(August 1962)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand:
- MC
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- 4 Color; Standard Golden Age and Silver Age US Size; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Distributed to newstands in June 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Introducing... the Mighty Thor!
Thor / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Kronans
- Reprints:
-
in The Mighty Thor [Golden Book and Record Set] (Marvel, 1966 series) #[nn] ([1966]) [minus the issue number, date, and price] - in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #[nn] (1974)
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 ([October] 1991), #18 ([October] 1991)
- in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #450 (August 1992)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (September 1997)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[1] (November 1999)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2003)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([August 11] 2010) [TPB]
- in Thor Giant-Size Finale (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (January 2010)
- in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] ([January] 2010)
- in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (November 2010)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010), #1 ([November] 2010)
- in Thor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (June 2011), #1 (June 2011)
-
in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1951 series) #178
-
The Stone Men from Saturn!
Thor the Mighty! / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- V-786
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (introduction, origin); Gorr; Kronans; Korg
- Synopsis:
- A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964)
- in The Mighty Thor [Golden Book and Record Set] (Marvel, 1966 series) #[nn] ([1966]) [First page black and white]
-
in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (18 February 1967) - in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #158 (November 1968) which is reprinted
- in Mitico Thor, Il #57 (June 19, 1973)
-
in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1 (Aprile 1971) - in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) #[nn] (1974) [part one], #[nn] (1974) [part three], #[nn] (1974) [part two]
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986)
- in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #432 (May 1991)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 ([October] 1991)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) #[nn] (September 1997)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[1] (November 1999)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
- in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1999 series) #[nn] (January 2002 [Second Printing])
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #7 [Regular Edition] ([May] 2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([August 11] 2010) [TPB]
- in Thor Giant-Size Finale (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (January 2010)
- in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] ([January] 2010)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
- in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (November 2010) [part one]
- in Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Thor (Panini UK, 2011 series) #[nn] (2011)
- in El Capitán América, Captain America (Editorial Televisa, 2009 series) #22 (Abril 2011)
- in Thor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (June 2011), #1 (June 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
This is the first Thor story published by Marvel. This story is divided into three parts:
part one—Untitled (5 pp),
part two—"The Power of Thor!" (5 pp) and
part three—"Thor the Mighty Strikes Back!"(3 pp).
Job number from the Golden Record reprint (was incorrectly listed as V-788; changed 2008-08-18). The story is expanded and retold in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1
Discovery
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Joe Maneely
- Inks:
- Joe Maneely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- [K-479]
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee
- Synopsis:
- A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects.
- Reprints:
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (October 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the pages of the Thor story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up stories.
The Perfect Crime
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- [V-787 ?]
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A crook tries to kill and rob a man by pushing him off a cliff, but finds that he is a flying man from Mercury.
Indexer Notes
Script credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.
When the Jungle Sleeps
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek ?
- Job Number:
- V-788
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A lion is given superhuman intelligence by a nuclear test. It plans to attack humanity, but quickly loses its enhanced intelligence.
Indexer Notes
This story is a retelling of "I Am...Gorilla!" drawn by Paul Reinman in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #5 (August 1959). Job number from Tom Lammers' index. This number was originally on the first story; but verified that it is on this sequence instead (2008-08-18). Script and Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
Introducing... the Mighty Thor!
Thor -
1.
The Stone Men from Saturn!
Thor the Mighty! -
2.
Discovery
-
3.
The Perfect Crime
-
4.
When the Jungle Sleeps
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