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Issue Details

Issue #99
Published December 1963
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in October 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "The Mysterious Mister Hyde!"

Characters Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos
Reprinted 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)

13 page The Mighty Thor! story "The Mysterious Mr. Hyde!"

Characters Thor [Donald Blake]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; Odin
Synopsis Having been refused a job by Dr. Blake, Calvin Zabo becomes Mister Hyde and attacks the doctor. Meanwhile, Odin has agreed to let Thor marry Jane Foster if she proves worthy. After Mister Hyde learns that Blake survived ('saved' by Thor) it seems that Thor robs a bank, and the police issue a warrant for his arrest.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Don Heck
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Continues in next issue.
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #13 (March 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (July 6, 1971) [as "Il misterioso mr. Hyde!", 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)

2 page text story "The Thread"

Characters Matt Anderson; Midget Morgan/Count Morgan; Dr. Waynne
Synopsis The mysterious death of a scientist reveals a mystical device and leads to the death of a centuries-old Italian count.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration. The events of this story are dated January 8, 1952.
Reprinted from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #13 (October 1952)

5 page story "Stroom's Strange Solution!"

Characters King Kellu; Dr. Immanuel Stroom
Synopsis An alien world is dangerously overpopulated, so a scientist releases a gas that shrinks the entire population, making the same amount of space accomodate more people.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Matt Fox
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Recycles in part the plot of Fantastic Four (1961 series) #7. Info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.).

5 page Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods! story "Surtur the Fire Demon!"

Characters Odin; Surtur
Synopsis The Trolls ally with Surtur against Asgard, but Odin conquers them. Surtur travels to Earth to destroy it, but again Odin defeats him and traps him in the center of the planet. Their battle creates the moon and starts the rotation of the Earth.
Genre Fantasy
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos (uncredited)
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Inks: Uncredited info by Bob Bailey, 2005-03-19 (Per Sandell ed.)
Reprinted in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3; in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)