| Issue | #85 |
| Published | October 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in August 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Thor; Loki |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #450 (August 1992); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
| Characters | Thor [Donald Blake]; Loki (introduction); Jane Foster; Heimdall (introduction, cameo); Odin (introduction, cameo); Balder (introduction, cameo); Tyr (introduction, cameo) |
| Synopsis | Loki escapes from his prison in Asgard and comes to Earth to get revenge on Thor. The trickster hypnotizes him to help make mischief, but Thor’s transformation into Donald Blake frees him from hypnosis, allowing him to defeat Loki and return him to Asgard. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Notes | This story is divided into two parts: an unmarked first part (5 pp) and part two—"The Vengeance of Loki!" (8 pp). This is the first appearance of Asgard. Balder, Tyr and Odin only appear from behind, and Heimdall looks nothing like his later appearances. The first part is expanded and retold in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #2 |
| Reprinted | in Journey Into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 (1965); in Fantastic! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #3 (4 March 1967); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #1 (April 1971) [as "Intrappolato da Loki, Il dio del male!", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #450 (August 1992); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
| Characters | Franz Ammergau; Gerda; Dr. Schmitt |
| Synopsis | An old clockmaker nearly dies from the cold, but is saved by the wooden figures adorning his clocks, which he has given parts of his own soul. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #148 (July 1956) |
| Characters | Filbert Phelps |
| Synopsis | A greedy scientist builds a time machine to visit the future and make money, but he finds himself stranded in a void, since the future does not yet exist. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Script credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky. |
| Reprinted | in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #93 (October 29, 1974) [as "Lo strano futuro di Filbert!", Italian translation] |
| Characters | Rip van Winkle |
| Synopsis | This story casts the character of Rip Van Winkle as a humanoid alien who visits planet Earth in violation of galactic travel guidelines which have declared the planet off limits due to its dormitive effect. |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek ? |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky. |
| Reprinted | in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #92 (October 15, 1974) [Italian translation] |