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Issue: Journey into Mystery #101
Publication Date: February 1964
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Issues: #101 of 125 Issues (180 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in December 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]
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Pages: 1
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The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]; Odin; Loki; Heimdall; Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo)]; Haag (cameo, introduction) [called "Norn Hag" in this story]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo] (flashback); Jane Foster (flashback)
First Line: Stand back, folks!
Synopsis: Loki convinces Odin to reduce Thor's power in punishment for loving Jane Foster, and then restores the memory of the Tomorrow Man so that he can come back in time and defeat Thor. He builds a powerful robot, and when Thor cannot defeat it he agrees to help the Tomorrow Man conquer the 23rd century.
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Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Continues in next issue. This is the first appearance of the Well of Centuries. Haag is not named until Thor (Marvel, 1965 series) #165 (June 1969).
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The Flying Saucer That Was

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): George Ridley; Monroe Marks; Dr. Willard Seldin; Harry Landau
First Line: George Ridley looked at his watch and realized it was way past his supper time.
Synopsis: A teacher frantically tries to convince people that he saw aliens, but it turns out that they are friendly and make him their ambassador.
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Pages: 2
Job Number: [C-486]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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The Enemies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Prince Sunor; Rakku the Terrible
First Line: It was more than a war of worlds!
Synopsis: The barbaric Vulcans plan to invade the world of the pacifist Idylicans. Instead of fighting, the Idylicans abandon their world, altering the gravity of their world to trap the invaders, and settling the Vulcan's abandoned homes as their own.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: X-560
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The Invasion of Asgard! [The Boyhood of Thor! Part 2]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Thor; Loki; Haag [called only "Norn Hag" in this story]; Hati; Heimdall; Geirrodur (introduction); Odin; Skoll (introduction); Ulfrin the Dragon
First Line: Here stands Heimdall!
Synopsis: Loki makes a hole in Asgard's defenses and lures Thor there to face an attack alone. Thor holds off the enemies of Asgard until help arrives.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: X-568

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