Journey into Mystery #114

(March 1965)

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The Stronger I Am, the Sooner I Die! (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Escape from Thor is inconceivable!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor; Balder; Harris Hobbs (introduction); Jane Foster; Don Blake; Loki (villain); Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel] (villain; introduction; origin)

Synopsis

Loki uses his magic to turn Crusher Creel into the Absorbing Man. A patient of Blake's, reporter Harris Hobbs, alerts him the the existense of the Absorbing Man. Blake breaks a dinner date with Jane in order to investigate as Thor. Thor and Creel meet and fight. Hobbs witnesses the battle and is injured. Thor tends to Hobbs before resuming his battle. Balder then interrupts the fight by transporting Thor to Asgard. It seems that Loki has abducted Jane and brought her to the Golden Realm. Thor and Balder ride off to save her. Back on Earth, Creel believes he has defeated the Thunder God.

Reprints

• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #32
• in The Mighty Thor Collector's Album (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-125 (1966) [abridged; original layout=18 pages, abridged]
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #41 (25 November 1967), #42 (2 December 1967)
• in Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (January 1971)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #18 (7 Dicembre 1971)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #33 (29 September 1973)
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #11 (octobre 1986) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[3] (November 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2004)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([July] 2005) [black & white]
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2011)
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #2 (mai 2011)
• in Marvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor: En Mis Manos, Este Martillo (Panini España, 2013 series) (Septiembre 2013)
• in True Believers: The Criminally Insane - Absorbing Man (Marvel, 2020 series) #1 (March 2020)
• in Loki Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 (2021)

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Wayne School / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Another Marvel Masterpiece (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Fantastic Four / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.8 page (report information)

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statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script

John F. Hayes

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Date of filing Oct 1 1964, Print run: Average monthly 312,000, single issue nearest to date 370,000

Subscribers 375, Average monthly sales 204,700, nearest to issue date 250,000

Shares page with Fantastic Four #37 promo ad between pages 13 and 14 of previous story sequence.

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Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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More Triumphs for Marvel..! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Spider-Man; X-Men; Strange Tales / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Golden Apples! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited as Vince Coletta)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I give thee greetings, lovely goddess Iduna!

Feature Logo

Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Fenris the Wolf God (introduction); Iduna (introduction); Haakun the Hunter (introduction)

Synopsis

The goddess Iduna is taking some golden apples to Odin as a gift. She is menaced by Fenris Wolf who is eventually driven away by Haakun the Hunter.

Reprints

• in Special Marvel Edition (Marvel, 1971 series) #1 (January 1971)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #14 (12 Ottobre 1971)
• in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #194 (December 1971)
• in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1976 series) #11 (août 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in Thor le fils d'Odin (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #13 - Thor et le Surfer d'Argent (2ème trimestre 1981)
• in Conan der Barbar (Condor, 1982 series) #1 ([Oktober] 1982)
• in Hulk (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #12/1982 ([november] 1982)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Thor (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) #1 (Mayo 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[3] (November 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2004)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([July] 2005) [black & white]
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 (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 Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2011)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)

Keywords

Varinheim

Indexer Notes

Asgardian version of Little Red Riding Hood. First appearance of the land of Varinheim.

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The Hammer Strikes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear Stan and Jack, We have an idea for an accessory to Thor's costume.

Feature Logo

The Hammer Strikes

Reprints

• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Ronald Eisenstein, Tracy Harris, Jay Kinney, Mickey Schwaberow, and Belvey Payne; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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NRI Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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