Issue | #108 |
Published | September 1964 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in July 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Thor; Loki; Jane Foster; Doctor Strange |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Notes | Brodsky cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via GCD Errors list, January 2009. Original indexer credited 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]; Loki; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Odin; Jane Foster; Heimdall; Avengers [Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp] (cameo) |
Synopsis | Thor is called to the aid of Doctor Strange, and as Dr. Blake saves his life after a crippling mystic attack. Loki takes advantage of a misunderstanding between Thor and Odin to come to Earth and kidnap Jane Foster. Thor finds Loki and defeats him, while a grateful Doctor Strange saves Jane. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Chic Stone |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #21 (July 1969); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #13 (September 28, 1971) [as "Nelle mani di Loki", 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 the Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964), Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964), and Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (1964). Printed between the pages of the Thor story. |
Characters | Sam Craig |
Synopsis | A bookkeeper gives up his fantasies of travel and goes back to handball after a strange encounter with two Indian magicians. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed between Thor and Tales of Asgard. This is the last text story in Journey Into Mystery, starting next issue a letters page was included instead. |
Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (June 1956) [page 2] |
Characters | Thor; King Sindri |
Synopsis | The king of the dwarves attempts to sell an incognito Thor to the trolls as a slave, and Thor frees all of their captives and destroys their mine. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Vince Colletta |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (January 1971); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (August 17, 1971) [as "Catturato dai trolls", 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) |