of Henry Hill [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2012
as Journey Into Mystery #40 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Colors: Goldberg credited by himself.
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I Saw a Demon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A scientist invents a machine to record sound waves onto solid objects such as rocks and tests the playback on a rock taken from an old temple where the black arts were practiced. At first he hears his voice from the test he made, but then sounds continue as the machine plays back a chant that was stored ages ago on the rock and a demon appears.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2012
as I Saw a Demon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-403
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The Silence!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: In the year 2076 the first flight to Mars finds that Martians have built a replica of a small town as a welcome, but because it is empty, the humans become spooked and leave before the Martians emerge from their caves to greet them.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2012
as The Silence! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: K-531
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How Harry Escaped

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2012
as How Harry Escaped [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-451
Disclose Notes: "The Picture of Dorian Gray" in reverse.
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The Experiment

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Jasper McReedy; Stella McReedy; Linda McReedy; Tom Logan; Bob Webster
Synopsis: A dedicated chemist invents a formula to give people a healthy weight, and his daughter accidentally tests it on the neighbors.
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In Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #179 published January 1987
as The Experiment [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2012
as The Experiment [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #140 published November 1955
was The Dreamer [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "The Experiment"
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: H-57
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The Strange Secret of Henry Hill!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A man jealous of the success of another man learns of an experiment that brought a child from another dimension to live on Earth. Thinking his success is due to his alien nature, he confronts the man and demands blackmail money, but is refused and so breaks the machine that keeps the alien in this dimension. He realizes that he was mistaken in assuming his rival to be the alien as he dematerializes.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2012
as The Strange Secret of Henry Hill! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-412
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The Victim!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A confidence man becomes the kidnap victim of an alien from Pluto who needs to demonstrate to his people that his transference device works.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2012
as The Victim! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-428
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The Question That Can't Be Answered!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A reporter thinks reincarnation a scam and so he plans to expose a hypnotist who has prepared a hoax with his wife to channel a spirit through time. However, even though the hypnotist thinks that he is performing an act, the reporter actually becomes hypnotized and he finds himself inhabiting the body of a man 500 years from the present day. They are still doing channeling act 500 years in the future and the reporter gets re-hypnotized and sent back 500 years, but he is now perplexed as to his identity. He begs the hypnotist, who doubts his ability as a hypnotist and thinks the reporter is insane, to answer the question of who he is.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey Into Mystery #4 [Regular Edition] published May 2012
as The Question That Can't Be Answered! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: K-420

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