(November 1963)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-09-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Atlas Magazines, Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Distributed to newsstands in September 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
This issue has variants:

The Human Cobra! / Odin Battles the Ice Giants ! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Sol Brodsky
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Even a thunder god cannot match my great power... as you are now about to learn!!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees]; Jane Foster
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #98 Cover Thumbnail for Journey into Mystery (1952 series) #98 [British]
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Cover gallery

[All-Male He-Man] (Table of Contents: 1)

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
Characters
Ben Rebhuhn; William Butler; John Sill; Felipe Mendoza; Tony Pascarella; Larry Campbell

Indexer Notes

Ad for body building course with photos of some successful users.
On inside front cover.

Challenged by the Human Cobra! (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Job Number
X-451
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It isn't fair!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; Doctor Bruce Andrews; Odin; Professor Shecktor (introduction, death)
Synopsis
While visiting India, Don Blake finds that one of his old teachers has been murdered by a villain who gained the power of a snake. Thor fights the Cobra in New York and defeats him. Jane Foster, Doctor Andrews’ employee at the beginning of this story, witnesses her new boss's cowardice and goes back to work for Doctor Blake.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Snowstorm (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
[J-866]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The snowstorm had come up suddenly.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dawson; Mr. Manfredy
Synopsis
A hiker lost in the snow meets a scientist who discovered how to transform other metals into gold but lives in isolation so his discovery will not cause turmoil.
Reprints
Keywords
transmutation

Indexer Notes

Text story with illustration. 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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Padell Book Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You can have the secret weapon!
Synopsis
An advertisement for Padell Book Company's instruction booklets for self-defense, hypnotism, mechanical drawing, etc.

Indexer Notes

Between page 1 of “Snowstorm” prose story and page 6 of the Thor comic story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mr. Victor Mason / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Will you work Saturday mornings... ?
Synopsis
Advertisement to sell shoes from the Mason Shoe Mfg. Company

Indexer Notes

Between pages 10 and 11 of the Thor comic story.

Hypno-Coin (Table of Contents: 6)

Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
Synopsis
Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.

Indexer Notes

On upper half of page.

New Accordions — Save up to 1/2 (Table of Contents: 7)

Accordion Corp. of America / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (background and lettering only)
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Send in coupon for free catalog of electronic accordions.

Indexer Notes

On lower half of page.

The Purple Planet! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils
Larry Lieber
Inks
Matt Fox
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The time is five hundred years in the future!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Dunstan Dirk
Synopsis
A criminal in the future travels to a rich but primitive world, hoping to exploit the simple people. Unfortunately they don't understand the universal language, and lock him in a zoo as an animal.
Reprints
Keywords
spaceships

Live Sea Horses! (Table of Contents: 9)

Living pets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (background only)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
Synopsis
Three ads for live pets.

Indexer Notes

On top half of page, preceding page 2 of “Snowstorm” prose story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit
Synopsis
Ad solicits boys to sell Grit newspaper.

Indexer Notes

On lower half of page, preceding page 2 of “Snowstorm” prose story.

Odin Battles Ymir, King of the Ice Giants (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Don Heck (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)
Job Number
X-452
First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the days of the gods, when the world was young, Asgard was menaced by the rampaging ice giants...
Feature Logo
Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Odin; Ymir; Ice Giants (introduction)
Synopsis
The ice giants, led by Ymir, attack Asgard but Odin defends it and traps Ymir inside a ring of fire.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 12)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stamp collecting outfit
Synopsis
Ad for stamps and other products.

Indexer Notes

Follows page 2 of “Snowstorm” prose story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!

Indexer Notes

Ad for hypnotism lessons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys, girls, men, women

Indexer Notes

Ad for the Wallace Brown line of Christmas cards.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

NRI Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for NRI Training.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He’s looking for people who like to draw
Characters
Albert Dorne (caricature)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Send for no obligation Famous Artists Talent Test.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Human Cobra! / Odin Battles the Ice Giants !
    Thor
  2. 1. [All-Male He-Man]
    American Body Building Club
  3. 2. Challenged by the Human Cobra!
    Thor
  4. 3. Snowstorm
  5. 4. ["You can have the secret weapon!"]
    Padell Book Co.
  6. 5. ["Will you work Saturday mornings... ?"]
    Mr. Victor Mason
  7. 6. Hypno-Coin
    Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
  8. 7. New Accordions — Save up to 1/2
    Accordion Corp. of America
  9. 8. The Purple Planet!
  10. 9. Live Sea Horses!
    Living pets
  11. 10. ["Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit"]
    Grit Newspaper
  12. 11. Odin Battles Ymir, King of the Ice Giants
    Tales of Asgard
  13. 12. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  14. 13. ["Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!"]
  15. 14. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  16. 15. ["Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon"]
    NRI Training
  17. 16. ["He’s looking for people who like to draw"]
    Famous Artists Schools
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
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  • Steve Dasinger
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  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • Ethan Hoddes
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  • Hunter Johnson
  • R. S. Martin
  • Darrel McCann
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