(August 1962)
Marvel,
1952 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-06-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Atlas Magazines, Inc.
- Brand
-
MC
- Editing
- Stan Lee (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
Distributed to newsstands in June 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
This issue has variants:
Distributed to newsstands in June 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
Introducing... the Mighty Thor!
Thor / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Kronans
- Reprints
-
in Marvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor (Panini España, 2013 series) #1, #1 - in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #6, #6
-
in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1951 series) #178 (Julio 31 de 1963) -
in The Mighty Thor [Golden Book and Record Set] (Marvel, 1966 series) ([1966]) [minus the issue number, date, and price] -
in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #1 - in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) (1974) which is reprinted
-
in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #136 bis (5 avril 1981) - in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986) which is reprinted
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 ([October] 1991), #18 ([October] 1991)
- in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #450 (August 1992)
- in Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1994 series) (May 1994)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) (September 1997)
- in Journey Into Mystery (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #83 (1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[1] (November 1999), #[1] (November 1999)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Thor (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) #3 (Julio 2001), #3 (Julio 2001)
- in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2002 series) (January 2002)
- in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #1 (décembre 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([July] 2003), #1 ([July] 2003)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([August 11] 2010) [TPB]
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 [Direct] (2010), #1 (2010)
- in Thor Giant-Size Finale (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (January 2010)
- in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) ([January] 2010)
- in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (November 2010)
- in Thor the Mighty Avenger (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
- in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #1 (février 2011)
- in Thor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (June 2011), #1 (June 2011)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
- in Thor : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2007 series) #1962-1963 (mars 2012) [modifiée [edited]]
- in Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir (Simon and Schuster, 2015 series) (October 2015) which is reprinted
- in Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir (Simon and Schuster, 2019 series) (January 2019)
- in True Believers: Kirby 100th - Introducing... The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2017 series) (October 2017)
- in Kirby Is... Mighty! King-Size (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
-
in Marvel: The First 80 Years (Titan, 2020 series) (November 2020) - in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Vengeance of Loki (2021), #1 (5) - The Vengeance of Loki (2021)
- in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #3 - El Poderoso Thor 1 ([Enero] 2023), #3 - El Poderoso Thor 1 ([Enero] 2023)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #83 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1157/w100/1157690.jpg?-6786343150597199621)
The Stone Men from Saturn!
Thor / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-786
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The legend has come true!
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Kronans [Gorr (antagonist); Korg (antagonist); Margus (antagonist); Mechano Monster (antagonist)]; Donald Blake (featured) (first appearance); Thor (origin) (featured) (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.
- Reprints
- in Marvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor (Panini España, 2013 series) #1
- in Orígenes Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1991 series) #6
- in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1951 series) #178 (Julio 31 de 1963)
- in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 ([September] 1964)
- in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #35 (1965 ?) [Black and white.]
- in The Mighty Thor [Golden Book and Record Set] (Marvel, 1966 series) ([1966]) [First page black and white]
- in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (18 February 1967)
- in Terrific! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (15 April 1967) [excerpt only]
- in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #158 (November 1968) which is reprinted
-
in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #57 (19 Giugno 1973) - in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #1
- in Thor le fils d'Odin (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #[1] (1er trimestre 1979)
- in Marvel-Comic-Sonderheft (Condor, 1980 series) #1 ([Juni] 1980)
- in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #13 - Der mächtige Thor: Ragnarök (Juni 2016)
-
in A Coleção Oficial de Graphic Novels Marvel: Clássicos (Salvat, 2015 series) #13 (Setembro 2016) - in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2017)
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1 (Aprile 1971)
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #15 (août 1971) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #1 (17 February 1973)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1974 series) (1974) [part one], (1974) [part three], (1974) [part two]
- in Die Rächer (Condor, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
-
in De Vergelders (Oberon, 1979 series) #1 (1979) - in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #136 bis (5 avril 1981)
- in Les Vengeurs Color (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #1 (mai 1982)
-
in O Poderoso Thor (Distri Editora, 1983 series) #1 (Fevereiro 1983) - in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986) which is reprinted
-
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #4 - in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #432 (May 1991)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 ([October] 1991)
- in Comic View (M.v.D. Publicaties, 1992 series) #2 (1992), #3 (1992), #1 (januari-maart 1992)
- in Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1994 series) (May 1994)
- in Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) (September 1997)
- in Journey Into Mystery (Panini Deutschland, 1999 series) #83 (1999)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[1] (November 1999)
- in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1999 series) (1999)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
- in Biblioteca Marvel: Thor (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) #3 (Julio 2001)
- in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2002 series) (January 2002)
- in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #1 (décembre 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 ([July] 2003), #7 ([May] 2008)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 ([August 11] 2010) [TPB]
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
- in Thor Giant-Size Finale (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (January 2010)
- in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) ([January] 2010)
- in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (November 2010) [part one]
- in Thor the Mighty Avenger (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
- in Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Thor (Panini UK, 2011 series) (2011)
- in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #1 (février 2011)
- in El Capitán América, Captain America (Editorial Televisa, 2009 series) #22 (15 de abril de 2011) [only the first 5 pages]
- in Thor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer (Marvel, 2011 series) #1 (June 2011), #1 (June 2011)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1960s (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
- in Thor : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2007 series) #1962-1963 (mars 2012)
- in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The God of Thunder (2014)
- in A Coleção Oficial de Graphic Novels Marvel: Clássicos (Salvat, 2015 series) #13 (Setembro 2016)
- in True Believers: Kirby 100th - Introducing... The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2017 series) (October 2017)
- in Kirby Is... Mighty! King-Size (Marvel, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Vengeance of Loki (2021)
- in Biblioteca Marvel (Panini España, 2022 series) #3 - El Poderoso Thor 1 ([Enero] 2023)
-
- Keywords
- alien invasion
Indexer Notes
This is the first Thor story published by Marvel. Story is divided into three parts: Part One—Untitled (5 pp), Part Two—"The Power of Thor!" (5 pp) and Part Three—"Thor the Mighty Strikes Back!"(3 pp).
The last panel is spelled by mistake "Thorr" instead of "Thor".
The story is expanded and retold in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1.
Kirby previously drew Easter Island-like stone-head aliens in DC's House of Mystery #85, April 1959, as "The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island!"
Discovery
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Maneely (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Maneely (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- [K-479]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before Chauncey set out for the Hotchkiss Fair, he took his rinky-dink car into the gas station.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee
- Synopsis
- A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects.
- Reprints
- from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #54 (October 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the pages of the Thor story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up stories.
The Perfect Crime!
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee ? (plot); Larry Lieber ? (script)
- Pencils
- Don Heck
- Inks
- Don Heck
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- [V-787 ?]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our study in fantasy begins calmly enough!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Mike Morgan
- Synopsis
- A crook tries to kill and rob a man by pushing him off a cliff, but finds that he is a flying man from Mercury.
- Reprints
- in Weird Planets (Alan Class, 1962 series) #3 (1962)
- in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1951 series) #178 (Julio 31 de 1963)
- in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #88 (19 October 1968)
- in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #127 ([circa 1971 - 1972])
- in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #15 (août 1971) [N&B [B&W]]
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Indexer Notes
Possible Lee plot and Lieber script per Nick Caputo. The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky only credits Stan Lee.
When the Jungle Sleeps
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (signed)
- Pencils
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Inks
- Steve Ditko (signed)
- Colors
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Job Number
- V-788
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the mysterious unknown jungle, who knows what fantastic secrets are hidden from the eyes of mortal men??
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A lion is given superhuman intelligence by a nuclear test. It plans to attack humanity, but quickly loses its enhanced intelligence.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- atomic test
Indexer Notes
This story is a retelling of "I Am...Gorilla!" drawn by Paul Reinman in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #5 (August 1959).
Script and Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Introducing... the Mighty Thor!
Thor -
1.
The Stone Men from Saturn!
Thor -
2.
Discovery
-
3.
The Perfect Crime!
-
4.
When the Jungle Sleeps
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bill Borre
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- João Clérigo
- Steve Dasinger
- Clayton Emery
- Gregory Fischer
- Pierre Freyssonnet
- Kauldi Gilibert
- Juan Gonzalez
- Del Gruber
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Ethan Hoddes
- Kirk House
- Steve Jenner
- Hunter Johnson
- R. S. Martin
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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