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Issue: Journey into Mystery #96
Publication Date: September 1963
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Issues: #96 of 125 Issues (183 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/02/1963
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 20 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Distributed to newstands in July 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
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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:  
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Disclose Reprinted In20
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Merlin the Mad!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Merlin [Maha Yogi]
First Line: Behold, Thor... your power is nothing compared to the mystic arts at my command!
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: FlagIl Mitico Thor #6 published June 1971
as Merlino, il mago [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as Merlin the Mad! [Journey Into Mystery #96] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as Thrill to the Battle of Titans -- as Mighty Thor Faces the Awesome Power of Merlin the Mad! [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 #96 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Boys! Men! My Secret New Dynaflex Method

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Mike Marvel (photo)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98 inside front cover.
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Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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)
First Line: Hey, professor!
Synopsis: Merlin is awakened after a thousand years and immediately decides to try and take over the world. He battles Thor using familiar Washington D.C. monuments. Thor defeats Merlin and forces him to return to sleep.
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: FlagThor Annual #2 published September 1966
as Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #6 published June 1971
as Il mitico Thor contro la magia di...Merlino ! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Il mitico Thor contro la magia di...Merlino!", Italian translation
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks #18 published October 1991
as Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #1 [1st Printing] published February 2001
as Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black and white
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #1 [Direct] published January 2010
as Mad Merlin! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: This 'Merlin' was revealed to be an imposter in Avengers Annual #22. In most of his appearances he calls himself 'Maha Yogi'. He has been said to be a mutant, but this is also false.
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The Traveler

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Bill Swift; Mr. Allen
First Line: Bill Swift hated his set, daily routine.
Synopsis: A bored man working on an assembly line is taken to outer space in his dreams, and is given an idea for an otherworldly invention.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagWorld of Fantasy #2 published July 1956
was The Traveler [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]page 1
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: [J-865]
Disclose Notes: Between pages 5 and 6 of previous story sequence. Continues in next issue.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Free with any purchase
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Centre Coin Company’s Lincoln Penny Album.
On top half of page between “The Traveler” prose story and page 6 of the Thor comic story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Record your voice at home
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Honor House Products Corporation’s recording equipment.
On lower half of page between “The Traveler” prose story and page 6 of the Thor comic story.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ? (background and lettering only)
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Curious coins! Odd paper money!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Littleton Coin Company’s packet of coins and money.
On top half of page between pages 10 and 11 of the Thor comic story.
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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: Instant live sea animals
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Bargain Company's exotic Saskatchewan Brine Shrimp (Sea-Monkeys).
On lower half of page between pages 10 and 11 of the Thor comic story.
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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
Character(s): Mickey Mouse; Jiminy Cricket; Dopey; Cinderella; Donald Duck; Sleeping Beauty; Peter Pan; Davy Crockett; Pinocchio: Zorrro
First Line: America's most lovable characters from ...Walt Disney's wonderful world
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Mother Hubbard's king-size latex toys.
On 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 color and lettering)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Best Values Company's 1963 catalog.
On lower half of page.
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Call Her...Medusa!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): John
First Line: You who are mortal, beware!
Synopsis: The gorgons of myth were aliens and send an agent to modern Earth preceding an invasion. She cannot turn the first men she encounters to stone, but since she doesn't know that they're blind the invasion is cancelled.
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In Content Item: FlagFantasy Masterpieces #8 published April 1967
as Call Her... Medusa! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #87 published August 1974
as Medusa! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Italian translation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-385
Disclose Notes: Job number revealed on original art. Info per Nick Caputo: http://www.artnet.com/artists/larry-lieber/larry-lieber-and-paul-reinman-journey-into-uKnuwcG9uKiVXx0-Dug_3g2
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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: Grog grows own tail
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Western World Products product.
On top half of page.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys 12 or older make $1 to $5 weekly in your spare time
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for GRIT Publishing Company's bundle of papers, selling help and prize offers.
On lower half of page.
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Marvel Comics Group Ushers in the Marvel Age of Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Strange Tales
Character(s): Spider-Man; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Dr. Doom
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertises the Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (1963); Strange Tales Annual (Marvel, 1962 series) #2 (1963)[unpublished version with word balloons and backgrounds] and a blurb and logo announcing the X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series).
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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
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Multiple small ads for stamps and other products.
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Frederick Fenton's Future!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Frederick Fenton
First Line: Frederick Fenton had one burning ambition--to visit the future!
Synopsis: An arrogant rich man builds a time machine in order gain the secret to eternal life from the future. When he arrives he finds that the Earth that humanity has gone to a paradise planet, and his time machine will not take him back.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagI Fantastici Quattro #88 published August 1974
as Il futuro di Frederick Fenton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]as "Il futuro di Frederick Fenton!", Italian translation
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Job Number: X-386
Disclose Notes: This is a retelling of "The Man in the Iron Box" drawn by Carl Burgos in Strange Tales (Marvel, 1951 series) #69 (June 1959); the earlier story uses suspended animation to achieve the same effect.
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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: Give me just one evening and I'll teach you to hypnotize easily!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for hypnotism lessons.
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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: Amazing new home training plan in auto repairing
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for a home study course teaching auto mechanics.
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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: 100 toy soldiers
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for toy soldiers, vehicles, vessels and planes.
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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: Boys, girls, men, women
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad for the Wallace Brown line of Christmas cards.

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