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Issue Details

Issue #91
Published April 1963
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in February 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Sandu, Master of the Supernatural"

Characters Thor; Loki; Sandu
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Dick Ayers
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (July 1967) [1/12 page]; in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3 (May 11, 1971); 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)

13 page The Mighty Thor! story "Sandu, Master of the Supernatural!"

Characters Thor [Donald Blake]; Loki; Sandu; Jane Foster; Odin
Synopsis Loki gives a greedy carnival mystic magical powers in order to use him to attack Thor. Thor is overcome in their first battle, but with the help of Odin and his belt of strength he defeats Loki's pawn.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Joe Sinnott
Inks Joe Sinnott
Letters Terry Szenics
Notes Characters: Sandu added by Mark Combs, 2004-09-26 (Per Sandell ed.) Two unidentified Valkyries appear in this story. This story is retold and expanded in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #3
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #9 (July 1967); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #3 (May 11, 1974) [as "Thor contro Sandù, maestro del sovrannaturale!", 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)

2 page text story "The Party"

Characters Mr. Braggle
Synopsis A salesman trying to unload some oil stocks thinks that he’s found a rich mark, but instead walks into a party of talking dogs.
Genre humor
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Mystical Tales (Marvel, 1956 series) #2 (August 1956)

5 page story "The Seedlings"

Characters Jeb Wilkens
Synopsis Alien spores land on Earth and bloom into telepathic plants that would have conquered the world had they not been eaten by crows.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Sol Brodsky
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

5 page story "The Manikins!"

Characters Selwin Simple
Synopsis An odd man works with the manikins in a department store, but becomes upset when one of the female manikins is to be put in a bridal display. The employee disappears and the groom is replaced with a manikin that looks just like him.
Genre occult
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Steve Ditko
Inks Steve Ditko
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Narrated in the first person. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.