(January 1963)
- 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 November 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Terrible Vengeance of Loki!
The Mighty Thor! / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Odin
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (January 1967) [1/8 page] which is reprinted
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
- in Fantastic! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #5 (18 March 1967) [cover]
- 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 Thor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (June 2011)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
The Vengeance of Loki!
The Mighty Thor! / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby; Steve Ditko (see notes)
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers; Steve Ditko (see notes)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Art Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Jane Foster; Odin (cameo); Heimdall (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Loki discovers Thor’s secret identity and separates him from his hammer, forcing him to remain a human. Loki torments humanity, but Dr. Blake tricks him into allowing him to regain the hammer and become Thor, defeating Loki and returning him to Asgard.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (January 1967)
- in Fantastic! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #5 (18 March 1967)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (27 Aprile 1971)
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #8 (July 1986) [excerpts]
- 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 Thor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (June 2011)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
Indexer Notes
Page 13 of this story, seen at Heritage Auctions, revealed a stat under panel 5 with Jack Kirby's original drawing. Stan Lee reqested a correction, but it was done by Steve Ditko, not Kirby, who was likely not in the office when the correction was needed. Information provided by Nick Caputo, Jan 2012.
Masquerade
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- [G-750]
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Tommy; Kitty Blake; Old King Cole
- Synopsis:
- A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead.
- Reprints:
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #38 (October 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Behind Locked Doors!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek ?
- Job Number:
- V-1000
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Synopsis:
- A Soviet spy attempts to get American factory workers to strike by acts of sabotage and by convincing them that working conditions are unsafe. He doesn't reckon with the machines, which are "Made in America", coming to life with a mind of their own and taking matters in their own hands in order to deal with him.
Indexer Notes
Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.
Long Live the Queen!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- V-999
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Phareeta; Asmara
- Synopsis:
- An impatient successor in ancient Egypt attempts to poison the queen, but is caught and sentenced to death. She bribes a sorceror to cast a spell to reincarnate her as a queen, and she is reborn as a queen bee.
- Reprints:
- in Terrific! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #42 (27 January 1968)
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #94 (12 Novembre 1974) [as "Lunga vita alla regina!", Italian translation]
Indexer Notes
Script credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Vengeance of Loki!
The Mighty Thor! -
2.
Masquerade
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3.
Behind Locked Doors!
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4.
Long Live the Queen!
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