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Issue: Journey into Mystery #4
Publication Date: April 1973
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.20 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Roy Thomas
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Haunter of the Dark!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Rich Buckler
Frank Giacoia
?
John Costanza
Subject Matter
occult
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The Haunter of the Dark!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ron Goulart (adaptation); H. P. Lovecraft (original story)
Gene Colan
Dan Adkins
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Denise Wohl
Subject Matter
occult
Robert Blake, student of the occult, visits a strange church which was overtaken by dark forces and becomes swept away by the ancient evil once released there.
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Story adapted by permission of Arkham House Publishers.

The H. P. Lovecraft story that this is based on was published in 1936 and was a sequel to Robert Bloch's 1935 story "The Shambler from the Stars." The protagonist here is named for Robert Bloch.
The Price Is Flight!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dan Adkins (plot); Steve Gerber
P. Craig Russell
Dan Adkins
?
John Costanza (uncredited)
Subject Matter
occult
A circus magician unexpectedly attains real occult powers, at the cost of his own life.
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The Man with -- Two Faces!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox; Don McGregor [as Donald F. McGregor]
Win Mortimer
Win Mortimer
?
Jean Izzo (uncredited)
Subject Matter
occult
Martin Ballard is pursued by the curse of the treasure of Genghis Khan, which he once stole.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Steve Gerber ?
typeset
Subject Matter
Journey into the Mail-Box!
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letters from readers Brian Earl Brown, Jon Miles and Fred Bottomsley

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