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Issue: Journey into Mystery #57
Publication Date: March 1960
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Issues: #57 of 125 Issues (181 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/30/1959
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in November 1959. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. All new stories in this issue are narrated in the first person unless otherwise specified.
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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 Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
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Orogo! The Thing from Beyond!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Orogo
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #2 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #12 [unnamed variant] published November 1971
as Orogo! The Thing from Beyond! [Illustration on Cover, Front]relettered
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Orogo; Albert Carstairs
Synopsis: An alien robot arrives to hypnotically enslave the people of Earth, but is stopped when it cannot hypnotize one old man, a blind man.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #2 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1966
as Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #12 [unnamed variant] published November 1971
as Orogo!! The Nightmare from Outer Space!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #148 published January 1974
as Orogo! The Nightmare from Outer Space [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-593
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the third person.
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The Earth-Crawlers!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Henry Salt; Martha Salt
Synopsis: An inventor with a nagging wife must prevent giant roots resulting from a witch doctor's curse from overrunning Africa. He then turns to inventing a device which will harness the power of his wife's voice.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #12 [unnamed variant] published November 1971
as The Earth-Crawlers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #148 published January 1974
as The Earth Crawlers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: T-592
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the third person.
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Tricky Travel

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Eli Twiddle; Mr. Hardy
Synopsis: A travel agent has the ability to travel in his dreams, but eventually he grows out of it.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #48 published August 1956
was Tricky Travel [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-19
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 16, 24 of comic (pages of story not numbered).
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The Metal Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Mr. Mason; Grosko
Synopsis: An American engineer ignores the warnings of locals and builds a road through a Gypsy-inhabited wood. One of the gypsies causes his steam shovel to attack him until he agrees to stop building.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWhere Monsters Dwell #12 [unnamed variant] published November 1971
as The Metal Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-597
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The Martian Who Stole My Body!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): John Warren; Spot; Zetora (introduction, origin)
Synopsis: A Martian criminal arrives on earth and switches bodies with a man, but the man's dog can still tell the difference between them, forcing the Martian to switch back.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #7 published May 1972
as The Martian Who Stole My Body! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #148 published January 1974
as The Martian Who Stole My Body! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: T-590
Disclose Notes: Zetora next appears in issue #58.

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