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Issue Details

Issue #108
Published September 1964
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in July 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "See Thor Battle Loki, Prince of Evil, for the Life of Lovely Jane Foster."

Characters Thor; Loki; Jane Foster; Doctor Strange
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Sol Brodsky
Notes Brodsky cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via GCD Errors list, January 2009. Original indexer credited Chic Stone.
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)

18 page The Mighty Thor! story "At the Mercy of Loki, Prince of Evil!"

Characters Thor [Donald Blake]; Loki; Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Odin; Jane Foster; Heimdall; Avengers [Iron Man; Giant-Man; Wasp] (cameo)
Synopsis Thor is called to the aid of Doctor Strange, and as Dr. Blake saves his life after a crippling mystic attack. Loki takes advantage of a misunderstanding between Thor and Odin to come to Earth and kidnap Jane Foster. Thor finds Loki and defeats him, while a grateful Doctor Strange saves Jane.
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) #21 (July 1969); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #13 (September 28, 1971) [as "Nelle mani di Loki", 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)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "More Triumphs for Marvel..!"

Notes Advertises the Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964), Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #1 (1964), and Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (1964). Printed between the pages of the Thor story.

1 page text story "Traveling Sam"

Characters Sam Craig
Synopsis A bookkeeper gives up his fantasies of travel and goes back to handball after a strange encounter with two Indian magicians.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration. Continues from last issue. Printed between Thor and Tales of Asgard. This is the last text story in Journey Into Mystery, starting next issue a letters page was included instead.
Reprinted from Uncanny Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #44 (June 1956) [page 2]

5 page Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods! story "Trapped by the Trolls!"

Characters Thor; King Sindri
Synopsis The king of the dwarves attempts to sell an incognito Thor to the trolls as a slave, and Thor frees all of their captives and destroys their mine.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #3 (January 1971); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (August 17, 1971) [as "Catturato dai trolls", 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)