Journey into Mystery #114 for Sale - First Appearance of Fenris Wolf - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue: #114
Publication date: March 1965
Key date: 1965-03-00
On-sale date: 1965-01-05
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 Fenris Wolf - 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	The Stronger I Am, the Sooner I Die!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Thor; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
2	The Stronger I Am, the Sooner I Die!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Thor; Balder; Harris Hobbs (introduction); Jane Foster; Don Blake; Loki (villain); Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel] (villain; introduction; origin)
5	Another Marvel Masterpiece	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.8	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]]
6	-	statement of ownership	0.2	script: John F. Hayes
12	More Triumphs for Marvel..!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Bob Powell; inks: Chic Stone, Steve Ditko, Mike Esposito; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu; Spider-Man; Green Goblin; Dr. Strange; Mad Thinker; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]
13	The Golden Apples!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Fenris Wolf First
15	-	letters page	1	script: Stan Lee
16	Who Says This Isn't the Marvel Age of Comics?!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Bill Everett, Al Hartley; inks: Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko, Bill Everett, Al Hartley; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Special Marvel Edition #1	1971	On eBay ›
Thor Annual #3	1971	On eBay ›
Thor #194	1971	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #2 ISBN 9780785115915; 0-7851-1591-9	2005	On eBay ›
The Mighty Thor Collector's Album #72-125	1966	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

‹ #113114 of 125#115 ›

Sources

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

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