| Issue | #87 |
| Published | December 1962 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in October 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Thor |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee ? |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (November 1966) [1/6 page]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
| Characters | Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Col. Edward Harrison; John Blandings |
| 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. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Art Simek |
| Notes | Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #5 (November 1966); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (April 27, 1971) [as "Nelle spiro del nemico", Italian translation]; in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010) |
| Characters | Stan Wepp |
| Synopsis | A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #45 (May 1956) |
| Characters | Rogers |
| 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? |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Letters | Artie Simek |
| Characters | Carl Cragg |
| Synopsis | A fugitive runs up a staircase to hide from police, but when he runs back down the staircase descends into hell. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Steve Ditko |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Letters | Artie Simek ? |
| Notes | Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky. |