Issue | #91 |
Published | April 1963 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in February 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Thor; Loki; Sandu |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Dick Ayers |
Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (July 1967) [1/12 page]; in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3 (May 11, 1971); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and 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; Sandu; Jane Foster; Odin |
Synopsis | Loki gives a greedy carnival mystic magical powers in order to use him to attack Thor. Thor is overcome in their first battle, but with the help of Odin and his belt of strength he defeats Loki's pawn. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Joe Sinnott |
Inks | Joe Sinnott |
Letters | Terry Szenics |
Notes | Characters: Sandu added by Mark Combs, 2004-09-26 (Per Sandell ed.) Two unidentified Valkyries appear in this story. This story is retold and expanded in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 |
Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (July 1967); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3 (May 11, 1974) [as "Thor contro Sandù, maestro del sovrannaturale!", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
Characters | Mr. Braggle |
Synopsis | A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs. |
Genre | humor |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (August 1956) |
Characters | Jeb Wilkens |
Synopsis | Alien spores land on Earth and bloom into telepathic plants that would have conquered the world had they not been eaten by crows. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Larry Lieber |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Characters | Selwin Simple |
Synopsis | An odd man works with the manikins in a department store, but becomes upset when one of the female manikins is to be put in a bridal display. The employee disappears and the groom is replaced with a manikin that looks just like him. |
Genre | occult |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Steve Ditko |
Inks | Steve Ditko |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Narrated in the first person. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |