(April 1963)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- 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 February 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Sandu, Master of the Supernatural
The Mighty Thor! / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Sandu
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (July 1967) [1/12 page] which is reprinted
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
- 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)
Sandu, Master of the Supernatural!
The Mighty Thor! / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Joe Sinnott
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Terry Szenics
- Job Number:
- [X-111 ?]
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Sandu (introduction); Jane Foster; Odin; Valkyries (introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Loki gives a greedy carnival mystic magical powers in order to use him to attack Thor. Thor is overcome in their first battle, but with the help of Odin and his belt of strength he defeats Loki's pawn.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (July 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
Characters: Sandu added by Mark Combs, 2004-09-26 (Per Sandell ed.)
This story is retold and expanded in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #3
The Party
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- [J-959]
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Mr. Braggle
- Synopsis:
- A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.
- Reprints:
- from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (August 1956)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
The Seedlings
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Larry Lieber
- Inks:
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-112
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Jeb Wilkens
- Synopsis:
- Alien spores land on Earth and bloom into telepathic plants that would have conquered the world had they not been eaten by crows.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Manikins!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Steve Ditko
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-113
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Selwin Simple
- Synopsis:
- An odd man works with the manikins in a department store, but becomes upset when one of the female manikins is to be put in a bridal display. The employee disappears and the groom is replaced with a manikin that looks just like him.
Indexer Notes
Narrated in the first person. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Sandu, Master of the Supernatural!
The Mighty Thor! -
2.
The Party
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3.
The Seedlings
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4.
The Manikins!
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