Journey Into Mystery #92

(May 1963)

The Day Loki Stole Thor's Magic Hammer (Table of Contents)

The Mighty Thor! / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein [as R. Berns] (script)

Pencils:

Joe Sinnott

Inks:

Joe Sinnott

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Epp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Odin; Frigga [called "Fricka"] (introduction, cameo); Neri (introduction, cameo)

Synopsis:

Loki magically diverts Thor's hammer to free himself from his chains. Thor returns to Asgard to find the hammer, and Loki tries to kill him with magical traps, but Thor overcomes them all to find his hammer and catch Loki.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #10 (September 1967)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #4 (21 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

Neri's only other known appearance is in an alternate reality story in What If? (Marvel, 1977 series) #47 (October 1984).

The Remedy Oil (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Marie Severin

Inks:

Marie Severin

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[J-984]

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Mrs. Gerrity; Tom Gerrity; Officer O'Malley; Logarithm

Synopsis:

An old-fashioned shopkeeper unwittingly saves the life of a boy from Mechanica when her remedy oil lubricates the gears in his brain.

Reprints:

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #54 (April 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #37 (August 1956)
• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (April 1957)

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustrations.

The Man Who Hated Monstro! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Paul Reinman

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

horror; animal

Characters:

Karl Krumm; Monstro

Synopsis:

A star acrobat is jealous of a popular gorilla at his circus and torments it. Finally, he arranges for the gorilla to break free so that it will be shot, but it has enough strength left to swing out on the trapeze to get revenge.

Reprints:

• in Fear (Marvel, 1970 series) #3 (March 1971)

I Used to Be...Human! (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:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A space pilot is stranded on a planet where the only available food turns the eater into one of the planet's hideous natives. He eats the fruit in order to survive, but finds that the psychic communications of the creatures are so beautiful that he doesn't want to change back.