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Issue Details

Issue #89
Published February 1963
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in December 1962. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Starring the Mighty...Thor! The Most Colorful Super Hero of All!!!"

Characters Thor
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (March 1967) [1/4 page]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1993); 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)

13 page The Mighty Thor! story "The Thunder God and The Thug!"

Characters Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Thug Thatcher; Vince; Max; Ruby; Odin (cameo)
Synopsis A gangster wounded in an escape has his men kidnap Dr. Blake to operate on his gunshot wound. Blake transforms himself into Thor and brings the gang to justice, as well as rescuing Jane.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Letters Ray Holloway
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #7 (March 1967); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3 (May 11, 1971) [as "Thor contro i Thug!", 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)

2 page text story "From Outer Space"

Characters Jonathan Ditmar
Synopsis When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.
Genre science fiction
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #26 (February 1955)

5 page story "Barker's Body Shop!"

Characters Carl Barker
Synopsis A crooked mechanic hires a drifter to customize a car, promising enough money for him to get home. When he refuses to pay the man the drifter takes the car instead, which he converted to be able to fly him home to the stars.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Sol Brodsky
Inks Sol Brodsky
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell (Marvel, 1970 series) #10 (July 1971); in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #97 (December 24, 1974) [as "L'officina di Barker!", Italian translation]

5 page story "When the Switch Is Pulled..."

Characters Dr. von Richter; Ludvig
Synopsis A time machine seems not to work, but actually travelled in a complete loop through time back to its point of origin.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Artie Simek