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Issue: Journey into Mystery #83
Publication Date: August 1962
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Issues: #83 of 125 Issues (180 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/05/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

Distributed to newstands in June 1962. 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
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In52
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Introducing... the Mighty Thor!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Kronans
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #[1] published November 1999
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 [Regular Edition] published July 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 published August 2010TPB
In Issue: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Thor #3 published ?
In Content Item: FlagCuentos de Brujas #178 published July 1963
as ¡Presentando al Poderoso Thor! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor [Golden Book and Record Set] #[nn] published January 1966
as Introducing... the Mighty Thor! [Illustration on Cover, Front]minus the issue number, date, and price
In Content Item: FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics #[nn] [First Print] published January 1974
as Introducing... the Mighty Thor! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Saga ™ The Official History of the Marvel Universe #4 [Direct Edition] published March 1986
as Marvel Saga Classic Cover Gallery [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as Introducing... the Mighty Thor! [Journey into Mystery #83] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor #450 [Direct Edition] published August 1992
as Introducing... the Mighty Thor! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn] published September 1997
as Introducing... the Mighty Thor! [Journey into Mystery #83] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as Introducing... the Mighty Thor! The Most Exciting Super-Hero of All Time!! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThor Giant-Size Finale #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Tales of Asgard #[nn] published January 2010
as Journey into Mystery #83 cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published November 2010
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThor: First Thunder #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2010
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published November 2010
as Journey Into Mystery #83 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer #1 published June 2011
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer #1 published June 2011
as Journey Into Mystery Then and Now [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Stone Men from Saturn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (introduction, origin); Gorr; Kronans; Korg
First Line: The legend has come true!
Synopsis: A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #[1] published November 1999
In Issue: FlagFantastic Firsts #[nn] published January 2002
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #7 [Regular Edition] published May 2008
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 published August 2010TPB
In Issue: FlagMarvel Platinum: The Definitive Thor #[nn] published January 2011
In Issue: FlagMarvel Classic #1 published February 2011
In Issue: FlagThor Epic Collection #1 published October 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales Annual #1 published September 1964
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor [Golden Book and Record Set] #[nn] published January 1966
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]First page black and white
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #1 published February 1967
as The Stone Men From Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #1 published April 1967
as Thor the Mighty [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpt only
In Content Item: FlagThor #158 published November 1968
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #1 published April 1971
as Gli uomini di pietra [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics #[nn] [First Print] published January 1974
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part one
In Content Item: FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics #[nn] [First Print] published January 1974
as Part 2: The Power of Thor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part two
In Content Item: FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics #[nn] [First Print] published January 1974
as Part 3: Thor the Mighty Strikes Back! [Story on Interior Page(s)]part three
In Content Item: FlagO Poderoso Thor #1 published January 1983
as A Origem de Thor [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Saga ™ The Official History of the Marvel Universe #4 [Direct Edition] published March 1986
as Book IV: Of Gods and Mutants [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor #432 [Direct Edition] published May 1991
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagComic View #3 published January 1992
as Part 3 Thor the Mighty Strikes Back! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagComic View #2 published January 1992
as Part 2 The Power of Thor! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagComic View #1 published January 1992
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagOrigins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition #[nn] published September 1997
as Thor the Mighty, and "The Stone Men from Saturn!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as "The Stone Men from Saturn!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThor Giant-Size Finale #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2010
as The Stone Men from Saturn [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Tales of Asgard #[nn] published January 2010
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: First Thunder #1 [unnamed variant] published November 2010
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]part one
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published November 2010
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEl Capitán América, Captain America #22 published April 2011
as Los Hombres de Piedra de Saturno [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer #1 published June 2011
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer #1 published June 2011
as The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-786
Disclose Notes: This is the first Thor story published by Marvel. Story is divided into three parts: Part One—Untitled (5 pp), Part Two—"The Power of Thor!" (5 pp) and Part Three—"Thor the Mighty Strikes Back!"(3 pp).

The story is expanded and retold in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #1.

Kirby previously drew Easter Island-like stone-head aliens in DC's House of Mystery #85, April 1959, as "The Stone Sentinels of Giant Island!"
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Discovery

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Chauncey; Zeke; Muscles Magee
First Line: Before Chauncey set out for the Hotchkiss Fair, he took his rinky-dink car into the gas station.
Synopsis: A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #54 published October 1956
was Discovery [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [K-479]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between the pages of the Thor story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up stories.
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The Perfect Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Mike Morgan
First Line: Our study in fantasy begins calmly enough!
Synopsis: A crook tries to kill and rob a man by pushing him off a cliff, but finds that he is a flying man from Mercury.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [V-787 ?]
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When the Jungle Sleeps

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: In the mysterious unknown jungle, who knows what fantastic secrets are hidden from the eyes of mortal men??
Synopsis: A lion is given superhuman intelligence by a nuclear test. It plans to attack humanity, but quickly loses its enhanced intelligence.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-788
Disclose Notes: This story is a retelling of "I Am...Gorilla!" drawn by Paul Reinman in Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) #5 (August 1959). This number was originally on the first story; but verified that it is on this sequence instead (2008-08-18). Script and Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.

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