Journey into Mystery #101 (1964) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Thor; Tomorrow Man [Arthur Zarrko]
2	The Return of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: G. Bell; letters: S. Rosen	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)
3	The Flying Saucer That Was	text story	2	letters: typeset	George Ridley; Monroe Marks; Dr. Willard Seldin; Harry Landau
8	The Enemies!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Larry Lieber; inks: Matt Fox; letters: Sam Rosen	Prince Sunor; Rakku the Terrible
12	The Invasion of Asgard! [The Boyhood of Thor! Part 2]	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: G. Bell; letters: Art Simek	Thor; Loki; Haag [called only "Norn Hag" in this story]; Hati; Heimdall; Geirrodur (introduction); Odin; Skoll (introduction); Ulfrin the Dragon

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #15	1968	On eBay ›
Tales of Asgard #1	1968	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #26 ISBN 0-87135-992-8	1993	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #1 ISBN 0-7851-0761-4	2001	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #5	1986	On eBay ›

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