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Journey into Mystery #78 (1962) · The Collector

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Journey into Mystery (1952)
#78

Marvel#78

Journey into Mystery

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Journey into Mystery #78

Kraggoom! The Creature Who Caught an Astronaut! / The Sorcerer / The Clutching Hand / Monsters on Mercury!

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: March 1962
On sale: Jan 2, 1962
Cover price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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An exiled gaseous alien criminal named Kraggoom waits in Earth orbit for the first human astronaut in order to enter his body and possess his mind, returning to Earth as a conqueror. However, the first astronaut turns out to be a wealthy cheat who paid a safecracker to obtain the test results from NASA's selection process and altered them so that he would be chosen as the first astronaut. He is unable to cope with space travel and develops amnesia under the stress. Kraggoom, trapped in the human's mind, suffers the same fate as the spacecraft returns to Earth.

Writers: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Pencillers: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott
Inkers: Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott
Colorist: Stan Goldberg
Letterers: Artie Simek, Ray Holloway, John Duffy
Covers: Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers
Cover colors: Stan Goldberg
Editor: Stan Lee
Cover letters: Artie Simek

Characters

Aaron
Ben
Charlie
Derek Wolfington
Kraggoom
Lucy Scott
Mike

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