Journey into Mystery 1952 #103 - back issue - $115.00

Journey into Mystery 1952 #103 - back issue - $115.00

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Inventory location : .......4
Series code : BI896
Stock type : Key Issue
Title : Journey into Mystery 1952
CSABI1806060
CSAS896I18340B1806060
  • First app: Enchantress, Amora, Skurge the Executioner

Loki and Odin conspire to end Thor's infatuation with Jane Foster by sending the Enchantress to seduce him away from his mortal love. The heavy handed Executioner fouls things up and the mission is unsuccessful.

A long-suffering pushover is stuck with a battered suitcase, but finds that the case magically fills with money and spends it for him.

In a future where capital punishment has been abolished, the maximum sentence is 90 years imprisonment. A brilliant scientist decides to find a way to make himself immortal, so he may commit crimes with impunity, but turns himself into a rock.

Thor must reach Mirmir to tell him that Odin has decided it is time to create the human race.

Issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

  • - Inside front cover. Ad for the 25 volume "Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia."
  • The Enchantress and the Executioner! - At this point, the stories take a turn to Asgardian themes and backdrops.
  • Poor Oscar - Between pages 5 and 6 of previous story sequence. Continues in next issue.
  • - Send for free booklet "Make Big Money in Auto Mechanics". Between the ?Poor Oscar? prose story and page 6 of the Thor comic story.
  • My Secret New Dynaflex Method - Ad for Dynaflex body-building course for $1.98. Also free booklet, ?Secrets of Being Attractive?. Between pages 10 and 11 of the Thor comic story.
  • - Ad soliciting sellers of Grit newspaper. On top half of page.
  • Hypno-Coin - Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co. located on lower half of page.
  • To Live Forever! - This story is a retelling of "I Can Live Forever!", drawn by John Forte, from Journey Into Mystery #55 (November 1959). Most earlier versions of the story made the principal character turn into a redwood tree instead of a rock, and he is not always a criminal. Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
  • - Send in coupon for free catalog of electronic accordions, from Accordion Corp. of America. On top half of page.
  • Stamps; Shop by Mail - Ad for stamps and other products, on lower half of page.
  • Another Triumph For Marvel..! - Advertises Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) using the logo portion of the cover. The page is split with the statement of ownership.
  • Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation - Average monthly paid circulation/print run October 1962?September 1963 (issues #87?98): 188,070/318,212. Paid circulation/print run for issue #115: 186,380/315,101. This shares the page with the promo.
  • Stamps; Shop by Mail - Ad for stamps and other products, between story pages 20 and 21.
  • Thor's Mission to Mirmir! - Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
  • - Ad for the Yubiwaza system of self-defense.
  • - Inside back cover. Ad to earn money or prizes by selling seeds for the American Seed Company.
  • - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists Schools.

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