Journey into Mystery Vol 2 1

Journey into Mystery Vol 2 #1 Published October, 1972 Editor-in-Chief Roy Thomas Cover Artist Gil Kane Tom Palmer "Dig Me No Grave" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler Gil Kane Inker Tom Palmer Colourist Tom Palmer Letterer Sam Rosen Adapted from original material by Robert E. Howard "House" Writer Steve Englehart Penciler Ralph Reese Inker Ralph Reese Letterer John Costanza "You Show Me Your Dream--I'll Show You Mine" Writer Steve Skeates Penciler Jim Starlin Inker Mike Ploog Letterer Denise Wohl Previous Issue Next Issue — Journey into Mystery Vol 2 #2

Appearing in "Dig Me No Grave"

Featured Characters:

• Professor Conrad (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• Dan Kirowan (First appearance)
• John Grimlan (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story as a corpse and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Malik Tous, the Prince of Darkness (also named Satan, Beelzebub or Ahriman) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Leopard Cults (Mentioned)
• Von Boehnk (Mentioned)

Deities and Invocations:

• The Devil (Invoked)
• Shuma-Gorath (Mentioned)
• Good Lord (Invoked)
• Nameless One (Invoked)
• Elder Ones (Invoked)
  • Lord of the Elder Ones (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• "God-thing"
• Elder Ones (Invoked)

Locations:

• Earth
  • Undisclosed country
    • Kirowan's house (First appearance)
    • Grimlan's house (First appearance)
  • Sunken Cities (Mentioned)
  • Acheron (Mentioned)
  • Vienna, Austria (Mentioned)
  • Deep Asia (Mentioned)
• Heaven (Invoked)

Items and Concepts:

• Voodoo rituals (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Dig Me No Grave"

A story that details the events of an occultist's death when Satan comes for him.

Appearing in "House"

Featured Characters:

• Jim Staton (Only appearance; dies)^[1]

Antagonists:

• The House

Other Characters:

• Mary, Queen of Scots (Mentioned)
• God (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans

Locations:

• Kentucky
  
  

Synopsis for "House"

A man seeks shelter from a storm in a house that turns out to be a living creature which devours him.

Appearing in "You Show Me Your Dream--I'll Show You Mine"

Featured Characters:

• Mark Russel (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Main story and flashback)
• "Angel of Retribution" / Laura Warmer (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Death

Other Characters:

• Mark Russel's victim (Only appearance; dies)^[1] (Only in flashback)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Angels (Mentioned)

Vehicles:

• Mark Russel's car
  
  

Synopsis for "You Show Me Your Dream--I'll Show You Mine"

Two people are having the same dream, a young woman and a hired killer. The man tries to use drink to get himself to sleep without the dream but he runs out so he gets into a car to drive out into the night for more. The woman rises out of her bed, sleepwalking into the path of the car where the man panics at the sight of his dream's 'angel of retribution' and swerves into a crash. The woman returns to her bed and dreams the dream no more.

Solicit Synopsis

Marvel's newest voyage into the World of the Weird! And with titles like "Dig Me No Grave!" - "House!" - and "More Than Blood!" - how can any ghostly-tales aficionado go wrong?

Notes

• Dig Me No Grave is adapted from the story by Robert E. Howard, which is considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos.^[2]

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