Journey into Mystery #95

(August 1963)

Boys! Men! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Demon Duplicators! (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Robert Bernstein (credited as R. Berns)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott (credited) (signed) [as JS])

Inks

Joe Sinnott (credited) (signed) [as JS])

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It can't be!!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Duplicate Thor; Odin; Professor Zaxton (introduction, death); Jane Foster; Duplicate Professor Zaxton

Synopsis

An evil scientist forces Dr. Blake to help him with a duplicating machine by kidnapping Jane. The device duplicates Thor, but cannot duplicate his magic hammer, allowing Thor to defeat the duplicate. Dr. Zaxton accidentally duplicates himself and falls to his death, leaving his good duplicate to take his place.

Reprints

• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #13
• in Journey into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([August] 1965)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #17 (10 June 1967) [Black and white.]
• in Hit Comics Thor (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #205
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #5 (8 Giugno 1971) [as "Il mitico Thor contro la minaccia dei demoni duplicatori!", Italian translation]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #13 (12 May 1973)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #36 (décembre 1973) [N&B [B&W]]
• in The Mighty Thor (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #5 ([1978])
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #7 (Janeiro 1983)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 ([October] 1991)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[1] (November 1999)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] (2003), #1 (2003)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([August 11] 2010) [TPB]
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Thor : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2007 series) #1962-1963 (mars 2012)
• in Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (Marvel, 2014 series) #9 - The Mighty Thor
• in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The God of Thunder (2014)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Vengeance of Loki (2021)
• in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #8 - El Poderoso Thor 2 ([Febrero 2023])
• in Biblioteca Marvel: El Poderoso Thor (Panini España, 2023 series) #2 (febrero 2023)
• in Marvel Origins (Hachette [DE], 2023 series) #8 - Thor 2 (1963) ([November] 2023)

Keywords

android

Time Machine (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

? (illustration)

Inks

? (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[G-85]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I think the first time I really began to think seriously about the mysteries of Time was when I was about fourteen years old.

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man's fascination with history leads him to build a time machine and travel to the past, but when he sees the dangers of time travel he destroys the machine and blueprints.

Reprints

• from Mystic (Marvel, 1951 series) #57 (March 1957)
which is reprinted
• from Journey into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1950 series) #35 (June 1955) [as "Time Machine"]

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. Narrated in the first person. Story title is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.

The first page of this story is printed between pages 5 and 6 of the Thor story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up comic stories.

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King-Size Latex Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Tomb of Tut-Amm-Tut! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-331

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Some people will wait a long, long time to get revenge!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Tut-Amm-Tut; Ammen

Synopsis

An evil pharaoh has himself placed in stasis for centuries to escape his rival, only to find that his rival went into stasis in order to meet him when he awakes.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #94
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34
• in Pow! and Wham! (IPC, 1968 series) #75 (22 June 1968) [Edited and art reformatted to bring the page count down to 2 1/2 pages. Black and white.]
• in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19154 (1970)
• in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #223
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #5 (mars 1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #83 (11 Giugno 1974)
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #14 ([Februar 1975])
• in The Mighty Thor (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #5 ([1978])
• in Les Défenseurs (Arédit-Artima, 1981 series) #1 (1er trimestre 1981) [Recadré [Reframed]]
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

Keywords

Egypt

Indexer Notes

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

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Grog Dinosaur / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Save Me from the Lizard Men! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber

Inks

Larry Lieber

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-330

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like space yarns? Okay!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A human crash lands on an alien planet, and the inhabitants believe that he is a spy from the shape-shifting people of a nearby world. He alerts an Earth ship to rescue him, but he steals one of their life pods and escapes without thanking them, since he really was a shape-shifting alien.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #34
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #148
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1972 series) #5 (mars 1973) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in The Mighty Thor (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #5 ([1978])

Indexer Notes

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

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Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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