Journey into Mystery #57

In "The Earth-Crawlers!", a desperate inventor faces a bizarre threat as colossal roots spread across Africa, unleashed by a witch doctor's curse. With time running out, he turns to an unexpected solution—using the unique resonance of his wife Jo’s voice to power a device that might stop the creeping vines.

In "The Metal Monster," an American engineer presses on with his road project through a secluded wood inhabited by Gypsies, dismissing their warnings. When his steam shovel begins to act on its own, attacking him in a terrifying display, he must confront the strange forces he’s awakened—before it’s too late.

In "The Martian Who Stole My Body!" from Journey into Mystery #57 (1960), a Martian criminal lands on Earth and swaps bodies with a man, but his disguise begins to unravel when the man’s dog refuses to accept the switch. As the Martian scrambles to maintain his new form, the dog’s instinctive suspicion becomes the one thing he can’t outwit.