Publishers / Marvel / Journey into Mystery (1952) / #102
102March 1964
$0.12

Journey into Mystery #102

Marvel · March 1964 · on sale January 3, 1964

First appearance: SifFirst appearance: HelaFirst appearance: Urd1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue
#102
Publication date
March 1964
Key date
March 1964
On-sale date
January 3, 1964
Indicia publisher
Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sif - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Hela - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Urd - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Skuld - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Slave of the Tomorrow Man!cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie SimekThor, Tomorrow Man, Artur Zarrko, Thor Odinson
2Slave of Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man!comic story13script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Art SimekLoki, Odin, Thor, Tomorrow Man, Artur Zarrko, Thor Odinson
3The Green Hattext story2letters: typesetAxtel; George; Chuck
8The Menace!comic story5script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Larry Lieber; inks: Matt Fox; letters: Sam Rosen
12"Death" Comes to Thor!comic story5script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Paul Reinman; letters: Art SimekBalder, Hela First, Sif First, Skuld First, Thor, Urd First, Thor Odinson

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0-0-9 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Tales #161968On eBay ›
Tales of Asgard #11968On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #26
ISBN 0-87135-992-8		1993On eBay ›
Essential Thor #1
ISBN 0-7851-0761-4		2001On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q24049994 (Sif), first-appearance property (CC0)
  • Wikidata, Q122782426 (Urd), first-appearance property (CC0)

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