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Issue Details

Issue #102
Published March 1964
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in January 1964. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "Slave of the Tomorrow Man!"

Characters Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Sol Brodsky
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)

13 page The Mighty Thor! story "Slave of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!"

Characters Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]; Loki; Odin
Synopsis Thor helps Zarrko conquer the 23rd century world, but then turns on him and defeats him, winning back Odin's favour.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Chic Stone
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #16 (September 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #10 (August 17, 1971) [as "Lo schiavo di Zarko", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)

2 page text story "The Green Hat"

Characters Axtel; George; Chuck
Synopsis A recent graduate meets a strange man and finds that they share a gift to commune with the Green Goddess.
Genre occult
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration. Story title is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.
Reprinted from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #32 (August 1955)

5 page story "The Menace!"

Synopsis An alien lands in a central European village and restrains the villagers while he sets up a weapon. He uses the weapon to drive back an attacking space fleet, and the villagers realize he was actually trying to help them.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Matt Fox
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.

5 page Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods! story "Death" Comes to Thor! [The Boyhood of Thor! Part 3 (At the Age of Eighteen!)]

Characters Thor; Hela (introduction); Balder; Norns [Skuld (introduction); Urd (introduction; Verdandi (introduction)]; Sif (introduction); King Rugga
Synopsis Thor rescues Sif from Hela, goddess of Death, and earns the right to carry the Hammer of Odin.
Genre Fantasy
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Paul Reinman
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Sif looks nothing like her later and more familiar Marvel appearance, but more like her traditional description.
Reprinted in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #7 (July 7, 1971) [as "La morte arriva per Thor!", Italian translation]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (2001) [black and white]; in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #2 (2003); in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)