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Issue: Journey into Mystery #90
Publication Date: March 1963
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Issues: #90 of 125 Issues (183 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MCView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/03/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newsstands in January 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.

Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In22
Disclose Reprinted From1
reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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The Carbon Copy Man!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; The Carbon-Copy Man [Zano]
First Line: In another second you will be eternally trapped in a block of unbreakable ice!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #[1] [unnamed variant] published November 1999
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 published January 2010TPB
In Content Item: FlagCuentos de Brujas #185 published February 1964
as ¡El Hombre de Papel! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #10 published April 1967
as The Carbon Copy Man! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #8 published May 1967
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]1/4 page
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as The Carbon Copy Man! [Journey Into Mystery #90] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as Starring the Mighty Thor -- Battling the Super-Creature from Space... the Carbon Copy Man! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Direct] published January 2010
as Journey Into Mystery #90 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Fill the gaps in your family's education with the amazing Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a set of encyclopaedias from Cadillac Publishing Co.
inside front cover
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Trapped by the Carbon-Copy Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Odin (cameo); Mayor Harris (introduction); police commissioner; police officers; War Lord Ugarth [Old Ugarth] (introduction); The Carbon-Copy Man [Warlord's Son Zano] (introduction); The Carbon-Copy Men
First Line: I can't budge!
Synopsis: The heir to the throne of a race of shape-shifting aliens leads an attack on Earth as his rite of passage. The aliens replace officials in New York and disrupt the government, but Thor discovers their plan and defeats them.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #[1] [unnamed variant] published November 1999
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 [Regular Edition] published January 2003
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1 published January 2010TPB
In Issue: FlagThor Epic Collection #1 [unnamed variant] published January 2014
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #9 published April 1967
as Trapped by the Carbon Copy Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black & White, pages 1-7 only.
In Content Item: FlagFantastic! #10 published April 1967
as Trapped By The Carbon Copy Man! Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]Black and white, pages 8-13 only with additional first page recapping the events of pages 1-7.
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Tales #8 published May 1967
as Trapped By the Carbon-Copy Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #3 published May 1971
as Thor intrappolato da Carbon ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as Trapped by the Carbon-Copy Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as "Trapped By the Carbon-Copy Man!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Direct] published January 2010
as Trapped by the Carbon-Copy Man! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The Carbon-Copy Man next appears in X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #32 (September 1988).
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Mystery Mansion

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Sam Catlett; Caspar; Ben Rump; Bill Rump
First Line: There was something peculiar about the old Catlett estate.
Synopsis: A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAstonishing #45 published January 1956
was Mystery Mansion [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.75
Job Number: [H-396]
Disclose Notes: The first page of this story is printed between pages 5 and 6 of the Thor story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up comic stories. The last page is split with the statement of ownership.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: To men who want big money but don’t know how to get started
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Send for three free booklets with information on CTI courses in air conditioning and refrigeration.
Between page 1 of “Mystery Mansion” prose story and page 6 of the Thor comic story.
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Draw the First Day

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: An amazing invention — ‘magic art reproducer’
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for “Magic Art Reproducer” drawing aid from Norton Products.
Between pages 10 and 11 of Thor comic story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Look! Boys wanted to sell Grit
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad solicits boys to sell Grit newspaper.
Occupies top half of page.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Learn any dance fast!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Ad for giant foot charts for dancing for $1.00.
Occupies center portion of page.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Live sea horses!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Ad for "mated pair of Dwarf species Living Sea Horses" for $6.98 for two pairs. On bottom portion of page.
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The Midnight Caller!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Hans; Anna
First Line: Many things can be hidden behind an iron curtain!
Synopsis: In a communist bloc country, a fugitive seeks shelter from an elderly couple who grant it to him. The next day they find their shack has been transplanted outside of the iron curtain and repaired to look as new. They regard the event as impossible but their guest says he was merely repaying the kindness shown to a stranger and is revealed to be an angel who was traversing the communist-occupied country for an unknown reason and then he ascends back to heaven.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (background only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Reward $9,985.50 for this coin!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Send for a catalog listing prices the company will pay for rare coins.
On top half of page, preceding page 2 of “Mystery Mansion” prose story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: 1001 things that you can get free
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad for booklets offering money-making and money-saving ideas.
On lower half of page, preceding page 2 of “Mystery Mansion” prose story.
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Statement Required by the Act of August 24, 1912, as Amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, July 2, 1946 and June 11, 1960 (74 Stat. 208)

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Average sales per issue October 1961–September 1962 (issues #76–86, despite monthly cover dates): 132,113.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: This shares the last page of "Mystery Mansion".
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Stamps; Shop by Mail

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Stamp collecting outfit
Synopsis: Ad for stamps and other products.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On top half of page, following page 2 of “Mystery Mansiom” prose story.
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I Am a Robot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Observe my newest mechanical man in action, gentlemen!
Synopsis: A criminal steals an advanced robot and uses it to rob a bank, but when he orders it to guard the door of his hideout an error in wording traps him inside permanently.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagPow! and Wham! #67 published April 1968
as "I Am A Robot!" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Narrated in the first person by the robot.
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104 Kings' Knights

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Knights
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, for plastic toy knights from 104 Kings' Knights.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Colorist(s): ? (panel backgrounds only)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
First Line: Boys! Men! My secret new Dynaflex method can build you a magnificent new he-man-muscled body in just ten minutes a day
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Learn radio television electronics by practicing at home in your spare time
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement to learn how to repair televisions and radios from the National Radio Institute. Located on inside rear cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Make $5.00 to $20.00 a week extra operating this ‘Saturday morning shoe store’
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad to earn money by selling shoes, on back cover.

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