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Issue Details

Issue #101
Published February 1964
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Distributed to newstands in December 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

Cover Details - "The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!"

Characters Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos
Reprinted in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #9 (August 3, 1971); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993); in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #26 (1993) [interior]; 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 "The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!"

Characters Thor [Donald Blake]; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]; Odin; Loki; Heimdall; Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo)]; Haag (cameo, introduction) [called "Norn Hag" in this story]; Mister Hyde [Calvin Zabo] (flashback); Jane Foster (flashback)
Synopsis Loki convinces Odin to reduce Thor's power in punishment for loving Jane Foster, and then restores the memory of the Tomorrow Man so that he can come back in time and defeat Thor. He builds a powerful robot, and when Thor cannot defeat it he agrees to help the Tomorrow Man conquer the 23rd century.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos [as G. Bell]
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Continues in next issue. This is the first appearance of the Well of Centuries. Haag is not named until Thor (Marvel, 1965 series) #165 (June 1969).
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #15 (July 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #9 (August 3, 1971) [as "Il ritorno 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 Flying Saucer That Was"

Characters George Ridley; Monroe Marks; Dr. Willard Seldin; Harry Landau
Synopsis A teacher frantically tries to convince people that he saw aliens, but it turns out that they are friendly and make him their ambassador.
Genre science fiction
Letters typeset
Notes Text story with illustration.
Reprinted from Mystery Tales (Marvel, 1952 series) #12 (June 1953)

5 page story "The Enemies!"

Characters Prince Sunor; Rakku the Terrible
Synopsis The barbaric Vulcans plan to invade the world of the pacifist Idylicans. Instead of fighting, the Idylicans abandon their world, altering the gravity of their world to trap the invaders, and settling the Vulcan's abandoned homes as their own.
Genre science fiction
Script Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils Larry Lieber
Inks Matt Fox
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes These Vulcans predate Star Trek by several years. 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 "The Invasion of Asgard! [The Boyhood of Thor! Part 2]"

Characters Thor; Loki; Haag [called only "Norn Hag" in this story]; Hati; Heimdall; Geirrodur (introduction); Odin; Skoll (introduction); Ulfrin the Dragon
Synopsis Loki makes a hole in Asgard's defenses and lures Thor there to face an attack alone. Thor holds off the enemies of Asgard until help arrives.
Genre Fantasy
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks George Roussos [as G. Bell]
Letters Artie Simek
Notes Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. Geirrodur next appears in Thor (Marvel, 1965 series) #137 (February 1967), Skoll next appears in Thor (Marvel, 1965 series) #448 (June 1992), Haag is not named until Thor (Marvel, 1965 series) #165 (June 1969).
Reprinted in Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 1968 series) #1 (October 1968); in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #5 (June 8, 1971) [as "L'invasione di Asgard", Italian translation]; in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #150 (January 11, 1977) [as "L'invasione di Asgard", 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); Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009); in Mighty Thor Omnibus, The (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)