Journey into Mystery Vol 1 71

Journey into Mystery Vol 1 #71 Published August, 1961 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artist Steve Ditko Stan Goldberg Artie Simek "I Brought the Roc to Life!" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Jack Kirby Inker Dick Ayers Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Ray Holloway "The Boy Who Vanished" Writer Stan Lee Larry Lieber Penciler Paul Reinman Inker Paul Reinman Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek "The Painting" Writer Stan Lee Penciler Steve Ditko Inker Steve Ditko Colourist Stan Goldberg Letterer Artie Simek Previous Issue Next Issue Journey into Mystery #70 Journey into Mystery #72

Appearing in "I Brought the Roc to Life!"

Featured Characters:

• Roc (Only appearance)^[1]
  

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• John Avery
• Anne Avery

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• Egypt
  • Cairo

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Synopsis for "I Brought the Roc to Life!"

Two newlyweds in Egypt uncover a huge egg in the sand that hatches into the Roc in the warm sunlight. The monstrous bird flies around gathering parts of bridges, trains and other items to use in constructing a nest until the scientist that uncovered the egg gets the idea to build a robotic duplicate that flies beyond the atmosphere (?) enticing the Roc to follow it in its forlorn quest for a mate.

Appearing in "The Boy Who Vanished"

Featured Characters:

• Billy Carter

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• Alana

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Synopsis for "The Boy Who Vanished"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "The Painting"

Featured Characters:

• Simon Squeed

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Synopsis for "The Painting"

An art dealer who buys quality paintings at rock-bottom insulting prices from poverty stricken artists and then sells them for thousands attempts to steal a beautiful painting from a gypsy who refuses to sell it. The dealer has the gypsy arrested on a trumped up charge and burgles the man's wagon to remove the painting. When the gypsy is released because the man cannot be found he knows why and goes to the art dealer's apartment to retrieve his enchanted painting. If you've seen the last few minutes of "The Shining", you know what happened to the art dealer, who becomes trapped within the stolen painting.

Notes

• "I Brought the Roc to Life!" reprinted in Monsters on the Prowl #10
• "The Boy Who Vanished" reprinted in Fear #4
• "The Painting" reprinted in Where Creatures Roam #6

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