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5February 1953
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Journey into Mystery #5

Marvel · February 1953 · on sale 1952-10-24

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Identification plate

Series
Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#5
Publication date
February 1953
Key date
1953-02-00
On-sale date
1952-10-24
Indicia publisher
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Frightcover1pencils: Bill Everett; inks: Bill Everett; colors: Stan Goldberg
2Frightcomic story7script: Stan Lee; pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ HeathKurt; Drake; Emma
3The Big Shoestext story2pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typesetBen Moorehead; Mr Harvey; Olaf Reimann
4Zombie!comic story6pencils: Tony DiPreta; inks: Tony DiPretaBlackie Nolan; Larsen
5Condemned!comic story5script: Carl Wessler; pencils: C. L. Hartman; inks: C. L. HartmanLee Danton; Franz Kuhl
6Innocent Bystandercomic story5pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick BrieferEric Weston; Emily Weston

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

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