Issue | #102 |
Published | March 1964 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in January 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Reprinted | in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
Characters | Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]; Loki; Odin |
Synopsis | Thor helps Zarrko conquer the 23rd century world, but then turns on him and defeats him, winning back Odin's favour. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Chic Stone |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #16 (September 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (August 17, 1971) [as "Lo schiavo di Zarko", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
Characters | Axtel; George; Chuck |
Synopsis | A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess. |
Genre | occult |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. Story title is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky. |
Reprinted | from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (August 1955) |
Synopsis | An alien lands in a central European village and restrains the villagers while he sets up a weapon. He uses the weapon to drive back an attacking space fleet, and the villagers realize he was actually trying to help them. |
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. |
Characters | Thor; Hela (introduction); Balder; Norns [Skuld (introduction); Urd (introduction; Verdandi (introduction)]; Sif (introduction); King Rugga |
Synopsis | Thor rescues Sif from Hela, goddess of Death, and earns the right to carry the Hammer of Odin. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Paul Reinman |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Sif looks nothing like her later and more familiar Marvel appearance, but more like her traditional description. |
Reprinted | in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (July 7, 1971) [as "La morte arriva per Thor!", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and 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) |