(June 1964)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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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 April 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. From this issue, Journey into mystery is solely a Thor book, with a Tales of Asgard back-up.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.


The Cobra and Mr. Hyde! (Table of Contents)

The Mighty Thor! / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Chic Stone
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Thor; Cobra [Klaud Vorhees]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]
Reprinted:
  • in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #11 (August 31, 1971)
  • 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)

The Cobra and Mr. Hyde! (Table of Contents)

The Mighty Thor! / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Chic Stone
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek
Job Number:
X-681

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Thor [Donald Blake]; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]; Jane Foster; Avengers [Iron Man; Captain America; Giant-Man; Wasp] (cameo)
Synopsis:
The Cobra meets Mister Hyde and they join forces to defeat Thor. They track Thor to Dr. Blake's office, and demand that Blake help them find Thor. Blake becomes Thor while their backs are turned and fights the two villains until they manage to take his hammer from him.
Reprinted:
  • in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #18 (January 1969)
  • in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #11 (August 31, 1971) [as "Il Cobra e mr. Hyde", 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. This story is continues in next issue.


Marauder (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
Job Number:
[H-584]

Content Information

Genre:
war
Characters:
KKpt. Karl Friedrich von Müller; Heinrich
Synopsis:
A successful German commerce raider meets its match in an Australian cruiser off Malaya.
Reprinted:
  • from Navy Action (Marvel, 1954 series) #10 (February 1956) [page 1]

Indexer Notes

Continues in the next issue. Printed between the pages of the Thor story.

This story is a reasonably accurate fictionalised account of the destruction of the Dresden-Class Light Cruiser SMS Emden in November 1914. In reality the Emden's second-in-command was Captain-Lieutenant Helmut von Mücke, not 'Heinrich'. Though the second's name in this story is incorrect, von Mücke did survive his ship's destruction while commanding a landing party, as depicted.


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

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

Advertises Avengers (Marvel, 1963) #5 (May 1964) and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964). Printed between the Thor and Tales of Asgard story.


When Heimdall Failed! [Origin of Heimdall Part 2] (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:
George Roussos [as George Bell]
Colors:
?
Letters:
Artie Simek
Job Number:
X-682

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Heimdall; King Brimer; Queen Nedra (introduction); Odin
Synopsis:
In hope of attacking Asgard, King Brimer and Queen Nedra send a Vanna to pass by Heimdall and spy on them.
Reprinted:
  • in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968)
  • in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (July 6, 1971) [as "Heimdall, il guardiano", Italian translation]
  • in Giant-Size Thor (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975)
  • 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)
  • Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (August 2009)
  • 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. Second in the Heimdall biography series.


Editing
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Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Cobra and Mr. Hyde!
    The Mighty Thor!
  2. 2. Marauder
  3. 3. Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
  4. 4. When Heimdall Failed! [Origin of Heimdall Part 2]
    Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Patrick Lemaire
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Heer
  • Bob Klein
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Darrel McCann