Issue | #104 |
Published | May 1964 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in March 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Thor; Surtur; Skagg |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Chic Stone |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
Characters | Thor [Donald Blake]; Skagg; Surtur; Balder; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Loki; Odin; Enchantress [Amora] (cameo); Executioner [Skurge] (cameo) |
Synopsis | Odin comes to Earth to settle the matter of Thor's love for Jane Foster. At the same time, Loki frees Skagg, the Storm Giant and Surtur so that he never has relinquish the power over Asgard. Thor, Balder and Odin defeat the giants and Loki is punished. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Chic Stone |
Letters | Sam Rosen |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Mighty Thor Collector's Album, The (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-125 [abridged]; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #17 (November 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #11 (August 31, 1971) [as "Il furto del martello magico", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
Notes | Advertises Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964) and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964). |
Characters | Dorr Rathko; Kirn; Lycia Welles |
Synopsis | When an asteroid miner's partner marries the girl he loves, he tries to get revenge by stealing their asteroid, but is killed in a freak meteor shower. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Larry Lieber |
Inks | Al Hartley |
Letters | Sam Rosen |
Characters | Oscar Meeker; Mathilda Meeker |
Synopsis | A long-suffering pushover is stuck with a battered suitcase, but finds that the case magically fills with money and spends it for him. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Continues from last issue. Announces that only feature-length Thor stories and the Tales of Asgard stories will appear in Journey Into Myster, starting next issue. |
Reprinted | from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #141 (December 1955) [page 2] |
Characters | Heimdall (origin); Odin; Agnar the Fierce (introduction); Gotron, the Agile (introduction); Brimer (introduction); Trolls; Storm Giants |
Synopsis | Odin has decided to appoint a sentry to the Rainbow Bridge. Agnar, Gotron and Heimdall try out for the appointment but Heimdall gets it. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Don Heck |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | First in the Heimdall biography series. |
Reprinted | in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (July 7, 1971) [Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |