Journey into Mystery #104 [Regular Edition]

(May 1964)

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Giants Walk the Earth! (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-636

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Donald Blake]; Skagg; Surtur; Balder; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Loki; Odin; Enchantress [Amora] (cameo); Executioner [Skurge] (cameo)

Synopsis

Odin comes to Earth to settle the matter of Thor's love for Jane Foster. At the same time, Loki frees Skagg, the Storm Giant and Surtur so that he never has to relinquish his power over Asgard. Thor, Balder and Odin defeat the giants and Loki is punished.

Reprints

• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #22
• in The Mighty Thor Collector's Album (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-125 (1966) [original layout=13 pages, abridged]
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #26 (12 August 1967) [Black and white.]
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #17 (November 1968)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #11 (31 Agosto 1971) [as "Il furto del martello magico", Italian translation]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #22 (14 July 1973)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 ([December] 1993)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Marvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor: En Mis Manos, Este Martillo (Panini España, 2013 series) (Septiembre 2013)
• in Thor : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2007 series) #1964 (octobre 2013)
• in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The God of Thunder (2014)
• in Loki Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Invasion of Asgard (2022)

Indexer Notes

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

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Revenge! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Larry Lieber

Inks

Al Hartley

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Job Number

[X-628]

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There are many different kinds of revenge!

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Dorr Rathko; Kirn; Lycia Welles

Synopsis

When an asteroid miner's partner marries the girl he loves, he tries to get revenge by stealing their asteroid, but is killed in a freak meteor shower.

Reprints

• in Edderkoppen (I.K. [Illustrerede klassikere], 1967 series) #1 ([1967])
• in Marvelserien (Williams Förlags AB, 1967 series) #3 (1967)

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.

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Poor Oscar!--(Continued From Last Issue) (Table of Contents: 11)

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Script

?

Colors

? (background only)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

H-367

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Oscar Meeker; Mathilda Meeker

Synopsis

A long-suffering pushover is stuck with a battered suitcase, but finds that the case magically fills with money and spends it for him.

Reprints

• from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #141 (December 1955) [page 2]

Indexer Notes

Continues from last issue. Announces that only feature-length Thor stories and the Tales of Asgard stories will appear in Journey Into Mystery, starting next issue.

Heimdall Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Origin of Heimdall Part 1] (Table of Contents: 12)

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-637?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beginning: a new dimension in comics!

Feature Logo

Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Heimdall (origin); Odin; Agnar the Fierce (introduction); Gotron, the Agile (introduction); Brimer (introduction); Trolls; Storm Giants

Synopsis

Odin has decided to appoint a sentry to the Rainbow Bridge. Agnar, Gotron and Heimdall try out for the appointment but Heimdall gets it.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #98
• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #22
• in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (6 Luglio 1971) [Italian translation]
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #35 (October 13, 1973)
• in Thor le fils d'Odin (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #11 (4ème trimestre 1980)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 ([December] 1993)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black and white]
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Thor (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) #1 (Mayo 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2003)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (May 2009)
which is reprinted
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #2 - Thor: Geschichten aus Asgard (Januar 2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #94 - Тор: Истории Асгарда
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) ([January] 2010)
• in Thor : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2007 series) #1964 (octobre 2013)
• in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #1 - The God of Thunder (2014)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (Marvel, 2021 series) #2 - The Invasion of Asgard (2022)

Indexer Notes

First in the Heimdall Biography series.

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