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Series: Journey into Mystery

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1952 - 1966

Detail

Publisher: Flag

Marvel Country:

United States Language: English Issues: #1 - #125 (125 Issues, 180 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: Thor [1966 - 1996] by Marvel Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Final statement of ownership appears in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #126.

Accompanied from 1965 by Journey into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1966 series).

Launched as one of five science-fiction/horror anthologies during a six-month period (cover dates January 1952–June 1952), increasing Marvel's science-fiction line from seven to twelve books. Journey into Mystery was cancelled at the collapse of Marvel's distributor and the subsequent restructuring known as the "Atlas Implosion", but was relaunched a year later along with the new series Tales of Suspense (Marvel, 1959 series), Tales to Astonish (Marvel, 1959 series) and Strange Worlds (Marvel, 1958 series) to expand and revamp Marvel's science-fiction line following Jack Kirby's return to the company. It included the Thor lead feature from issue #83 (August 1962). Exclusively contained Thor and Asgard stories from issue #105 (June 1964). Introduced Thor, the Warriors Three and many other Asgardian characters.

Scripts were generally not credited before the superhero days. However, it is known that Stan Lee (sometimes assisted by Larry Lieber, or Lieber on his own) wrote the overwhelming majority of the stories from 1959 to 1963. Where there is no positive confirmation, credits may be listed as "Stan Lee ?; Larry Lieber ?", or either person individually, or simply "?", according to the indexer's best information.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

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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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#1	June 1952	36	7/6/1
#2	August 1952	36	8/6/1
#3	October 1952	36	6/5/1
#4	December 1952	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#5	February 1953	36	6/5/1
#6	March 1953	36	7/6/1
#7	April 1953	36	8/6/1
#8	May 1953	36	7/6/1
#9	June 1953	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#10	July 1953	36	7/6/1
#11	August 1953	36	7/6/1
#12	September 1953	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#13	December 1953	36	7/6/1
#14	February 1954	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#15	April 1954	36	8/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#16	June 1954	36	7/6/1
#17	August 1954	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#18	October 1954	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#19	November 1954	36	7/6/1
#20	December 1954	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#21	January 1955	36	7/6/1
#22	February 1955	36	7/6/1
#23	March 1955	36	8/6/1
#24	May 1955	36	7/6/1	2 Issue Images total
#25	July 1955	36	7/6/1

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

June 1952

7/6/1