Journey into Mystery #40

The Swirling Mist!

by Carl Wessler and Joe Sinnott

Release: November 1956
Format: Comic Book
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: YA and Up
Content: No Time Phenomena
Original Language: English

Reporter Jeff Coates is working on a series of articles about the old Mississippi river mansions when he spots a riverboat near the old, dilapidated Waverly plantation.

— Michael Main

Peculiar things go on ’round that old mansion!

DEBUT

“The Swirling Mist!” , in Journey into Mystery #40 (Atlas Comics, November 1956).

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1950 to 1959: presumed time of Jeff Coates

Themes

Apparent Time Phenomenon Is Not What It Seems: At one point, Coates thinks the riverboat is traveling through time, but alas, it was not meant to be.

Fictional Tags

Ghosts
Parallel Universes or Dimensions: “All life goes on in another dimension!”

Groupings

Atlas Comics (franchise)
Journey into Mystery (comic book): #41 (December 1956)

ITTDB Work #7685: by Carl Wessler and Joe Sinnott
Indexer: Michael Main
Curator: Michael Main
as of 2:05 p.m. MDT, 18 May 2024
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