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Issue: Journey into Mystery #103
Publication Date: April 1964
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Issues: #103 of 125 Issues (181 Printings)
Title:
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:
UPC/EAN:
Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
19 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in February 1964. 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 Enchantress and the Executioner!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Enchantress [Amora]; Executioner [Skurge]
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Fill the gaps in your family's education with the amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for the 25 volume "Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia."
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The Enchantress and the Executioner!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Enchantress (introduction); Executioner (introduction); Jane Foster; Loki; Odin; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko] (cameo flashback)
First Line: Swinging his enchanted hammer at twice the speed of light, the mighty Thor leaves the future, where we left him last issue, and travels back through time!!
Synopsis: Loki and Odin conspire to end Thor's infatuation with Jane Foster by sending the Enchantress to seduce him away from his mortal love. The heavy handed Executioner fouls things up and the mission is unsuccessful.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: At this point, the stories take a turn to Asgardian themes and backdrops.
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Poor Oscar

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Oscar Meeker; Mathilda Meeker
First Line: The wrong sort of thing always happened to poor Oscar 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.
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Pages: 1
Job Number: H-367
Disclose Notes: Between pages 5 and 6 of previous story sequence. Continues in next issue.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Commercial Trades Institute
First Line: Training for big pay made simple!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for free booklet "Make Big Money in Auto Mechanics".
Between the “Poor Oscar” prose story and page 6 of the Thor comic story.
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My Secret New Dynaflex Method

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mike Marvel System
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
First Line: Boys! Men!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98. Also free booklet, “Secrets of Being Attractive”. Between pages 10 and 11 of the Thor comic story.
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit!
Synopsis: Ad soliciting sellers of Grit newspaper.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On top half of page.
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Hypno-Coin

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. located on lower half of page.
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To Live Forever!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Luther Gorr
First Line: The theme of this fantasy tale is not new!
Synopsis: In a future where capital punishment has been abolished, the maximum sentence is 90 years imprisonment. A brilliant scientist decides to find a way to make himself immortal, so he may commit crimes with impunity, but turns himself into a rock.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: X-596
Disclose Notes: This story is a retelling of "I Can Live Forever!", drawn by John Forte, from Journey Into Mystery #55 (November 1959). Most earlier versions of the story made the principal character turn into a redwood tree instead of a rock, and he is not always a criminal.
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Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds and lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Accordion Corp. of America
First Line: New accordions - save up to 1/2
Synopsis: Send in coupon for free catalog of electronic accordions.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On top half of page.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Holy stamp depicting Christ & cross!!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for stamps and other products, on lower half of page.
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Another Triumph For Marvel..!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.85
Disclose Notes: Advertises Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) using the logo portion of the cover. The page is split with the statement of ownership.
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Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.15
Disclose Notes: Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962–September 1963 (issues #87–98): 188,070/318,212. Paid circulation/print run for issue #115: 186,380/315,101. This shares the page with the promo.
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Stamp collecting outfit
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for stamps and other products, between story pages 20 and 21.
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Thor's Mission to Mirmir!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Thor; Sindri (introduction); Skord; Gullin (introduction); King Mirmir; Aske; Embla
First Line: This is the tale of Thor's odyssey to Mirmir...
Synopsis: Thor must reach Mirmir to tell him that Odin has decided it is time to create the human race.
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Pages: 5
Job Number: X-625
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Boys! Men! I'll help you master Yubiwaza
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Disclose Notes: Ad for the Yubiwaza system of self-defense.
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (lettering only)
Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Earn big money
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Christy Trades School.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad to earn money or prizes by selling seeds for the American Seed Company.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Albert Dorne (caricature)
First Line: He's looking for people who like to draw
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.

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