Journey into Mystery #111 for Sale - First Appearance of Mac Gargan - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue: #111
Publication date: December 1964
Key date: 1964-12-00
On-sale date: 1964-10-01
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 Mac Gargan - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

First appearance of Hardol - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Balder, Cobra, Mister Hyde, Thor Odinson, Thor, Klaus Voorhees, Calvin Zabo
2	The Power of the Thunder God!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Balder, Cobra, Jane Foster, Hardol First, Mister Hyde, Loki, Odin, Thor Odinson, Thor, Klaus Voorhees, Calvin Zabo
6	Two More Triumphs For Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone, Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simek	Ben Grimm, Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Mister Fantastic, Quicksilver, Reed Richards, Scarlet Witch, Susan Storm Richards, Johnny Storm, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, The Thing
12	Loki the Evil One! Thor's Eternal Enemy!	illustration	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers	Loki
13	The Secret of Sigurd!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek	Balder, Loki, Thor Odinson, Sigurd First, Thor
16	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee
17	Two More Triumphs For Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby; inks: Steve Ditko, Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Bucky Barnes, Captain America, Dum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, Mac Gargan First, Peter Parker, Steve Rogers, Scorpion First, Spider-Man

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 14 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #24	1970	On eBay ›
Special Marvel Edition #2	1971	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #1 ISBN 0-7851-0761-4	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #3 ISBN 0-7851-5066-8	2004	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #110111 of 125#112 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q2917078 (Mac Gargan), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q115927466 (Sigurd), first-appearance property (CC0)

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