Journey Into Mystery #85

(October 1962)

Trapped by Loki, the God of Mischief! (Table of Contents)

Thor the Mighty / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki (introduction); Jane Foster; Heimdall (introduction, cameo)

Synopsis:

Loki escapes from his prison in Asgard and comes to Earth to get revenge on Thor. The trickster hypnotizes him to help make mischief, but Thor’s transformation into Donald Blake frees him from hypnosis, allowing him to defeat Loki and return him to Asgard.

Reprints:

• in Journey Into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([July] 1965)
• in Fantastic! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #3 (4 March 1967)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1 (Aprile 1971)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 ([October] 1991)
• in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #450 [Direct Edition] (August 1992)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black & white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([August 11] 2010) [TPB]
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #29 ([no date])
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)

Indexer Notes

This story is divided into two parts: an unmarked first part (5 pp) and part two—"The Vengeance of Loki!" (8 pp).
This is the first appearance of Asgard. Heimdall looks nothing like his later appearances. Odin's name is mentioned for the first time.
The first part is expanded and retold in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #2.

The Clock (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustration)

Inks:

? (illustration)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[K-9]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Franz Ammergau; Gerda; Dr. Schmitt

Synopsis:

An old clockmaker nearly dies from the cold, but is saved by the wooden figures adorning his clocks, which he has given parts of his own soul.

Reprints:

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #148 (July 1956)

Filbert's Frightful Future! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Don Heck (signed)

Inks:

Don Heck (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Filbert Phelps

Synopsis:

A greedy scientist builds a time machine to visit the future and make money, but he finds himself stranded in a void, since the future does not yet exist.

Reprints:

• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #93 (29 Ottobre 1974)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #29 ([no date])

Indexer Notes

Script credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.

Off-Limits! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (signed)

Pencils:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Inks:

Steve Ditko (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek ?

Job Number:

V-867

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Rip van Winkle

Synopsis:

This story casts the character of Rip Van Winkle as a humanoid alien who visits planet Earth in violation of galactic travel guidelines which have declared the planet off limits due to its dormitive effect.

Reprints:

• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #92 (15 Ottobre 1974)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #29 ([no date])

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.