(June 1964)

Marvel, 1952 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-04-02
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

Issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. From this issue, Journey into Mystery is solely a Thor book, with a Tales of Asgard back-up. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Cobra and Mr. Hyde! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Cobra and Mr. Hyde! (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-681
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our scene is the headquarters of the Avengers, where we find Earth's mightiest team of superheroes at the conclusion of one of their regular meetings...
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor [Donald Blake]; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]; Jane Foster; Avengers [Iron Man; Captain America; Giant-Man; Wasp] (cameo)
Synopsis
The Cobra meets Mister Hyde and they join forces to defeat Thor. They track Thor to Dr. Blake's office, and demand that Blake help them find Thor. Blake becomes Thor while their backs are turned and fights the two villains until they manage to take his hammer from him.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. This story is continues in next issue.

Marauder (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
? (background only)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
[H-584]
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The last treetops of Diego Garcia were vanishing down the slope of the horizon.
Genre
war
Characters
KKpt. Karl Friedrich von Müller; Heinrich
Synopsis
A successful German commerce raider meets its match in an Australian cruiser off Malaya.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continues in the next issue. Printed between pages 5 and 6 of the Thor story.

This story is a reasonably accurate fictionalised account of the destruction of the Dresden-Class Light Cruiser SMS Emden in November 1914. In reality the Emden's second-in-command was Captain-Lieutenant Helmut von Mücke, not 'Heinrich'. Though the second's name in this story is incorrect, von Mücke did survive his ship's destruction while commanding a landing party, as depicted.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

My Secret New Dynaflex Method (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Unisphere Savings Bank / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Camouflage Paint (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Novel Products Corp. Camouflage Paint / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

NRI Training / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Two More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

The Avengers; X-Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Stamps; Shop by Mail] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

When Heimdall Failed! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
George Roussos (credited as Geo. Bell)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number
X-682
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Although I am king of the storm giants, I cannot attack Asgard as long as the ever-vigilant Heimdall guards their Rainbow Bridge!
Feature Logo
Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Heimdall; King Brimer; Queen Nedra (introduction); Odin; Vanna
Synopsis
In hope of attacking Asgard, King Brimer and Queen Nedra send a Vanna to pass by Heimdall and spy on them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Second in the Heimdall biography series.

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Stamps; Shop by Mail (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Cobra and Mr. Hyde!
    Thor
  2. 1. ["Earn big money"]
  3. 2. The Cobra and Mr. Hyde!
    Thor
  4. 3. Marauder
  5. 4. ["Don't let them call you skinny"]
  6. 5. My Secret New Dynaflex Method
    Mike Marvel System
  7. 6. ["Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit"]
    Grit Newspaper
  8. 7. ["Get ready to visit the New York World’s Fair"]
    Unisphere Savings Bank
  9. 8. Camouflage Paint
    Novel Products Corp. Camouflage Paint
  10. 9. ["Make $3 to $5 an hour starting soon"]
    NRI Training
  11. 10. Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!
    The Avengers; X-Men
  12. 11. [Stamps; Shop by Mail]
  13. 12. When Heimdall Failed!
    Tales of Asgard
  14. 13. ["Hey fellas... now you can build your own go-kart"]
  15. 14. Stamps; Shop by Mail
  16. 15. ["Brother, can you spare a dime 10¢?"]
  17. 16. ["3 complete fishing outfits"]
  18. 17. ["He's looking for people who like to draw"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Pierre Freyssonnet
  • Del Gruber
  • Matthew Head
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Mark Q
  • Jim Van Dore