Journey into Mystery 1952 #98 - 4.5 - $80.00
While visiting India, Don Blake finds that one of his old teachers has been murdered by a villain who gained the power of a snake. Thor fights the Cobra in New York and defeats him. Jane Foster, Doctor Andrews? employee at the beginning of this story, witnesses her new boss's cowardice and goes back to work for Doctor Blake.
A hiker lost in the snow meets a scientist who discovered how to transform other metals into gold but lives in isolation so his discovery will not cause turmoil.
An advertisement for Padell Book Company's instruction booklets for self-defense, hypnotism, mechanical drawing, etc.
Advertisement to sell shoes from the Mason Shoe Mfg. Company
Advertisement for the Hypno-Coin from Hypnotic Aids Supply Co.
Send in coupon for free catalog of electronic accordions.
A criminal in the future travels to a rich but primitive world, hoping to exploit the simple people. Unfortunately they don't understand the universal language, and lock him in a zoo as an animal.
Three ads for live pets.
Ad solicits boys to sell Grit newspaper.
The ice giants, led by Ymir, attack Asgard but Odin defends it and traps Ymir inside a ring of fire.
Ad for stamps and other products.
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings. Distributed to newsstands in September 1963. This issue includes 10 pages of paid advertisements. Distribution date from Joseph Marek's Marvel Comics Group history website.
- All-Male He-Man - Ad for body building course with photos of some successful users. On inside front cover.
- Challenged by the Human Cobra! - Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Snowstorm - Text story with illustration. The first page of this story is printed between pages 5 and 6 of the Thor story, while the second page is printed between the two back-up comic stories.
- - Between page 1 of ?Snowstorm? prose story and page 6 of the Thor comic story.
- - Between pages 10 and 11 of the Thor comic story.
- Hypno-Coin - On upper half of page.
- New Accordions ? Save up to 1/2 - On lower half of page.
- Live Sea Horses! - On top half of page, preceding page 2 of ?Snowstorm? prose story.
- - On lower half of page, preceding page 2 of ?Snowstorm? prose story.
- Odin Battles Ymir, King of the Ice Giants - Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
- Stamps; Shop by Mail - Follows page 2 of ?Snowstorm? prose story.
- - Ad for hypnotism lessons.
- - Ad for the Wallace Brown line of Christmas cards.
- - Inside back cover. Ad for NRI Training.
- - Back cover. Send for no obligation Famous Artists Talent Test.
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