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Issue: Journey into Mystery #104
Publication Date: May 1964
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Issues: #104 of 125 Issues (180 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/03/1964
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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 In28
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Giants Walk the Earth!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Surtur; Skagg
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #2 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor: En Mis Manos, Este Martillo #[nn] published September 2013
In Issue: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Thor #4 published ?
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #26 published December 1993
as "Giants Walk the Earth!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as Nothing You Have Ever Seen Before Can Equal the Breath-Taking Spectacle of "Giants Walk the Earth!" [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 #104 [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagThor : l'intégrale #1964 published October 2013
as Des géants foulant la Terre ! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Giants Walk the Earth!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Skagg; Surtur; Balder; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Loki; Odin; Enchantress [Amora] (cameo); Executioner [Skurge] (cameo)
Synopsis: Odin comes to Earth to settle the matter of Thor's love for Jane Foster. At the same time, Loki frees Skagg, the Storm Giant and Surtur so that he never has relinquish the power over Asgard. Thor, Balder and Odin defeat the giants and Loki is punished.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #2 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor: En Mis Manos, Este Martillo #[nn] published September 2013
In Issue: FlagThor Epic Collection #1 published October 2014
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Collector's Album #72-125 published January 1966
as "Giants Walk the Earth!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]original layout=13 pages, abridged
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #17 published November 1968
as Giants Walk the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #11 published August 1971
as Il furto del martello magico [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Il furto del martello magico", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #26 published December 1993
as "Giants Walk the Earth!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as "Giants Walk the Earth!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published November 2010
as Giants Walk the Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor : l'intégrale #1964 published October 2013
as Des géants foulant la Terre ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: X-636
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Two More Triumphs for Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964) and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964).
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Revenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dorr Rathko; Kirn; Lycia Welles
First Line: There are many different kinds of revenge!
Synopsis: When an asteroid miner's partner marries the girl he loves, he tries to get revenge by stealing their asteroid, but is killed in a freak meteor shower.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: [X-628]
Disclose Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo.
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Poor Oscar!--(Continued From Last Issue)

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Character(s): Oscar Meeker; Mathilda Meeker
Synopsis: A long-suffering pushover is stuck with a battered suitcase, but finds that the case magically fills with money and spends it for him.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #141 published December 1955
was Poor Oscar [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 2
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: H-367
Disclose Notes: Continues from last issue. Announces that only feature-length Thor stories and the Tales of Asgard stories will appear in Journey Into Mystery, starting next issue.
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Heimdall Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Origin of Heimdall Part 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Heimdall (origin); Odin; Agnar the Fierce (introduction); Gotron, the Agile (introduction); Brimer (introduction); Trolls; Storm Giants
First Line: Beginning: a new dimension in comics!
Synopsis: Odin has decided to appoint a sentry to the Rainbow Bridge. Agnar, Gotron and Heimdall try out for the appointment but Heimdall gets it.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #2 [Regular Edition] published September 2003
In Issue: FlagThor Epic Collection #1 published October 2014
In Content Item: FlagTales of Asgard #1 published October 1968
as Heimdall Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #7 published July 1971
as Heimdall [Story on Interior Page(s)]Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #26 published December 1993
as Heimdall Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as Heimdall Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Thor #1 published May 2001
as "Heimdall Guardián del Mágico Puente del Arco Iris" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Tales of Asgard #1 published May 2009
as Heimdall Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Tales of Asgard #[nn] published January 2010
as Heimdall Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Jack Kirby Cover] published November 2010
as Heimdall, Guardian of the Mystic Rainbow Bridge! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor : l'intégrale #1964 published October 2013
as Heimdall [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-637?
Disclose Notes: First in the Heimdall Biography series.

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