Issue | #93 |
Published | June 1963 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in April 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Thor; Radio-Active Man [Chen Lu] |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
Characters | Thor [Donald Blake]; Radio-Active Man [Chen Lu] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; General Fu; Chairman Mao Zedong (cameo) |
Synopsis | While on a medical mission to India, Dr. Blake becomes Thor to repel a Chinese attack. In order to fight Thor, a Chinese scientist irradiates himself to gain great power. He fights Thor in New York, and nearly defeats him, but Thor blows him back to China, creating a nuclear explosion. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script) [as R. Berns] |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Letters | Ray Holloway |
Notes | Job number formerly incorrectly listed as X-211, from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Journey Into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 (1965); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #4 (May 21, 1971) [as "Il mitico Thor contro il misterioso uomo radioattivo", Italian translation); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
Characters | Mr. Collins; Jim |
Synopsis | A science fiction movie director gets some help from a real alien and flying saucer, but the film bombs when the footage of the saucer is dismissed as too phony-looking. |
Genre | science fiction |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #51 (October 1956) |
Characters | Caleb Cartwright |
Synopsis | A selfish billionaire builds a fallout shelter deep beneath the Earth's surface, but when he insists on touring it alone he discovers a group of primitive humans that attack him and collapse the tunnel, trapping him. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Larry Lieber |
Inks | Matt Fox |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Synopsis | A man cannot convince the police that he saw an alien ship land. He is really a Martian spy, making sure that they will be able to infiltrate safely. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | Artie Simek |