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Journey into Mystery #96
September 1963 · 0.12 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1963-07-02
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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.
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein, Larry Lieber
- Plot
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Larry Lieber, Steve Ditko
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky, Joe Sinnott, Paul Reinman, Dick Ayers, Steve Ditko
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek, Sam Rosen
- Editor
- Stan Lee
Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
Distributed to newsstands in July 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements.
Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
Reprinted from
- World of Fantasy #2— page 1
Reprinted in
- Thor Annual #2
- Fantasy Masterpieces #8
- Il Mitico Thor #6— as "Il mitico Thor contro la magia di...Merlino!", Italian translation
- I Fantastici Quattro #87— Italian translation
- I Fantastici Quattro #88— as "Il futuro di Frederick Fenton!", Italian translation
- Marvel Masterworks #18
- Essential Thor #1— black and white
- Creepy Worlds #36
- Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1
- Fantastic! #18
- Hulk #12
- Thor #14
- The Empire Strikes Back Weekly #127— printed in black and white
- Eclipso #38— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
- Eclipso #46— N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]
- Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1
- Thor : L'intégrale #1962-1963
- The Mighty Thor Omnibus #1
- Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #[1]
- The Mighty Thor #5
- Thor Epic Collection #1
- Marvel a Full Colour Comic Album #1
- Spider-Man Komplett #34 [4]
- Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus #2
- Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor #1
- Biblioteca Marvel #8
- Biblioteca Marvel: El Poderoso Thor #2
- Marvel July 1963 Omnibus #[nn]
- Marvel Origins #8
- Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set #9