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| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | $701.05 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1959-08-01 |
| 9.2 | $1,635.59 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1959-08-01 |
| 9.6 | $12,909.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1959-08-01 |
| 9.8 | $11,735.86 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1959-08-01 |
| RAW | $54.17 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1959-08-01 |
| 10.0 | $15,257.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1959-08-01 |
| 4.0 | $131.61 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1959-08-01 |
| 6.0 | $306.17 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1959-08-01 |
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CGC records 24 graded copies for World of Fantasy #19 (1959). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Gargoyle from the Fifth Galaxy!
Cold War-era radar installations pick up the approach of a spaceship entering Earth’s atmosphere, which eventually comes to a landing in Washington, D.C. There, a fierce-looking humanoid creature that breathes flame disembarks, the surrounding military quickly firing upon him in fear. Their bombardment of bullets and shells do not affect the alien, who nevertheless returns to its ship and returns to outer space, apparently scared away by human resilience. A book it had left behind, however, reveals it was an ambassador of a utopian civilization hoping to share its cornucopia of science, medicine, and social programs with the universe’s less-advanced races, including Earth.
Realizing their blunder, Earth’s own representatives at the United Nations can only hope that someday the alien will return to give humanity a second chance, at which point, the human race will be worthy of its generosity.
| ReprintOf2 = Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 24 | ReprintOfStory2 = 4
| StoryTitle3 = Deluge! | Writer3_1 = N/A | Penciler3_1 = Steve Ditko | Inker3_1 = Steve Ditko | Colorist3_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer3_1 = Artie Simek | Editor3_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing3 = **Featured Characters:** * Jason Trump) **Supporting Characters:** * United States Army) ** Major Tek ** Three unnamed military personnel
**Other Characters:** * William Gilbert (physicist)|William Gilbert * Queen Elizabeth) * Four unnamed scientists * Ali * Timbo **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Camels * Gods of Earth **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** North America *** United States of America ** Moon ** Asia ** Africa **Items:** * Jason Trump's Magnetic Machine
| Synopsis3 = A scientist has a theory that there is no gravitational force, instead; everything is held in place by magnetism. He builds a machine to prove his theory and points it at the moon. Unfortunately, this causes ocean levels to rise so high that his building is submerged and he drowns trying to shut off the machine without damaging it. A brave major from a nearby military base has no such scruples and he wrecks the machine, thus saving the world.
| StoryTitle4 = The Iron Hulk! | Writer4_1 = Stan Lee | Writer4_2 = Larry Lieber | Penciler4_1 = Joe Sinnott | Inker4_1 = Joe Sinnott | Colorist4_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer4_1 = Artie Simek | Editor4_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing4 = **Featured Characters:** * Tim Jones) **Supporting Characters:** * Mr. Jones * Roby (Mark XII)) * Mrs. Jones
**Other Characters:** * Unnamed Robot Merchant * Unnamed Junk Man **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Robots **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America
| Synopsis4 = In the year 3000 A.D., robots are a normal part of human society. A family man buys one robot as a companion for his son as they live outside the city, and the boy becomes quite fond of “Roby”. However, when the family makes plans to move into the city, the father sells the robot to a nearby junk dealer as their apartment won’t have room for Roby.
The boy attempts to run over to the scrapyard, only to get his foot stuck between some railroad tracks, and screams for help as he sees a train coming. The robot responds and, leaving the scrapyard, pulls the boy free in time but is then hit by the train.
While consoling the boy, the father continues to insist that the robot had no feelings himself and had only responded as programmed to the boy in danger, until he notices what appear to be tears leaking from Roby’s eyes. The boy's father decides to have him repaired and taken to the apartment with them, never calling it an empty iron hulk again.
| StoryTitle5 = The Brain Destroyer! | Writer5_1 = Stan Lee | Writer5_2 = Larry Lieber | Penciler5_1 = Carl Burgos | Inker5_1 = Carl Burgos | Colorist5_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer5_1 = Artie Simek | Editor5_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing5 = **Featured Characters:** * Philip Latimer) **Supporting Characters:** * Anne Latimer) * Bobby Latimer) **Antagonists:** * Unidentified Aliens **Other Characters:** * New Yorkers ** Charlie ** Numerous unnamed New Yorkers * NYPD) ** Two unnamed police officers * United States Government) ** Ben ** Mary ** Several unnamed scientists **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species **Realities:** * Earth-616 **Locations:** * Earth ** United States of America *** New York) **** New York City ***** Manhattan ****** Central Park **Items:** * Unidentified Alien Electronic Hypnosis Device
| Synopsis5 = A meteor crashed in the middle of Central Park, drawing many of the world’s best scientists to come an examine it, including Philip Latimer, who reluctantly brings his wife and son with him to New York City.
The assembled scientists quickly conclude that the meteorite was actually artificial due to the regularity of its shape, just as it begins emitting electronic waves that cause anything they reach to fall into a trance-like state. Latimer’s wife flees with her son as the waves spread, causing a mass exodus of people from the city.
Desperate to help his father, Bobby Latimer breaks free form his mother and returns to the park, apparently unaffected. The meteorite soon after bust open as the device inside short circuits and explodes, freeing its victims and ending its hypnotic transmission. Guessing that the machine was set to affect the mentality of mature humans, and could not cope with switching to affect the young boy as well. With the apparent alien invasion foiled, Dr. Latimer promises to bring his family along with him on his work from then on.
| StoryTitle6 = I Was Stranded in Space | Writer6_1 = Stan Lee | Writer6_2 = Larry Lieber | Penciler6_1 = Joe Sinnott | Inker6_1 = Joe Sinnott | Colorist6_1 = Stan Goldberg | Letterer6_1 = Artie Simek | Editor6_1 = Stan Lee
| Appearing6 = **Featured Characters:** * Joe Burke) **Supporting Characters:** * Unidentified Aliens ** Three unnamed aliens
**Other Characters:** * Space Police Patrol) ** Two unnamed officers **Races and Species:** * Humans) * Unidentified alien species **Realities:** * Earth-Unknown **Locations:** * Unidentified Planet * Earth
**Vehicles:** * XR-507
| Synopsis6 = In the year 2800, criminal Joe Burke is being taken by spaceship back to Earth to serve a heavy prison sentence for his crimes. When the spaceship suffers “turbulence” due to a space warp, Burke uses the confusion to flee in an emergency escape craft, intent on leaving the slower spaceship behind as he searches for a world to hide out on. Soon enough, however, the “lifeboat” runs out of fuel and Burke is forced to crash-land on a livable but uninhabited world.
With developing survival skills, Burke is able to eke out a living for either years, the length of his sentence on Earth would have been, as he hunts for food, battles predators, and takes shelter from the random meteor showers that afflict the valley he had crashed in, along with heartrending loneliness.
One day, the valley is struck by a massive earthquake that forces Burke to flee to the other side of the mountain range. There, he is overjoyed to find a civilization of human-like beings living an idyllic lifestyle (akin to an idealized version of Roman life) and gratefully rushes to join them, glad of the second chance to be a member of civilization. Unknown to him, the alien beings were aware of his presence on their world the whole time, but left him alone while events caused him to reevaluate his life.
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| Notes = ===Publication Notes=== * "The Gargoyle from the Fifth Galaxy!" is reprinted in Vault of Evil Vol 1 15. * "Deluge!" is reprinted in Dead of Night Vol 1 7.
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Creative credits
Writers: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, N/A, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
Interior art: Don Heck, Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnott, Carl Burgos, Joe Sinnott
Color: Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg, Stan Goldberg
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GCD: 15169
PANEL PROFITS: 27949