Dates
- Cover date
- November 1963
- On sale
- September 3, 1963
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #98 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- Challenged by the Human Cobra! · 13 pages
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.
- Snowstorm · 2 pages
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.
- The Purple Planet! · 5 pages
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.
- Odin Battles Ymir, King of the Ice Giants · 5 pages
The ice giants, led by Ymir, attack Asgard but Odin defends it and traps Ymir inside a ring of fire.
Reprinted in
Uncanny Tales (1963), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2003), Secrets of the Unknown (1962), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), The Mighty Thor (1977), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (1999), Essential Thor (2001), The Mighty Thor Omnibus (2010), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2010), Thor Epic Collection (2013), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: Thor (2021), Marvel Tales (1966), Fantastic! (1967), Tales of Asgard (1968), Valour (1980), Thor: Tales of Asgard by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby (2009), Thor: Tales of Asgard (2010), Thor: Tales of Asgard (2011)