Journey into Mystery #96 (1963) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Merlin the Mad!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Merlin [Maha Yogi]
2	Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, R. Berns; pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Merlin [Maha Yogi] (introduction); Jane Foster; Loki (cameo); President John F. Kennedy (cameo); Caroline Kennedy (cameo); Pierre Salinger (cameo); King Arthur (cameo, flashback)
3	The Traveler	text story	1	letters: typeset	Bill Swift; Mr. Allen
10	Call Her...Medusa!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Larry Lieber; inks: Paul Reinman; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	John
13	Marvel Comics Group Ushers in the Marvel Age of Comics!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers, Sol Brodsky; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen	Spider-Man; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Dr. Doom
15	Frederick Fenton's Future!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	Frederick Fenton

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

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

Collection	Year
Thor Annual #2	1966	On eBay ›
Fantasy Masterpieces #8	1967	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #18 ISBN 0-87135-807-7	1991	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #1 ISBN 0-7851-0761-4	2001	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 ISBN 0-7851-1267-7	2003	On eBay ›

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