Magazine Management Co. / Marvel Comics published in October 1972 a magazine called Journey Into Mystery, featuring two of Howard’s characters, John Conrad (here called Professor Conrad) and John Kirowan (here named Dan Kirowan), also a supporting character John Grimland is featured. Main story is “Dig Me No Grave“.

Contents

•   3 •  Dig Me No Grave
• 16 •  House
• 24 •  You Show Me Your Dream – I’ll Show You Mine

Featured Characters:

• Professor Conrad (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Dan Kirowan (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• John Grimlan (First appearance; dies) (Main story as a corpse and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Malik Tous, the Prince of Darkness (also named Satan, Beelzebub or Ahriman) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Leopard Cults (Mentioned)
• Von Boehnk (Mentioned)

Deities and Invocations:

• The Devil (Invoked)
• Shuma-Gorath (Mentioned)
• Good Lord (Invoked)
• Nameless One (Invoked)
• Elder Ones (Invoked)
  • Lord of the Elder Ones (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• “God-thing”
• Elder Ones (Invoked)

Locations:

• Earth
  • Undisclosed country
    • Kirowan’s house (First appearance)
    • Grimlan’s house (First appearance)
  • Sunken Cities (Mentioned)
  • Acheron (Mentioned)
  • Vienna, Austria (Mentioned)
  • Deep Asia (Mentioned)
• Heaven (Invoked)

Items and Concepts:

• Voodoo rituals (Mentioned)

Notes

Editor: Roy Thomas
Magazine Management Company existed from at least 1947 to 1973 when it was rebranded as Marvel Comics Group.