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Journey into Mystery #90

Marvel · Series began 1952 · March 1963

Dates

Cover date
March 1963
On sale
January 3, 1963
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #90 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieberpencils: Jack Kirby, Al Hartley, Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnottinks: Dick Ayers, Al Hartley, Steve Ditko, Joe Sinnottcolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Artie Simek, Terry Szenics

Stories

  • Trapped by the Carbon-Copy Man! · 13 pages

    The heir to the throne of a race of shape-shifting aliens leads an attack on Earth as his rite of passage. The aliens replace officials in New York and disrupt the government, but Thor discovers their plan and defeats them.

  • Mystery Mansion · 1.75 pages

    A local millionaire secludes himself from his old bowling buddies as he becomes wealthier, but they discover that he misses them so much that he has invented a robotic bowling alley.

  • The Midnight Caller! · 5 pages

    In a communist bloc country, a fugitive seeks shelter from an elderly couple who grant it to him. The next day they find their shack has been transplanted outside of the iron curtain and repaired to look as new. They regard the event as impossible but their guest says he was merely repaying the kindness shown to a stranger and is revealed to be an angel who was traversing the communist-occupied country for an unknown reason and then he ascends back to heaven.

  • I Am a Robot! · 5 pages

    A criminal steals an advanced robot and uses it to rob a bank, but when he orders it to guard the door of his hideout an error in wording traps him inside permanently.

Characters

ThorThor OdinsonJane FosterOdin

Reprinted in

Sinister Tales (1964), Creepy Worlds (1962), Fantastic! (1967), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2003), Marvel Tales (1966), Pow! and Wham! (1968), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), Titan Pocket Book (1980), The Empire Strikes Back Weekly (1980), 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), Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus (2019), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (2021)

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