Journey into Mystery #90

(March 1963)

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Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Trapped by the Carbon-Copy Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited) (plot); Larry Lieber (credited) (script)

Pencils

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks

Al Hartley (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can't budge!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Odin (cameo); Mayor Harris (introduction); police commissioner; police officers; War Lord Ugarth [Old Ugarth] (introduction); The Carbon-Copy Man [Warlord's Son Zano] (introduction); The Carbon-Copy Men

Synopsis

The heir to the throne of a race of shape-shifting aliens leads an attack on Earth as his rite of passage. The aliens replace officials in New York and disrupt the government, but Thor discovers their plan and defeats them.

Reprints

• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #8
• in Cuentos de Brujas (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1951 series) #185 (Febrero 29 de 1964)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #9 (15 April 1967) [Black & White, pages 1-7 only.], #10 (22 April 1967) [Black and white, pages 8-13 only with additional first page recapping the events of pages 1-7.]
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (May 1967)
• in Hit Comics Thor (BSV - Williams, 1971 series) #204
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3 (11 Maggio 1971)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #8 (7 April 1973)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 ([October] 1991)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[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)
• 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 (2010)
• 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 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

Xarta

Indexer Notes

The Carbon-Copy Man next appears in X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #32 (September 1988).

Mystery Mansion (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[H-396]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There was something peculiar about the old Catlett estate.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump

Synopsis

A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.

Reprints

• from Astonishing (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (January 1956)

Indexer Notes

The first page of this story is printed between pages 5 and 6 of the Thor story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up comic stories. The last page is split with the statement of ownership.

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

[Draw the First Day] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Famous Dance Course / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

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Live Sea Horses / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

The Midnight Caller! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Steve Ditko

Inks

Steve Ditko

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Many things can be hidden behind an iron curtain!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Hans; Anna

Synopsis

In a communist bloc country, a fugitive seeks shelter from an elderly couple who grant it to him. The next day they find their shack has been transplanted outside of the iron curtain and repaired to look as new. They regard the event as impossible but their guest says he was merely repaying the kindness shown to a stranger and is revealed to be an angel who was traversing the communist-occupied country for an unknown reason and then he ascends back to heaven.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #95
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #19 (1965 ?)
• in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19128 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #128
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #35 (1970)
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #134 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
• in Submariner (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #15 (décembre 1978) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #186 ([circa 1982 - 1983])
• in Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (Marvel, 2019 series) #2 (2019)

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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1001 Things You Can Get Free / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208) (Table of Contents: 12)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Average sales per issue October 1961–September 1962 (issues #76–86, despite monthly cover dates): 132,113.

Indexer Notes

This shares the last page of "Mystery Mansion".

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

I Am a Robot! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Joe Sinnott

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Colors

?

Letters

Terry Szenics

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Observe my newest mechanical man in action, gentlemen!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A criminal steals an advanced robot and uses it to rob a bank, but when he orders it to guard the door of his hideout an error in wording traps him inside permanently.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #95
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #19 (1965 ?)
• in Pow! and Wham! (IPC, 1968 series) #67 (27 April 1968)
• in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19126 (1969)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #126
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #134 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #8 ([August 1974])
• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #186 ([circa 1982 - 1983])

Indexer Notes

Narrated in the first person by the robot.

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

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National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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