Journey Into Mystery #87

(December 1962)

Prisoner of the Reds! (Table of Contents)

The Mighty Thor / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Dick Ayers

Colors:

?

Letters:

Art Simek

Job Number:

V-947

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Colonel Edward Harrison (introduction); John Blandings (introduction)

Synopsis:

In order to solve the mystery of a rash of defecting American scientists, Dr. Blake uses himself as bait and is abducted by communists. He is imprisoned with the other missing scientists, but is able to transform into Thor and free them all.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (November 1966)
• in Fantastic! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #6 (25 March 1967)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (27 Aprile 1971) [as "Nelle spiro del nemico", Italian translation]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 ([October] 1991)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and 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 Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

The Comic (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[J-214]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Stan Wepp

Synopsis:

A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.

Reprints:

• from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (May 1956)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

I Know the Secret of the Sea-Monster! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Rogers

Synopsis:

A sea serpent is sighted and causes panic, drawing a military response culminating in a nuclear strike. The serpent retreats beneath the surface, but a reporter that communicated with it explains that it was a harmless lost alien child. And if that's the child, how big will the parents be?

The Man on the Endless Stairway (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek ?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Carl Cragg

Synopsis:

A fugitive runs up a staircase to hide from police, but when he runs back down the staircase descends into hell.

Reprints:

• in Terrific! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #41 (20 January 1968)

Indexer Notes

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