Journey into Mystery #97 (1963) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Lava Man! / Tales of Asgard	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; the Lava Man; Odin
2	The Lava Man	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; the Lava Man (introduction); Jane Foster; Odin; Loki; Doctor Bruce Andrews (introduction)
3	The Traveler	text story	1	letters: typeset	Bill Swift; Mr. Allen
8	The Perfect Defense!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Larry Lieber; inks: George Bell; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	John
11	Another Marvel Masterpiece	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: George Roussos; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Molecule Man
13	Tales of... ...Asgard! Home of the Mighty Norse Gods	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: G. Bell; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	Odin (origin); Surtur (introduction); Ymir (introduction, origin); Buri (introduction, origin, cameo); Borr (introduction, origin, cameo); Audhumbla (called "Magic Cow"); Vili (unnamed, origin, cameo); Vé (unnamed, origin, cameo); Bestla (unnamed, cameo)

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

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

Collection	Year
Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #1	1965	On eBay ›
Journey into Mystery Annual #1	1965	On eBay ›
Tales of Asgard #1	1968	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 Mighty Thor Collector's Album #72-125	1966	On eBay ›

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