Journey into Mystery #78 (1962) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Sorcerer!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Lucy Scott; Aaron
1	Kraggoom! The Creature Who Caught an Astronaut!	comic story	7	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Ray Holloway, Artie Simek	Kraggoom; Derek Wolfington
2	Time Machine	text story	2	pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed Crandall
3	The Sorcerer	comic story	6	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Lucy Scott; Aaron
4	The Clutching Hand	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: John Duffy	Charlie; Mike
4	Monsters on Mercury!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Ben

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Collection	Year
Fantasy Masterpieces #7	1967	On eBay ›
Monsters on the Prowl #9	1971	On eBay ›

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