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Journey into Mystery #20 cover
Cover: Carl Burgos

Journey into Mystery #20

Dec 1954 · Marvel · 0.10 USD
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In "Quick-Change!", a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger and a car that runs on nothing sets Karl Baxter on a dangerous path of deception and desperation. Written and illustrated by Bill Everett, with a cover by Carl Burgos, this 1954 tale from Journey into Mystery #20 unfolds with a pulse of intrigue and a twist that defies expectations.

Contains 5 stories
Quick-Change!
5 pp · Horror-Suspense
After Man... What?
5 pp · Horror-Suspense
Hector!
4 pp · Science Fiction
The Messenger!
4 pp · Science Fiction

In "The Messenger!", Jeff, a prankster who delights in teasing delivery men at his warehouse, finds his antics take a strange turn when a mysterious visitor named Dal begins fulfilling his impossible requests with eerie precision. As Dal’s uncanny knowledge and abilities grow more inexplicable, he drops a startling revelation: he’s from the future, sent to observe the past—before vanishing without a trace.

The Crazy Car!
5 pp · Horror-Suspense, Science Fiction
Stranger on the street (car engine inventor, death)Kurt Baxter (villain, death)

In "The Crazy Car!", Karl Baxter is lured into a mysterious test drive by a stranger offering a car that runs on no fuel at all—until he realizes the true cost of such a discovery. Written by an unknown hand and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1954 horror-suspense tale spins a chilling web of greed, deception, and something far stranger than mere invention.

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Raw (Good) $139
CGC 9.0 · 2 in census $1,491
CGC 8.5 · 2 in census $1,086*
CGC 8.0 · 2 in census $931*
CGC 7.5 · 3 in census $931
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $811
CGC 6.5 none in existence
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CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $412*
CGC 5.5 · 6 in census $338
CGC 5.0 · 6 in census $318
CGC 4.5 · 3 in census $281
CGC 4.0 · 6 in census $246
CGC 3.5 · 1 in census $218*
CGC 3.0 · 3 in census $210
CGC 2.5 none in existence
CGC 2.0 · 1 in census $133*
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Full credits

artist, inker, letterer Bill Everett
cover pencils, inks Carl Burgos

Reprints

↩ Reprints Strange Tales #14 (1953)

Reprinted in Amazing Stories of Suspense #8 (1963), Creepy Worlds #20 (1963), Creepy Worlds #150 (1974), Creepy Worlds #151 (1974), Creepy Worlds #184 (1979), Astounding Stories #185 (1987), Uncanny Tales #179 (1987), Secrets of the Unknown #246 (1988), Marvel Masterworks: Atlas Era Journey into Mystery #2 (2009), The Bill Everett Archives #2 (2013), Atlas Creator Collection #3 (2026), Astounding Stories #30, Creepy Worlds #18, Creepy Worlds #69, Secrets of the Unknown #18, Sinister Tales #56, Uncanny Tales #30

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