Journey into Mystery #86

Dates

Cover date

November 1962

On sale

September 4, 1962

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #86 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition12¢ cover

  Source ↗
• UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

  British

  Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man! · 13 pages

  Zarrko of the year 2262 goes back in time and steals a cobalt bomb in 1962, but Thor chases him forward in time and defeats him.

• Weather Man · 2 pages

  The weather reporter at a newspaper realizes that the weather is being manipulated somehow in an effort to destroy Earth's crops and helps the government stop the attack.

• Humans, Keep Out! · 5 pages

  Humans are distressed to discover that the Venusians believe them to be hostile and have built robots to destroy any expedition that lands. A humble janitor thinks of building identical robots, reasoning that the Venusian's robots will not attack things like themselves, allowing peaceful contact to be made.

• The Changeling! · 5 pages

  An ugly king threatens a sorcerer with death unless he makes the king "the most handsome male" so the sorcerer turns him into a swan.

Characters

Reprinted in

Fantastic! (1967), Astounding Stories (1966), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2003), Spellbound (1960), Weird Planets (1962), Creepy Worlds (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Sinister Tales (1964), Marvel Tales (1966), Fantastic Annual (1967), Conan the Barbarian (1970), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Giant-Size Man-Thing (1974), The Mighty Thor (1977), Marvel Tales (1977), Titan Pocket Book (1980), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (1999), Essential Thor (2001), Thor the Mighty Avenger (2010)