Journey Into Mystery Vol 2 17

Alien invaders adapt the same form of humans to learn their weaknesses but grow to like them, and when their masters demand they report in, they tell them that the humans are dangerous and smash the communicator. They live out the rest of their lives as human beings.

Appearing in "The Crackpot"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales of Suspense #31
(originally printed as The Monster in the Iron Mask!)

Featured Characters:

Bobby

Supporting Characters:

Mr. Lane

Antagonists:

Monster in the Iron Mask (First appearance)

Races and Species:

Humans
Unnamed alien race

Synopsis for "The Crackpot"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Tales of Suspense #31
(originally printed as The Monster in the Iron Mask!)

An alien lands with a mission to soften up Earth for an attack. He is impervious to small arms fire, artillery and even a direct hit from an atomic bomb. He tells the humans he is only vulnerable to gas attack and that is why he wears the iron mask. A magician practicing misdirection with his son realizes the monster has been doing the same thing and tells the army to use gas. They don't think it will work and are reluctant, but he insists. He is positive it will work. They try it and the monster flees the planet. The magician realizes that the alien was using misdirection to protect his sole weakness. That was his real face.

Appearing in "The Terrible Touch!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Tales #159
(originally printed as The Man Who Believed)

Synopsis for "The Terrible Touch!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Marvel Tales #159
(originally printed as The Man Who Believed)

An accountant frames a man which causes him to lose his job so he feels guilty. He begins to have recurring nightmares where figures tell him that he belongs with them and that his life on Earth is a lie. His wife notices that he actually begins to fade out of existence every evening so she makes an appointment for him to see an analyst. The doctor tells him to deny his dream encounter so the next evening he does so, but they are so convincing that he ends up both denying them and his Earth existence at the same time and finds himself in nothingness. He hears his wife's voice as though from far away and he resolves to follow the voice and admit his misdeed.

Appearing in "The Secret of Steven Durham"

Reprint of the 1st story from
World of Fantasy #15

Synopsis for "The Secret of Steven Durham"

Reprint of the 1st story from
World of Fantasy #15

A man's friend realizes that he has developed a way to stop aging by taking treatments from a device that measures the speed of light.

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Journey Into Mystery Vol 2 17

Appearing in "Too Human!"

Synopsis for "Too Human!"