(December 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 October 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
The Mysterious Mister Hyde!
The Mighty Thor! / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Roussos
- Colors:
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]
- Reprints:
- 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)
The Mysterious Mister Hyde!
The Mighty Thor! / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Don Heck
- Inks:
- Don Heck
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-512
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; Odin
- Synopsis:
- Having been refused a job by Doctor Blake, Calvin Zabo becomes Mister Hyde and attacks the doctor. Meanwhile, Odin has agreed to let Thor marry Jane Foster if she proves worthy. After Mister Hyde learns that Blake survived ('saved' by Thor) it seems that Thor robs a bank, and the police issue a warrant for his arrest.
- Reprints:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #13 (March 1968)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (6 Luglio 1971) [as "Il misterioso mr. Hyde!", Italian translation]
- 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
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Continues in next issue.
The Thread
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- [A-786]
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Matt Anderson; Midget Morgan/Count Morgan; Dr. Waynne
- Synopsis:
- The mysterious death of a scientist reveals a mystical device and leads to the death of a centuries-old Italian count.
- Reprints:
- from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #13 (October 1952)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. The events of this story are dated January 8, 1952.
Stroom's Strange Solution!
comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Larry Lieber
- Inks:
- Matt Fox
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- X-486
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- King Kellu; Dr. Immanuel Stroom
- Synopsis:
- An alien world is dangerously overpopulated, so a scientist releases a gas that shrinks the entire population, making the same amount of space accomodate more people.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Recycles in part the plot of Fantastic Four (1961 series) #7. Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.).
Surtur the Fire Demon!
Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods! / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- George Roussos (uncredited)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Job Number:
- X-498
Content Information
- Genre:
- Fantasy
- Characters:
- Odin; Surtur; Trolls
- Synopsis:
- The Trolls ally with Surtur against Asgard, but Odin conquers them. Surtur travels to Earth to destroy it, but again Odin defeats him and traps him in the center of the planet. Their battle creates the moon and starts the rotation of the Earth.
- Reprints:
- in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3 (11 Maggio 1971)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 ([December] 1993)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black & white]
- in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (May 2009)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([August 11] 2010) [TPB]
- in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] ([January] 2010)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Inks: Uncredited info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Mysterious Mister Hyde!
The Mighty Thor! -
2.
The Thread
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3.
Stroom's Strange Solution!
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4.
Surtur the Fire Demon!
Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!
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