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Issue: Journey into Mystery #81
Publication Date: June 1962
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Issues: #81 of 125 Issues (180 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/03/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In5
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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The Ruler of Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #25 published November 1973
as The Ruler of Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ruler of Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth)
Synopsis: In the near future of 1990, humanity has created a computer, named R.O.E. (Ruler of Earth), to settle disputes for it. A handful of communists attempt to re-program the computer to serve their aims, but the computer is incapable of any wrongdoing. Only man, the computer says, has the capacity to be evil.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #25 published November 1973
as The Ruler of Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-695
Disclose Notes: The second, fourth and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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The Treasure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Tommy Miller; Mr. Miller; Mrs. Miller; Wish
Synopsis: A sick boy takes comfort from a stray dog that grants wishes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #36 published October 1955
was The Treasure [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: G-980
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. On the 6th and 24th interior pages.
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There Dwells a Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Tommy; Tommy's dad
Synopsis: Tommy's father takes him to the zoo, but Tommy is only interested in the knights and dragons in his book. Tommy's father passes through a mist at the zoo and emerges in Camelot, where he slays a dragon. When he returns to the present, he recognizes his own face in Tommy's book.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #145 published January 1975
as There Dwells a Dragon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-696
Disclose Notes: The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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Kunga

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Kunga
Synopsis: 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 some times force is not the solution to every problem.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #145 published January 1975
as Kunga [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-697
Disclose Notes: The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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The Comic Strip!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Nick Nash; "Tightwad" Ted; Tina Torrid
Synopsis: Cartoonist Nick Nash uses his comic strip to take his revenge on people, but in the end gets an ironic and surreal comeuppance.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #145 published January 1975
as The Comic Strip! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [None]
Disclose Notes: The second and fourth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series); the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series).

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