Journey into Mystery #33

Name: Journey into Mystery #33
Brand: Marvel

Apr 1956 · Marvel · 0.10 USD

“The Flame That Burned a Thousand Years!”

In "The Flame That Burned a Thousand Years!", a desperate man’s envy of a wealthy ancestor drives him to construct a time-and-space machine—only to discover that even vast riches mean nothing across the ages. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by Steve Ditko, this 1956 tale from Journey into Mystery #33 blends sci-fi wonder with a quiet, haunting reflection on value and legacy. The cover by Sol Brodsky and Carl Burgos captures the story’s eerie, otherworldly tone.

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writer Carl Wessler · artist, inker Steve Ditko · cover Sol Brodsky, Carl Burgos

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writer Carl Wessler

artist, inker Steve Ditko

cover pencils Sol Brodsky

cover inks Carl Burgos

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A poor man resents the wealth of an ancestor until he builds a machine that can transport the money through time and space and he realizes that continental currency is useless to him.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).