Journey into Mystery #124 for Sale - First Appearance of Ula - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue: #124
Publication date: January 1966
Key date: 1966-01-00
On-sale date: 1965-11-04
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 Ula - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Atlas - 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 Glory and the Grandeur!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Demon, Hercules, Thor Odinson, Thor
2	The Grandeur and the Glory!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek	Atlas First, Demon, Jane Foster, Hercules, Odin, Thor Odinson, Thor, Zeus
3	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko; inks: Joe Sinnott, Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Fantastic Four [Thing [Ben Grimm]; Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Invisible Girl]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Doctor Octopus [Otto Octavius]; Ant-Man [Henry Pym]; Odin
4	Another Mighty Marvel Hot-Line Report Featuring Earth-Shattering Items of Monumental Inconsequence!	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
5	Closer Comes the Swarm!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek	Balder, Fandral, Hogun, Kroda, Loki, Magrat, Thor Odinson, Ula First, Thor, Volstagg
6	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10p [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Special Marvel Edition #3	1971	On eBay ›
Marvel Spectacular #9	1974	On eBay ›
Thor #450	1992	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #2 ISBN 9780785115915; 0-7851-1591-9	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #4 ISBN 0-7851-1880-2	2005	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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