(March 1964)
- 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 January 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Slave of the Tomorrow Man! (Table of Contents)
The Mighty Thor! / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Sol Brodsky
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003)
- in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
Slave of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man! (Table of Contents)
The Mighty Thor! / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Chic Stone
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
- Job Number:
- X-573
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]; Loki; Odin
- Synopsis:
- Thor helps Zarrko conquer the 23rd century world, but then turns on him and defeats him, winning back Odin's favour.
- Reprinted:
- in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #16 (September 1968)
- in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (August 17, 1971) [as "Lo schiavo di Zarko", Italian translation]
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003)
- in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
The Green Hat (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- [G-537]
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Axtel; George; Chuck
- Synopsis:
- A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.
- Reprinted:
- from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (August 1955)
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. Story title is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.
The Menace! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils:
- Larry Lieber
- Inks:
- Matt Fox
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
- Job Number:
- X-589
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- An alien lands in a central European village and restrains the villagers while he sets up a weapon. He uses the weapon to drive back an attacking space fleet, and the villagers realize he was actually trying to help them.
Indexer Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
"Death" Comes to Thor! [The Boyhood of Thor! Part 3 (At the Age of Eighteen!)] (Table of Contents)
Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby
- Inks:
- Paul Reinman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- Fantasy
- Characters:
- Thor; Hela (introduction); Balder; Norns [Skuld (introduction); Urd (introduction; Verdandi (introduction)]; Sif (introduction); King Rugga
- Synopsis:
- Thor rescues Sif from Hela, goddess of Death, and earns the right to carry the Hammer of Odin.
- Reprinted:
- in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968)
- in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (July 7, 1971) [as "La morte arriva per Thor!", Italian translation]
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003)
- in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009)
- in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
Indexer Notes
Sif looks nothing like her later and more familiar Marvel appearance, but more like her traditional description.
Editing
Edits to this Issue
are currently awaiting review by a GCD Editor
Table of Contents
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1.
Slave of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!
The Mighty Thor! -
2.
The Green Hat
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3.
The Menace!
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4.
"Death" Comes to Thor! [The Boyhood of Thor! Part 3 (At the Age of Eighteen!)]
Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!
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