Journey into Mystery #107

(August 1964)

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Niresk Fishing Outfits / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

When the Grey Gargoyle Strikes! (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-725

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Settle back in a cozy comfortable chair...

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Donald Blake]; Grey Gargoyle [Paul Duval] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster

Synopsis

A scientist accidentally gains the power to turn himself into living stone, and to turn others into stone statues. He comes to New York to attack Thor, hoping to gain the secret of immortality. As Don Blake, Thor tricks him into falling into the river, and his stone body sinks to the bottom.

Reprints

• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #25
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #31 (16 September 1967) [Black and white. First half of story, pages 1 to 10, reprinted.], #32 (23 September 1967) [Reprints second half of story, pages 11 to 18. A "new" splash page, a paste-up of previously reprinted panels, appears at the beginning of this sequence.]
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #20 (May 1969)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #12 (14 Settembre 1971) [as "Quando Gargoyle colpisce", Italian translation]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #25 (4 August 1973)
• in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #48 (4ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• 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 (2010)
• in Marvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor: En Mis Manos, Este Martillo (Panini España, 2013 series) (Septiembre 2013)
• in Thor : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2007 series) #1964 (octobre 2013)
• in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The God of Thunder (2014)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Invasion of Asgard (2022)

Indexer Notes

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

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Amazing Spider-Man Annual; Marvel Tales Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Yubiwaza System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Shark's Tooth / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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100 Magnets; Scott-Mitchell Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Traveling Sam (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[J-850]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sam Craig was never happier than when he traveled.

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sam Craig

Synopsis

A bookkeeper gives up his fantasies of travel and goes back to handball after a strange encounter with two Indian magicians.

Reprints

• from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (June 1956) [page 1]

Indexer Notes

Continues in next issue. Printed between Thor and Tales of Asgard.

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Balder Must Die! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-738

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Last issue, we saw Odin give brave Balder the gift of invulnerability!

Feature Logo

Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Balder; Loki; Karnilla (introduction, un-named in this story); Haag (un-named in this story)

Synopsis

Loki forces the Norn Queen to tell him of Balder's weakness to mistletoe and tries to kill him with a mistletoe dart, but the Norn Queen herself stops him.

Reprints

• in De spectaculaire Spider-Man (Juniorpress, 1981 series) #9
• in Die Spinne Comic - Album (Condor, 1979 series) #10
• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #30
• in Mystic (L. Miller & Son, 1960 series) #53 (1965)
• in Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (January 1971)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #8 (20 Luglio 1971) [as "Balder...deve morire!", Italian translation]
• in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #10 (septembre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Edderkoppen Superseriealbum (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #6 (Julen 1981)
• in Grandes Heróis Marvel (Editora Abril, 1983 series) #16
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 ([December] 1993)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Thor (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) #1 (Mayo 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2009)
which is reprinted
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #2 - Thor: Geschichten aus Asgard (Januar 2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #94 - Тор: Истории Асгарда
• in Thor (Marvel, 2007 series) #600 (April 2009)
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) ([January] 2010)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
• in Thor : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2007 series) #1964 (octobre 2013)
• in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The God of Thunder (2014)
• in Loki Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Invasion of Asgard (2022)

Indexer Notes

Origin of Balder Part 2. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Haag is not named until Thor (Marvel, 1965 series) #165 (June 1969).

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Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Commercial Trades Institute Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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