Journey into Mystery #109 for Sale - First Appearance of Knorda - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue: #109
Publication date: October 1964
Key date: 1964-10-00
On-sale date: 1964-08-04
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 Knorda - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Arkin the Weak - 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.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Magneto, Most Powerful of the Evil Mutants!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Erik Lehnsherr, Magneto, Mastermind, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Toad, Mortimer Toynbee, Jason Wyngarde, Thor Odinson, Thor
2	When Magneto Strikes!	comic story	18	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Angel, Beast, Captain America, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jane Foster, Giant-Man, Ben Grimm, Iceman, Invisible Girl, Iron Man, Erik Lehnsherr, Magneto, Mastermind
3	Two More Triumphs For Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Spider-Man; Sandman; Captain America; Iron Man
10	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee
12	Banished from Asgard!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Arkin the Weak First, Odin, Knorda First, Thor, Thor Odinson

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

Printings and variants

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #22	1969	On eBay ›
Thor Annual #3	1971	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #26 ISBN 0-87135-992-8	1993	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #1 ISBN 0-7851-0761-4	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #2 ISBN 0-7851-1191-3	2003	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #108109 of 125#110 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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