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Issue: Journey into Mystery #80
Publication Date: May 1962
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Issues: #80 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: 03/01/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands March 1, 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:  
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Disclose Reprinted In6
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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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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Won't You Step into My Parlor?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The cover art does not really depict any part of the story, there is no point when one of the two men is tiny and the other normal sized, neither of the characters on the cover resemble those in the story. Lee and Ditko are mentioned by name in a cover caption.
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Won't You Step into My Parlor...???

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, horror, occult
Character(s): Luther Krumhausen; Kunhn; Gruber; Darius Zamora
Synopsis: Herr Krumhausen prepares a giant room to deceive a business competitor only to really shrink himself.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #99 published January 1975as "Non vuoi camminare nel mio salotto...???", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #7 published October 1973
as Won't You Step into My Parlor...?? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The third, fourth and sixth pages include advertisements for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).
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Strange Mission

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Alfred Pook; Harold; Dr. Smith
Synopsis: A man becomes confused over directions to the dentist and as a result accidentally pilots an expedition to claim a new planet.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMystery Tales #45 published September 1956
was Strange Mission [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: K-440
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Propaganda

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Boris Grozny; Ivan Grozny
Synopsis: Low-level communist worker Boris Grozny is given a chance to avoid Siberia if he can stir up turmoil in an African nation. All he stirs up is trouble for himself with the native gods.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Stories of Suspense #145 published January 1975
as Propaganda [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: [None]
Disclose Notes: The second page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series); the last page includes an advertisement for the Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series), also drawn by Jack Kirby.
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I Spent a Night in a Haunted House!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Tom
First Line: They called the house haunted!
Synopsis: A young boy who has just moved to town is convinced to spend the night in a haunted house. He doesn't find any ghosts, but the next day he realizes the house itself was the ghost.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMonsters on the Prowl #26 published October 1973
as I Spent a Night in a Haunted House! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This story is retold as "I Speak of the Haunted House!" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series) #42 (June 1963). The fourth page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series).

The kids are shown reading comic books: Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish and Tales of Suspense and they mention them by name.
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For the Birds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Borgon
Synopsis: Mr. Borgon is an unscrupulous hunter of rare animals in the future who finds himself trapped by his own deceit.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagHIP Comics #1963 published January 1968
as Een luchtschip voor 'n ei [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The third page includes an advertisement for the Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1962 series); the last page includes an advertisement for Amazing Adult Fantasy (Marvel, 1961 series), also by Lee and Ditko.

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