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Issue: Journey into Unknown Worlds #56
Publication Date: April 1957
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Issues: #56 of 58 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Atlas [black & white]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Western Fiction Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 9 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Stan Lee
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#s 37 [2] and 38 [3]); standard Silver Age US (#39 onwards)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Wrong Choice!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Severin; Carl Burgos (see notes)
Inker(s): John Severin; Carl Burgos (see notes)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #146 published January 1974
as The Wrong Choice! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #182 published January 1978
as The Wrong Choice! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagCreepy Worlds #219 published January 1984
as The Wrong Choice! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Man Who Went Too Far!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Richard Doxsee (signed)
Inker(s): Richard Doxsee (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A scientist invents a cosmic magnet which brings down a ghost-like inhabitant of space. His partner thinks that capturing such a being for study is cruel and he knocks the magnet so that it tilts downward and pulls a similar dense creature up to the surface from the Earth's core.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Adventures #22 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1974
as The Man Who Went Too Far! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-403
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They Won't Die!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pete Morisi (signed)
Inker(s): Pete Morisi (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A man finds that he and his friends all have Wolverine's healing factor. These humans with incredible healing powers are called the "other men.".
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-548
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Your Life for Mine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Marvin Stein
Inker(s): Marvin Stein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Synopsis: A scientist builds a time travel device that requires someone from the present return to the past if one from the past is brought forward. He switches places with an alchemist just as a mob is coming for him.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-552
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It All Adds Up

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagUncanny Tales #31 published April 1955
was The Ice Age [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]as "It All Adds Up"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.66
Job Number: G-230
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The Wrong Choice!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Werner Roth
Inker(s): Werner Roth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: A pirate captain finds himself in Atlantis and granted one wish. He wishes to be seven feet tall and strong as a bull so he can strong arm the Atlanteans but they are all much bigger and more powerful than that.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-495
Disclose Notes: Features the legendary city of Atlantis, first described in Timaeus and Critias by Plato (360 BC).
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The Voice in the Night!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Wessler
Penciller(s): Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Bolle [as FWB] (signed)
Colorist(s): Stan Goldberg ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: In 1944 a captured US soldier hates the German sergeant who goads him into attempting an escape after he finishes carving a wooden doll for his daughter. During the attempt, the man hears a voice coming from the doll giving instructions on how to elude the enemy patrols, and many years later sees the German sergeant giving a ventriloquist performance. He realizes the sergeant had aided him in gaining his freedom.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Job Number: L-373
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monroe Froehlich, Jr.
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.34
Disclose Notes: For 1 October 1956. Stan Lee, Editor; Martin Goodman, Managing Editor; Monroe Froehlich, Jr., Business Manager.
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The Impossible

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Everett
Inker(s): Bill Everett
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Everett
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Synopsis: Once a ship-in-a-bottle is pulled out of a tub of water it had fallen into, radio S.O.S. signals that had been received cease.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGamma la bombe qui a créé Hulk #12 published January 1980
In Content Item: FlagAmazing Adventures #25 published July 1974
as Are You Ready For the... Impossible [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Job Number: L-375

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