Journey into Mystery #25
In "The Man Who Lost Himself!", a soldier haunted by recurring encounters with a mysterious girl and her family finds himself caught between memories and reality. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by Ann Brewster, this eerie 1955 tale from Journey into Mystery explores identity and illusion as a man traces familiar faces across war-torn landscapes—only to discover unsettling truths when he returns home. The haunting cover by Carl Burgos perfectly captures the story’s unsettling mood.
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A soldier wants his buddy to meet his sister but he has already fallen for a girl he's met. As he travels from place to place he sees this girl and her family repeatedly, but each time, she gives him a different family name. When the war ends, he returns to the houses he ate with these people, but they are empty and the neighbors claim no one with that name ever lived there. Confused, he goes back to the states and meets his buddy's family, who look just like the people he encountered.
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