I Dream of Jeannie this ain't...
...as Jack Kirby once again takes us where another artist has gone before, and puts his own distinctive stamp on it!
Yes, this never-reprinted cover story from Atlas' Journey into Mystery #76 (1962) is another reworking of an earlier tale!
Plotter Stan Lee took the concept from "Forever is a Long Time", which appeared in Atlas' Adventures into Weird Worlds #14 (1953) and reworked it.
Scripter Larry Lieber, penciler Jack Kirby, and inker Dick Ayers did a commendable job, giving the story several touches that make it different from the original, giving it a poetic touch lacking in the 1953 version.
If you want to compare them, "Forever is a Long Time" was reprinted in Marvel's Beware! #4, 1973.
But, if you don't have that almost-as-difficult-to-find-as-AiWW #14-issue, don't worry!
It'll be popping up at our "brother"
RetroBlog, Seduction of the Innocent before September is over!
BTW, note the difference between the cover and interior versions of the genie.
The cover genie is evil, malaevolent, sinister.
The genie in the tale, while a little pissed-off, is really the victim, and
Mike Morgan is the villain of the piece.
Makes you wonder what the time-frame was between the creation of the cover and the interior art.
Which came first?
Guess we'll never know...
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