Journey into Mystery #27

The Man Who Stopped Time!

by Carl Wessler and Dick Ayers

Release: October 1955
Format: Comic Book
Genre: Weird Fiction
Audience: YA and Up
Content: Time Phenomena
Original Language: English

After George Applby’s proposal is rejected by his fiancée, George stumbles across a stopwatch that freezes time for other people in the vicinity, so naturally he hatches a scheme to use the watch to break up Nancy and her new boyfriend.

— Michael Main

I don’t want some other girl! I want Nancy! If only I could stop time!

DEBUT

“The Man Who Stopped Time!,” in Journey into Mystery #27 (Atlas Comics, October 1955).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1950 to 1959: presumed time period

Themes

Frozen Time: George’s stopwatch seems to halt time for other nearby people, but not for nearby objects (such as their watches) or people who are farther away.
Unusual Aging: Time appears to pass normally for George while time is stopped for nearby people, but he ages at a rate of one year for every minute of real time.

Groupings

Atlas Comics (franchise)
Journey into Mystery (comic book): #27 (October 1955)