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Issue: Journey into Mystery #79
Publication Date: April 1962
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Issues: #79 of 125 Issues (181 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: 02/01/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands February 1, 1962 according to Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website or January 23, 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In9
Disclose Reprinted From1
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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Disclose Content Items (7 total)
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The Midnight Monster!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Victor Avery
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Midnight Monster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Victor Avery; Bill Cooper
Synopsis: When handsome, scientist, playboy Victor Avery is rejected by a girl he turns himself into a monster to wreak revenge on her fiancé only to become his own victim.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #6 published February 1972
as The Midnight Monster [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: V-594
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) also drawn by Jack Kirby.
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Secret Mission

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Character(s): Ezra Bolton; Prof. Carmichael; Prof. Greever
Synopsis: A bookkeeper dreams that he is a government agent hunting a mad scientist with a destructive sound device.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystic #43 published January 1956
was Secret Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: H-487
Disclose Notes: The first page of this story is printed between the pages of "The Midnight Monster", while the second page is printed between "Wings of the Butterfly!" and "The Speed Demon". The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
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The Man Who Played Dead!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Synopsis: A midget disguises himself as a dummy to gain access to homes to rob them. When he murders someone while robbing their home the police do not see through his disguise, but they put him in a trunk where he will suffocate.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #14 published December 1971
as The Man Who Played Dead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #145 published January 1975
as The Man Who Played Dead! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSeriespesial #3/1986 published January 1986
as Mannen som spilte død! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: V-596
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Wings of the Butterfly!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Eric Krane
Synopsis: In the year 2050 Eric Krane is a spaceman who collects butterflies only to find himself trapped on planet where butterflies collect men.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFear #6 published February 1972
as Wings of the Butterfly! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Average monthly circulation October 1960–September 1961 (issues #65–75, despite monthly cover dates): 182,090.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: This shares the last page of "Secret Mission".
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The Speed Demon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult, science and technology
Character(s): Speedy Simms
Synopsis: Speedy Sims races his car so recklessly he is doomed to race around the rings of Saturn forever.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHIP Comics #1963 published January 1968
as De snelheids-duivel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #14 published December 1971
as The Speed Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #145 published January 1975
as The Speed Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #5/1985 published January 1985
as Råkjører! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series) also by Lee and Ditko.

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