Other printings & variants
Journey into Mystery #97
October 1963 · 0.12 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1963-08-01
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Synopsis
Thor battles the Lava Man, a monster brought to the surface by Loki, who claims all the dry surface of Earth for his people. Odin forbids Thor to love Jane Foster, leading to her leaving her job as Dr. Blake's nurse.
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee, Larry Lieber
- Plot
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby, Larry Lieber
- Inks
- George Roussos, Don Heck
- Colours
- Stan Goldberg
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editor
- Stan Lee
Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.
Distributed to newsstands in August 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 2
Reprinted in
- Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #1
- Journey into Mystery Annual #1
- Tales of Asgard #1
- Il Mitico Thor #2— as "La casa degli dei", Italian translation
- Il Mitico Thor #6— as "l'Uomo di Lava", Italian translation
- Marvel Masterworks #18
- Marvelserien #2
- Essential Thor #1— black and white
- Die Spinne #1
- The Mighty Thor Collector's Album #72-125— abridged; original layout=13 pages, abridged
- Weird Planets #8
- Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #1
- Fantastic! #19— Black and white.
- Biblioteca Marvel: Thor #1
- Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier #234
- Hit Comics Die Spinne #236
- The Mighty Thor [Golden Book and Record Set] #[nn]— last page in black and white
- Thor #15
- De Vier Verdedigers Classics #55
- Marvel-Comic-Sonderheft #4
- Thor: Tales of Asgard by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby #1
- Thor: Tales of Asgard #[nn]
- Eclipso #45— N&B [B&W]
- Vengeur #7— N&B [B&W]
- The Mighty Thor Omnibus #1
- Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #[1]
- Valour #1— Black & white.
- The Mighty Thor #5
- Marvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor: En Mis Manos, Este Martillo #[nn]
- Edderkoppen #3/1974