Journey Into Mystery #61 (Marvel, 1960) CGC VF/NM 9.0 Off-white to white pages....

Auction amount: $2,160.00

Sold: Nov 24, 2019

Journey into Mystery #61 Values

Publisher: Marvel, 1960

About Journey into Mystery #61

Jack Kirby cover and art. Don Heck, Dick Ayers, Paul Reinman, and Steve Ditko art. Gomdulla appearance.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: Here Comes Gomdulla the Living Pharoah!

Characters: Gomdulla

Pencils: Jack Kirby

Inks: George Klein

Colors: Stan Goldberg

Letters: Artie Simek

Notes: Cover inks credit from Monsters (2017 series) No. 1.

Reprints: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (August 1971)

STORY DETAILS

(5 Stories)

Title: I Defied Gomdulla--The Living Pharaoh!

Characters: Gomdulla; Paul

Synopsis: An ancient alien robot disguised as an Egyptian mummy-god is reactivated, and forms a cult until it is foiled by a policeman and his own high priest.

Pages: 7.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)

Inks: Dick Ayers [as Ayers] (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #12 (August 1971)

Notes: Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 3-7, 10-11 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 7).

Title: Lucilles's Robot [sic]

Characters: Lucille Swart; Arnold Swart; Rogo the Robot; Frank Swart; Jimmy Swart; Officer Murphy; John Winters

Synopsis: An engineer presents his wife with a robot to do her housework. He believes he is playing a prank, but the robot is real.

Pages: 2.000

Letters: typeset

Notes: Text story with illustration. Text story is pages 8, 26 of comic (pages of story not numbered).

Title: I Dared Enter the Haunted Forest!

Characters: Darius Zorn

Synopsis: A bigoted rich man buys a cursed forest, unconcerned with the misfortunes that befall the village. The forest's keeper takes him to another dimension, explaining that he was looking for a man who no one would miss to display in the alien zoo.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Don Heck

Letters: Ray Holloway ?

Reprints: Monsters on the Prowl (Marvel, 1971 series) #13 (October 1971)

Notes: 'Zorn' seems to have been a stock character of Don Heck. This one bears a physical resemblance to Roderic Zorn in the previous issue, but the similarity ends there. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 12-14, 16-18 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5, last page not numbered).

Title: I Opened the Door to...Nowhere!

Synopsis: A thief forces a shop owner to hide him in a back room, but finds himself opening doors without rest for years.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee ?

Pencils: Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks: Steve Ditko (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #17 (September 1972), | Tower of Shadows [Special] (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (December 1971)

Notes: Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 20-24 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5). Possible Lee script per Nick Caputo, as examined on his blog: http://nick-caputo.blogspot.com/2011/11/who-authored-ditko.html

Title: The Curse of M'Gumbu!

Characters: M'Gumbu

Synopsis: An African tribe ignores their witch-doctor's admonishments against raiding, believing that his vow never to harm another makes him helpless. When they try to kill him he shrinks the entire tribe to protect others.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Stan Lee (plot) ?; Larry Lieber (script) ?

Pencils: Paul Reinman (signed)

Inks: Paul Reinman (signed)

Letters: Artie Simek

Reprints: Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #7 (May 1972)

Notes: Narrated in the third person. Job number from Dr. Michael J. Vassallo via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Story is pages 28-32 of comic (pages of story numbered 1 to 5).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	7	8	5	9	8	7	10	6	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	81
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	3	7	8	5	10	8	7	10	7	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	83

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