Journey into Mystery #42
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Farley's Other Face!", a man trades time-traveling pills to a prisoner, believing the past is unchangeable—yet the convict discovers he’s doomed to repeat his mistakes, no matter how hard he tries to alter his fate. Written by Carl Wessler and illustrated by Robert Q. Sale, with colors by Stan Goldberg and letters by Joe Letterese, this 1957 tale from Journey into Mystery explores the eerie weight of inevitability. The cover by Bill Everett captures the story’s haunting tension in striking detail.
In "Life Sentence!" from Journey into Mystery #42 (1957), a man offers a prisoner time-traveling pills in exchange for the location of a hidden bank roll, knowing the past is unchangeable. The prisoner, hopeful he can alter his fate, takes the pills—only to relive the same choices and end up serving his sentence again, no matter how he tries to change course.
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Reprinted in Amazing Stories of Suspense #9 (1963), Creepy Worlds #21 (1963), Amazing Stories of Suspense #137 (1974), Sinister Tales #129 (1974), Secrets of the Unknown #152 (1975), Secrets of the Unknown #187 (1979), Sinister Tales #218 (1987), Astounding Stories #188 (1988), Uncanny Tales #187 (1988), Amazing Stories of Suspense #89, Astounding Stories #57, Misterios del Gato Negro #55, Secrets of the Unknown #21, Sinister Tales #3, Sinister Tales #57
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