| Issue | #88 |
| Published | January 1963 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Distributed to newstands in November 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website. |
| Characters | Thor; Loki; Odin |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Steve Ditko |
| Reprinted | in Fantastic! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #5 (18 March 1967); in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (January 1967) [1/8 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]; Loki; Jane Foster; Odin (cameo); Heimdall (cameo) |
| 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. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Dick Ayers |
| Letters | Art Simek |
| Reprinted | in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #6 (January 1967); in Fantastic! (IPC Magazines Ltd, 1967 series) #5 (18 March 1967); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #2 (April 27, 1971) [as "La vendetta di Loki!", Italian translation]; 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 | Tommy; Kitty Blake; Old King Cole |
| Synopsis | A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead. |
| Genre | occult |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Text story with illustration. |
| Reprinted | from Journey Into Unknown Worlds (Marvel, 1951 series) #38 (October 1955) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Characters | Phareeta; Asmara |
| 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. |
| Genre | occult |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Don Heck |
| Notes | Script credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky. |
| Reprinted | in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #94 (November 12, 1974) [as "Lunga vita alla regina!", Italian translation] |