Journey into Mystery #96
Marvel Comics
United States
- Published
- September 1963
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.12 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/17890
Credits
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Issue contents
Cover
Merlin the Mad!
(Thor)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Thor
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Merlin
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Sol Brodsky
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- Printed in
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991)
in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6
in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black & white]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1
Notes
Brodsky cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, January 2009. Original indexer credited Dick Ayers.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Thor
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Jane Foster; Don Blake; VILLAIN: Merlin (I); CAMEOS: Loki; John F. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; CAMEO FLASHBACK: King Arthur
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee (Plot)
Robert Bernstein (Script
as R. Berns) - Art
- Joe Sinnott
- Letters
- Artie Simek
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
The Amazing Spider-Man (Newton, 1974 series) #13 (November 1975) — Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!
-
The Mighty Thor (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #5 (April 1981) — Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!
-
Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991) — Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!
-
Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) — Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!
- From GCD
- in Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series) #2 (September 1966)
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #18 (1991)
in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #6
in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #1 (February 2001) [black & white]
in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #1
Synopsis
Merlin is awakened after a thousand years and immediately decides to try and take over the world; He battles Thor using familiar Washington D.C. monuments.
Notes
According to The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky this is not the same Merlin that is in the Black Knight comics. This Merlin is a mutant who later became the Warlock and the Maha Yogi in X-Men #30 and #47.
2Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee (Plot)
Larry Lieber (Script) - Pencils
- Larry Lieber
- Inks
- Paul Reinman
- Letters
- Artie Simek
Reprint history
- From GCD
- in Fantasy Masterpieces (Marvel, 1966 series) #8 (April 1967)
in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #87
3Featuring
- Code
- X-386
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Art
- Steve Ditko
- Letters
- Artie Simek
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
The Mighty Thor (Yaffa/Page, 1977 series) #5 (April 1981) — Frederick Fenton's Future!
- From GCD
- in Fantastici Quattro, I (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #88
Notes
Job number from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group.
4Credits
- Author
- Letters
- Typeset
Notes
Story title is from The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky. Story continued in Journey Into Mystery #97.
Notes
Brodsky cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Errors list, January 2009. Original indexer credited Dick Ayers.
Indicia
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