Issue | #98 |
Published | November 1963 |
Frequency | monthly |
Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Stan Lee |
Notes | Distributed to newstands in September 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
Characters | Thor; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees]; Jane Foster |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Sol Brodsky |
Reprinted | in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (July 7, 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]; Cobra [Klaus Vorhees] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; Dr. Bruce Andrews; Odin; Professor Shecktor |
Synopsis | While visiting India, Don Blake finds that one of his old teachers has been murdered by a villain who gained the power of a snake. Thor fights the Cobra in New York and defeats him, after Jane Foster sees her new boss's cowardice and goes back to Dr. Blake. |
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. |
Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #12 (January 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (July 6, 1971) [as "Sfidato dal Cobra umano!", 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 | Dawson; Mr. Manfredy |
Synopsis | A hiker lost in the snow meets a scientist who discovered how to transform other metals into gold but lives in isolation so his discovery will not cause turmoil. |
Genre | science fiction |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Text story with illustration. |
Reprinted | from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #47 (September 1956) |
Characters | Dunstan Dirk |
Synopsis | A criminal in the future travels to a rich but primitive world, hoping to exploit the simple people. Unfortunately they don't understand the universal language, and lock him in a zoo as an animal. |
Genre | science fiction |
Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
Pencils | Larry Lieber |
Inks | Matt Fox |
Letters | Ray Holloway |
Characters | Odin; Ymir |
Synopsis | The ice giants, led by Ymir, attack Asgard but Odin defends it and traps Ymir inside a ring of fire. |
Genre | Fantasy |
Script | Stan Lee |
Pencils | Jack Kirby |
Inks | Don Heck |
Letters | Artie Simek |
Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
Reprinted | in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (April 21, 1971) [as "Odino contro Ymir", 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 Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |