Journey Into Mystery #90

(March 1963)

"Trapped By the Carbon-Copy Man!" (Table of Contents)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Al Hartley

Inks:

Al Hartley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Terry Szenics

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; the Carbon-Copy Man [Zano] (introduction); Jane Foster; War Lord Ugarth [Old Ugarth] (introduction); Mayor Harris (introduction); Odin (cameo)

Synopsis:

The heir to the throne of a race of shape-shifting aliens leads an attack on Earth as his rite of passage. The aliens replace officials in New York and disrupt the government, but Thor discovers their plan and defeats them.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (May 1967)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3 (11 Maggio 1971)
• 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

The Carbon-Copy Man next appears in X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #32 (September 1988).

Mystery Mansion (Table of Contents)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[H-396]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump

Synopsis:

A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.

Reprints:

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (January 1956)

Indexer Notes

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 last page is split with the statement of ownership.

The Midnight Caller! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Steve Ditko

Inks:

Steve Ditko

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

occult

Content Information

Characters:

Hans; Anna

Synopsis:

In a communist bloc country a fugitive seeks shelter from an elderly couple who grant it to him. The next day they find their shack has been transplanted outside of the iron curtain and repaired to look as new. They regard the event as impossible but their guest says he was merely repaying the kindness shown to a stranger and is revealed to be an angel who was traversing the communist-occupied country for an unknown reason and then he ascends back to heaven.

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Average sales per issue October 1961–September 1962 (issues #76–86, despite monthly cover dates): 132,113.

Indexer Notes

This shares the last page of "Mystery Mansion".

"I Am A Robot!" (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Joe Sinnott

Inks:

Joe Sinnott

Colors:

?

Letters:

Terry Szenics

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A criminal steals an advanced robot and uses it to rob a bank, but when he orders it to guard the door of his hideout an error in wording traps him inside permanently.

Reprints:

• in Pow! and Wham! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1968 series) #67 (27 April 1968)

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person by the robot.