Journey into Mystery #89

Dates

Cover date

February 1963

On sale

December 3, 1962

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #89 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

• The Thunder God and the Thug! · 13 pages

  A gangster, wounded in an escape, has his men kidnap Dr. Blake to operate on his gunshot wound. Blake transforms himself into Thor and brings the gang to justice and rescues Jane as well.

• From Outer Space · 2 pages

  When hostile aliens come to Earth of the future they are persuaded not to enslave humanity because of Earth's music.

• Barker's Body Shop! · 5 pages

  A crooked mechanic hires a drifter to customize a car, promising enough money for him to get home. When he refuses to pay the man the drifter takes the car instead, which he converted to be able to fly him home to the stars.

• When the Switch Is Pulled... · 5 pages

  A time machine seems not to work, but actually travelled in a complete loop through time back to its point of origin.

Characters

Reprinted in

Sinister Tales (1964), Fantastic! (1967), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2003), Mystic (1960), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Uncanny Tales (1963), Marvel Tales (1966), Terrific! (1967), Where Monsters Dwell (1970), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Doctor Who Weekly (1979), Titan Pocket Book (1980), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (1999), Essential Thor (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2010), The Mighty Thor Omnibus (2010), Thor Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014)