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Issue: Journey into Mystery #87
Publication Date: December 1962
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Issues: #87 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: 10/02/1962
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 newsstands in October 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 In20
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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Prisoner of the Reds!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]
First Line: These chains are electronically treated!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMystic #47 published January 1964
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 Content Item: FlagCuentos de Brujas #182 published November 1963
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #5 published November 1966
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]1/6 page
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as "Prisoner of the Reds!" [Journey Into Mystery #87] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as "Prisoner of the Reds!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published November 2010
as Journey Into Mystery #87 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Prisoner of the Reds!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Colonel Edward Harrison (introduction); John Blandings (Scientist) (introduction); Mrs. Silvia Blandings; Scientists; Photographer (Russian Spy); Russian Soldiers
First Line: Behold, God of Thunder--many have fought you!
Synopsis: In order to solve the mystery of a rash of defecting American scientists, Dr. Blake uses himself as bait and is abducted by communists. He is imprisoned with the other missing scientists, but is able to transform into Thor and free them all.
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: FlagThor Epic Collection #1 published October 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #5 published November 1966
as Prisoner of the Reds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #6 published March 1967
as Prisoner In Chains [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #2 published April 1971
as Nelle spire del nemico [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Nelle spiro del nemico", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as Prisoner of the Reds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as "Prisoner of the Reds!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published November 2010
as Prisoner of the Reds! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: V-947
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The Comic

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Stan Wepp
First Line: Stan Wepp stood before the lights, watched the teleprompter, the studio audience, the orchestra leader wearing the earphone headset.
Synopsis: A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #45 published May 1956
was The Comic [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [J-214]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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I Know the Secret of the Sea-Monster!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rogers
First Line: The first one to make the nightmarish discovery was a fisherman...
Synopsis: A sea serpent is sighted and causes panic, drawing a military response culminating in a nuclear strike. The serpent retreats beneath the surface, but a reporter that communicated with it explains that it was a harmless lost alien child. And if that's the child, how big will the parents be?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Man on the Endless Stairway!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Carl Cragg
First Line: The stairway had to end somewhere!
Synopsis: A fugitive runs up a staircase to hide from police, but when he runs back down the staircase descends into hell.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #41 published January 1968
as The Man on the Endless Stairway [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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