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Issue: Journey into Mystery #88

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Publication Date: January 1963

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Issues: #88 of 125 Issues (180 Printings)

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Variant: UK Cover Price

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Publisher: Flag

Marvel

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Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.

On Sale Date: 11/01/1962

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

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Price: 9.0 pence GBQ 0-0-9

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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
5 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

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

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Journey into Mystery #88 [U.S. Cover Price]

Journey into Mystery #88 [UK Cover Price]

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Content Items (5 total)

The Terrible Vengeance of Loki!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Odin

First Line: Heed my words, Thor!

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Pages: 1

The Vengeance of Loki!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki; Jane Foster; Odin (cameo); Heimdall (cameo)

First Line: Once again, Loki, most dangerous of the Norse gods, returns to give the mighty Thor his greatest challenge!!

Synopsis: Loki discovers Thor’s secret identity and separates him from his hammer, forcing him to remain a human. Loki torments humanity, but Dr. Blake tricks him into allowing him to regain the hammer and become Thor, defeating Loki and returning him to Asgard.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

Job Number: [V-998]

Notes: Page 13 of this story, seen at Heritage Auctions, revealed a stat under panel 5 with Jack Kirby's original drawing. Stan Lee reqested a correction, but it was done by Steve Ditko, not Kirby, who was likely not in the office when the correction was needed.

Masquerade

Text Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Tommy; Kitty Blake; Old King Cole

First Line: Tommy used to be the fellow from Missouri...

Synopsis: A man with no imagination is invited to a costume party by his girlfriend, but stumbles across real fairy-tale folk instead.

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Pages: 2

Job Number: [G-750]

Notes: Text story with illustration.

Behind Locked Doors!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

First Line: He is merely a worker, inside of a typical American factory!

Synopsis: A Soviet spy attempts to get American factory workers to strike by acts of sabotage and by convincing them that working conditions are unsafe. He doesn't reckon with the machines, which are "Made in America", coming to life with a mind of their own and taking matters in their own hands in order to deal with him.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Job Number: V-1000

Notes: Letters credit is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky.

Long Live the Queen!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: occult

Character(s): Phareeta; Asmara

First Line: Soon, Phareeta will be dead!

Synopsis: An impatient successor in ancient Egypt attempts to poison the queen, but is caught and sentenced to death. She bribes a sorceror to cast a spell to reincarnate her as a queen, and she is reborn as a queen bee.

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Pages: 5

Job Number: V-999

Notes: The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky credits Stan Lee solely.