Conman Pete Arlen buys a magic spring that purportedly makes people twenty years younger, and then he unloads it before knowing all the particulars of its magic.
—Michael Main
You mean to tell me that the waters of Chi-Na-Nichi actually makes people twenty years younger!

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  1. “Those Who Vanish!,” as by Carl Wessler and S. Ditko, Journey into Mystery #38 (Atlas Comics, September 1956).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Carl Wessler
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . art by Steve Ditko

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  1. Content—The fountain of youth does work, making people twenty years younger, and it also returns people to what they were doing at that time. For example, suppose I were to enter the waters right now in 2023; then I'd immediately find myself back on the campus of the University of Colorado teaching undergrads in Chem 140 at 10:00am on a weekday. But would I actually be in 2003? I don’t think so, which is why I’ve marked the story as having debatable time travel.