Journey into Mystery #104

(May 1964)

Giants Walk the Earth! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Chic Stone

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-636

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Thor [Donald Blake]; Skagg; Surtur; Balder; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Loki; Odin; Enchantress [Amora] (cameo); Executioner [Skurge] (cameo)

Synopsis:

Odin comes to Earth to settle the matter of Thor's love for Jane Foster. At the same time, Loki frees Skagg, the Storm Giant and Surtur so that he never has relinquish the power over Asgard. Thor, Balder and Odin defeat the giants and Loki is punished.

Reprints:

• in The Mighty Thor Collector's Album (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-125 (1966) [original layout=13 pages, abridged]
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #17 (November 1968)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #11 (31 Agosto 1971) [as "Il furto del martello magico", Italian translation]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 ([December] 1993)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)

Indexer Notes

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

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964) and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964).

Revenge! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils:

Larry Lieber

Inks:

Al Hartley

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Dorr Rathko; Kirn; Lycia Welles

Synopsis:

When an asteroid miner's partner marries the girl he loves, he tries to get revenge by stealing their asteroid, but is killed in a freak meteor shower.

Poor Oscar!--(Continued From Last Issue) (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

H-367

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Oscar Meeker; Mathilda Meeker

Synopsis:

A long-suffering pushover is stuck with a battered suitcase, but finds that the case magically fills with money and spends it for him.

Reprints:

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #141 (December 1955) [page 2]

Indexer Notes

Continues from last issue. Announces that only feature-length Thor stories and the Tales of Asgard stories will appear in Journey Into Myster, starting next issue.

Heimdall Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Origin of Heimdall Part 1] (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:

Don Heck

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

Fantasy

Characters:

Heimdall (origin); Odin; Agnar the Fierce (introduction); Gotron, the Agile (introduction); Brimer (introduction); Trolls; Storm Giants

Synopsis:

Odin has decided to appoint a sentry to the Rainbow Bridge. Agnar, Gotron and Heimdall try out for the appointment but Heimdall gets it.

Reprints:

• in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (6 Luglio 1971) [Italian translation]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 ([December] 1993)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (May 2009)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn] ([January] 2010)
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([November] 2010)

Indexer Notes

First in the Heimdall biography series.