Journey Into Mystery #107

(August 1964)

When the Grey Gargoyle Strikes! (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-725

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

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.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #20 (May 1969)
• in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #12 (September 14, 1971) [as "Quando Gargoyle colpisce", 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.

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 Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964) and Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964). Printed between the pages of the Thor story.

Traveling Sam (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

[J-850]

Content Information

Genre:

occult

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.

Reprinted:

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

Indexer Notes

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

Balder Must Die! [Origin of Balder 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:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Job Number:

X-738

Content Information

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.

Reprinted:

• in Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (January 1971)
• in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #8 (July 20, 1971) [as "Balder...deve morire!", 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) #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. Haag is not named until Thor (Marvel, 1965 series) #165 (June 1969).