Journey into Mystery #84 for Sale - First Appearance of Jane Foster - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue: #84
Publication date: September 1962
Key date: 1962-09-00
On-sale date: 1962-07-03
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 Jane Foster - 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 Executioner	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Jane Foster First, Thor Odinson, Thor
1	The Mighty Thor vs. The Executioner	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Jane Foster First, Thor Odinson, Thor
2	The Recipe	text story	2	pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); letters: typeset	Josie; Miss White; Josie's mother
3	The Witching Hour!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Terry Szenics	Sam Jordan
4	Somewhere Hides a...Thing!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Jacque

Printings and variants

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #3	1966	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #18 ISBN 0-87135-807-7	1991	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #1 ISBN 0-7851-0761-4	2001	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #4	1986	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 ISBN 0-7851-1267-7	2003	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #8384 of 125#85 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q24046106 (Jane Foster), first-appearance property (CC0)

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