Journey into Mystery #93 [Regular Edition]

(June 1963)

The Mysterious Radio-Active Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (credited as R. Berns) (script) [as R. Berns])

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

?

Letters

Ray Holloway (credited as R. Holloway)

Job Number

X-202

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of the sinister scientific laboratories of Red China is spawned a new kind of menace, designed only for one purpose...

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; the Radio-Active Man [Chen Lu] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; General Fu (introduction); Chairman Mao Zedong (cameo)

Synopsis

While on a medical mission to India, Dr. Blake becomes Thor to repel a Chinese attack. In order to fight Thor, a Chinese scientist irradiates himself to gain great power. He fights Thor in New York, and nearly defeats him, but Thor blows him back to China, creating a nuclear explosion.

Reprints

• in Journey into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([August] 1965)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #41 (1966 ?)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #14 (20 May 1967) [Black and white, some dialogue and captions rewritten.]
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #4 (21 Maggio 1971)
• in Eclipso (Arédit-Artima, 1968 series) #29 (avril 1973) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #11 (28 April 1973)
• in The Mighty Thor (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #4 ([1978])
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #9 (August 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #9
• 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 Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Regular Edition] ([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 ([November] 2010)
• in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The God of Thunder (October 2014)
• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #11

Keywords

India; New York City; Peking

Indexer Notes

Job number formerly incorrectly listed as X-211, from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. This story is retold and expanded in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #4

Over the Moon (Table of Contents: 2)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

[J-884]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Movie making is a funny business, not just because of all the money people make if they hit the top...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mr. Collins; Jim

Synopsis

A science fiction movie director gets some help from a real alien and flying saucer, but the film bombs when the footage of the saucer is dismissed as too phony-looking.

Reprints

• from Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #51 (October 1956)
• in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #41 (1966 ?)

Keywords

Nevada

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration.

The Man Who Wouldn't Die! (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber

Inks

Matt Fox

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-211

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sometimes the safest shelter in the world can be the most dangerous!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Caleb Cartwright

Synopsis

A selfish billionaire builds a fallout shelter deep beneath the Earth's surface, but when he insists on touring it alone he discovers a group of primitive humans that attack him and collapse the tunnel, trapping him.

Reprints

• in Sinister Tales (Alan Class, 1964 series) #20 (1965 ?)
• in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #108 ([circa 1974 - 1975])
• in The Mighty Thor (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #4 ([1978])

Indexer Notes

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

I Saw a Martian! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

It was evening! The night was dark and still!

Genre

science fiction

Synopsis

A man cannot convince the police that he saw an alien ship land. He is really a Martian spy, making sure that they will be able to infiltrate safely.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #35 (1964 ?)
• in The Mighty Thor (Yaffa / Page, 1977 ? series) #4 ([1978])

Keywords

alien invasion; armada; spaceships