Journey into Mystery #75
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Lo-Karr, Bringer of Doom!", a desperate scientist's assistant gambles everything on a time machine, fleeing into the unknown with stolen gold and no way back. Stranded in a world so ancient it feels like the dawn of time—or perhaps the final echo of it—his journey leaves him questioning not just where he is, but whether time itself has betrayed him. Written by Stan Lee and illustrated with eerie precision by Steve Ditko, with colors by Stan Goldberg and letters by Artie Simek, this 1961 classic features a cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers that captures the mystery and dread of the unknown.
In "Lo-Karr, Bringer of Doom!", a mysterious alien arrives on Earth during a time of rising global tension, unleashing a display of power before vanishing with a chilling promise to return with an army. Fearing the worst, world leaders set aside their conflicts to unite in defense—but the real surprise lies in the truth behind the threat, revealed through a scientist’s calculated experiment.
In "Mister Gregory and the Ghost!" from Journey into Mystery #75, a greedy homebuilder who cut corners on every job finds himself trapped in a house built from wood harvested from haunted trees. As the ghost of the forest refuses to leave, Mister Gregory’s desperate attempts to drive it out only deepen his ruin—until he realizes too late that the house itself may be the spirit he’s been fighting.
In "The Magic of Mordoo!" from Journey into Mystery #75 (1961), a man’s longing for a younger wife leads him down a dangerous path when he agrees to a gypsy magician’s spell to restore his middle-aged lover’s youth—only to find that beauty comes with a price neither of them expected.
In "The Man Who Lost the World!", a desperate scientist's assistant takes a reckless leap into a time machine, stealing gold ingots to test its limits—only to emerge in a world so ancient it feels like the dawn of time. Stranded on a primitive Earth with no way back, he confronts a chilling uncertainty: the machine may have sent him to the past… or to the end of all things.
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Reprinted in Tales to Astonish #32 (1962), Strange Tales #104 (1963), Amazing Stories of Suspense #21 (1964), Fantasy Masterpieces #5 (1966), Capitaine America #4 (1970), Fantastic Four #6 (1971), Capitaine America #6 (1971), Where Monsters Dwell #9 (1971), Fear #4 (1971), Capitaine America #8 (1971), L'étonnant Spider-Man #15 (1972), Dracula #5 (1975), Frankenstein #1 (1975), Secrets of the Unknown #158 (1975), Das Monster von Frankenstein #24 (1975), Etranges Aventures #55 (1977), Secrets of the Unknown #171 (1977), Creepy Worlds #231 (1985), Fantomet #15/1985 (1985), Seriespesial #8/1985 (1985), Secrets of the Unknown #245 (1988), The A-Z of Marvel Monsters #[nn] (2017), Monsters: The Marvel Monsterbus by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber & Jack Kirby #2 (2017), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #2 (2019) + 9 more
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