(June 1964)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Atlas Magazines Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

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. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

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

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #105 Cover Thumbnail for Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #105 [British]
Edit cover
Cover gallery

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
? (lettering only)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Earn big money
Synopsis
Ad for the Christy Trades School.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Cobra and Mr. Hyde! (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Job Number
X-681
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our scene is the headquarters of the Avengers, where we find Earth's mightiest team of superheroes at the conclusion of one of their regular meetings...
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
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.
Reprints

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: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
? (background only)
Letters
typeset
Job Number
[H-584]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The last treetops of Diego Garcia were vanishing down the slope of the horizon.
Genre
war
Characters
KKpt. Karl Friedrich von Müller; Heinrich
Synopsis
A successful German commerce raider meets its match in an Australian cruiser off Malaya.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continues in the next issue. Printed between pages 5 and 6 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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't let them call you skinny
Characters
Quinn O’Hara (photo)
Synopsis
Ad for Wate-On

Indexer Notes

Between the “Marauder” prose story and page 6 of the Thor comic story.

My Secret New Dynaflex Method (Table of Contents: 5)

Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Colors
? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys! Men!
Characters
Mike Marvel (photo)
Synopsis
Ad for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98. Also free booklet, “Secrets of Being Attractive”.

Indexer Notes

Between pages 10 and 11 of the Thor comic story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit
Synopsis
Advertisement for selling Grit magazine from Grit Publishing Co.

Indexer Notes

Occupies top half of page between pages 13 and 14 of Thor story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Unisphere Savings Bank / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get ready to visit the New York World’s Fair
Synopsis
Ad for the Unisphere savings bank from Hanover Distributors.

Indexer Notes

Occupies lower half of page between pages 13 and 14 of the Thor comic story.

Camouflage Paint (Table of Contents: 8)

Novel Products Corp. Camouflage Paint / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Used in World War 2 and in Korea by U.S. Marine Commandos

Indexer Notes

Occupies top half of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

NRI Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon

Indexer Notes

Ad for a home study course teaching radio and television repair on lower half of page.

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Avengers; X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (promo copy)
Pencils
Jack Kirby; ?
Inks
Sol Brodsky ? (Avengers); Frank Giacoia ? (Avengers); Paul Reinman (X-Men); Marie Severin ? (X-Men); ?
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (Avengers); Artie Simek (X-Men); ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Thor [Donald Blake]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]; Rick Jones; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]; The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Toad; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Mastermind]
Synopsis
Advertises Avengers (Marvel, 1963) #5 (May 1964) and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964). With covers depicted and advertised as “now on sale.”

Indexer Notes

Printed between the Thor and Tales of Asgard story.

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stamp collecting outfit
Synopsis
Ad for stamps and other products.

When Heimdall Failed! (Table of Contents: 12)

Tales of Asgard / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
George Roussos (credited as Geo. Bell)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Job Number
X-682
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Although I am king of the storm giants, I cannot attack Asgard as long as the ever-vigilant Heimdall guards their Rainbow Bridge!
Feature Logo
Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Heimdall; King Brimer; Queen Nedra (introduction); Odin; Vanna
Synopsis
In hope of attacking Asgard, King Brimer and Queen Nedra send a Vanna to pass by Heimdall and spy on them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Second in the Heimdall biography series.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey fellas... now you can build your own go-kart
Synopsis
Ad for instructions on how to build a go-kart.

Indexer Notes

Occupies top half of page.

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 14)

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photographs)
Inks
?; ? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Interplanetary postal essays
Synopsis
Ad for stamps and other mail order items.

Indexer Notes

Occupies lower half of page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (lettering only)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?
Characters
Ben Rebhuhn (photo)
Synopsis
Ad for a muscle building system.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
3 complete fishing outfits
Synopsis
Ad for fishing equipment.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's looking for people who like to draw
Characters
Albert Dorne
Synopsis
Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Cobra and Mr. Hyde!
    Thor
  2. 1. ["Earn big money"]
  3. 2. The Cobra and Mr. Hyde!
    Thor
  4. 3. Marauder
  5. 4. ["Don't let them call you skinny"]
  6. 5. My Secret New Dynaflex Method
    Mike Marvel System
  7. 6. ["Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Get ready to visit the New York World’s Fair"]
    Unisphere Savings Bank
  9. 8. Camouflage Paint
    Novel Products Corp. Camouflage Paint
  10. 9. ["Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon"]
    NRI Training
  11. 10. Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
    The Avengers; X-Men
  12. 11. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. When Heimdall Failed!
    Tales of Asgard
  14. 13. ["Hey fellas... now you can build your own go-kart"]
  15. 14. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  16. 15. ["Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?"]
  17. 16. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
  18. 17. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
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  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
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