Appearing in "Gruto! The Creature from Nowhere! / Gruto! Part 2"
Journey Into Mystery #67
Featured Characters:
- Dan Mitchell
Supporting Characters:
- Gruto (First appearance)
- Laura
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Editor-in-Chief
- Unidentified Police Department
- United States Air Force
- Numerous unnamed aliens from Pacion Rex (Only in flashback)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Milky Way
- Unnamed Galaxy (Only in flashback)
- Pacion Rex (Only in flashback)
Vehicles:
- Gruto's Spacecraft
Events:
Synopsis for "Gruto! The Creature from Nowhere! / Gruto! Part 2"
Journey Into Mystery #67
A contributor to a magazine is told by his editor that if he doesn't turn in a sensationalistic story he will be fired. He comes across a spaceship that has crashed causing the alien inside to bump his head and forget his mission. The man offers him a place to stay inside a barn until he remembers why he came to Earth. He takes photos of the alien and turns in a sensationalist pack of lies that the alien is an advance scout for a planned invasion. His girlfriend is bothered by guilt but she knows that he's doing it for the sake of his job. When the authorities confront the alien they believe that he is no immediate threat because he merely asks to be left alone until his memory returns. Not wanting the attention to fade, the man spreads more lies of hostile intent until the people are whipped up into a mob. His girlfriend goes out to warn Gruto to flee before the mob arrives as she is wracked with guilt to being an accomplice to the deception. Gruto does as she bids and takes up orbit around Earth in his spaceship. The humans try various attacks against him but Gruto easily nullifies them. As their last ditch strike, the humans launch a missile with a hydrogen warhead against the craft, which fails to damage it but does succeed in making Gruto bump his head once more restoring his memory. Gruto lands and proclaims that he recalls his mission was to impart great technical knowledge to Earth but since they have acted like barbarians and attempted to kill him, they deserve nothing and he departs. The man's girlfriend dumps him and all of Earth treats him as a pariah.
Appearing in "We Were Trapped with the Silent Monster!"
Journey Into Mystery #60
Featured Characters:
- Roderic Zorn (First appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Mining Crew
- Franz
- Numerous unnamed miners
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Unnamed Professor
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- Europe
- Unnamed Mining Town
- Subterranea
- Europe
Synopsis for "We Were Trapped with the Silent Monster!"
Journey Into Mystery #60
Roderick Zorn, the world's greatest engineer, creates the world deepest mine of all time. However the mining crew discover an underground world filled with dragons, to save the surface from their menace Zorn sacrifices himself to cause a cave-in and seal the dragons forever.
Notes
- Cover art: Gruto figure by Ditko, human figures and background by Severin.