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Issue: Journey into Mystery #88
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #88 of 125 Issues (181 Printings)
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/01/1962
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency:
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 November 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 In26
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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The Terrible Vengeance of Loki!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Odin
First Line: Heed my words, Thor!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #[1] [unnamed variant] published November 1999
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 published January 2010TPB
In Content Item: FlagCuentos de Brujas #183 published December 1963
as La Terrible Venganza de Loki [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #6 published January 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]1/8 page
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #5 published March 1967
as The Terrible Vengeance of Loki [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #8 [Direct Edition] published July 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 "The Terrible Vengeance of Loki!" [Journey Into Mystery #88] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as See Thor, the Mightiest Hero of All, as He Dares Face "The Terrible Vengeance of Loki!" [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Direct] published January 2010
as Journey Into Mystery #88 [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)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Vengeance of Loki!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Jane Foster; Odin (cameo); Heimdall (cameo)
First Line: Once again, Loki, most dangerous of the Norse gods, returns to give the mighty Thor his greatest challenge!!
Synopsis: Loki discovers Thor’s secret identity and separates him from his hammer, forcing him to remain a human. Loki torments humanity, but Dr. Blake tricks him into allowing him to regain the hammer and become Thor, defeating Loki and returning him to Asgard.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #[1] [unnamed variant] published November 1999
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 published January 2010TPB
In Issue: FlagThor Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #6 published January 1967
as The Vengeance of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #5 published March 1967
as The Vengeance of Loki [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #2 published April 1971
as La vendetta di Loki ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #8 [Direct Edition] published July 1986
as Book VIII: Fateful Encounters! [Story on Interior Page(s)]excerpts
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as The Vengeance of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as "The Vengeance of Loki!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Direct] published January 2010
as The Vengeance of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer #1 published June 2011
as The Vengeance of Loki! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: [V-998]
Disclose Notes: Page 13 of this story, seen at Heritage Auctions, revealed a stat under panel 5 with Jack Kirby's original drawing. Stan Lee reqested a correction, but it was done by Steve Ditko, not Kirby, who was likely not in the office when the correction was needed.
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Masquerade

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
Character(s): Tommy; Kitty Blake; Old King Cole
First Line: Tommy used to be the fellow from Missouri...
Synopsis: A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Unknown Worlds #38 published October 1955
was Masquerade [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: [G-750]
Disclose Notes: Text story with illustration.
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Behind Locked Doors!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, occult
First Line: He is merely a worker, inside of a typical American factory!
Synopsis: A Soviet spy attempts to get American factory workers to strike by acts of sabotage and by convincing them that working conditions are unsafe. He doesn't reckon with the machines, which are "Made in America", coming to life with a mind of their own and taking matters in their own hands in order to deal with him.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-1000
Disclose Notes: Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.
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Long Live the Queen!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
Character(s): Phareeta; Asmara
First Line: Soon, Phareeta will be dead!
Synopsis: An impatient successor in ancient Egypt attempts to poison the queen, but is caught and sentenced to death. She bribes a sorceror to cast a spell to reincarnate her as a queen, and she is reborn as a queen bee.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagTerrific! #42 published January 1968
as Long Live The Queen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #94 published November 1974
as Lunga vita alla regina! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Lunga vita alla regina!", Italian translation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: V-999
Disclose Notes: The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky credits Stan Lee solely.

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