Journey into Mystery #40

In "I Saw a Demon!" from Journey into Mystery #40 (1956), a scientist tests a revolutionary device that captures sound on stone—only to uncover a forgotten chant from an ancient temple, summoning something far older than the machine itself. As the playback echoes through the lab, the past begins to bleed into the present, and the line between invention and invocation dissolves.

In "How Harry Escaped," a desperate man steals a mysterious portrait believed to grant youth under moonlight—only to find the power too dangerous to control. As the moonlight claims him, Harry begins to unravel, slipping further into the past with no way to stop.

In "The Strange Secret of Henry Hill!" from Journey into Mystery #40 (1956), a man consumed by envy discovers a hidden experiment that brought a child from another dimension to Earth—only to wrongly believe his rival is the alien. When his demands for blackmail are rejected, he destroys the machine holding the child, only to realize too late that his assumptions were wrong as the child vanishes before his eyes.

In "The Victim!", a con artist finds himself unexpectedly whisked away by a visitor from Pluto, forced to serve as a living test for an alien teleportation device. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, the story unfolds with a blend of sci-fi intrigue and classic pulp tension, as the confidence man’s wits are put to the ultimate test.

In "The Question That Can't Be Answered!" from Journey into Mystery #40 (1956), a skeptical reporter sets out to debunk a hypnotist’s séance act—only to find himself mysteriously transported into the body of a man living five hundred years in the future, where the same act is still being performed. Now trapped in a loop of time and identity, he’s re-hypnotized and sent back again, left utterly confused about who he truly is. The story’s haunting premise lingers long after the final page, leaving the reader as unsettled as the reporter.