Journey Into Mystery #91-100

Journey Into Mystery #91 - 100

Journey Into Mystery #91 April 1963
"Sandu, Master of the Supernatural"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Joe Sinnott
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Letters: Terry Szenics

Appearances:: Odin, Don Blake, Loki, Jane Foster, Sandu, Valkyries

Significant Events: 1st appearance of Thor's Belt of Strength, 1st appearance of Valkyries, 1st appearance of Sandu

Synopsis:

Loki is forbidden to go to Earth again. So he empowers Sandu with great mental powers. Sandu goes on a crime spree, and battles Thor. But when he tries to lift Mjolnir with his telekenesis, he overloads his brain, and loses all of his powers.

Journey Into Mystery #92 May 1963
"The Day Loki stole Thor's Magic Hammer"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Joe Sinnott
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Letters: Martin Epp


Appearances:: Loki, Neri, Heimdall, Don Blake, Jane Foster, Odin

Significant Events: 1st appearance of Neri

Synopsis:

Loki has been bound in Asgard by chains forged of uru. But using his mental powers he causes Mjolnir to fly to Asgard and break the chains after Thor happened to throw it. Loki then magnetizes it so it cannot return to him. Thor then goes on a quest to find his hammer, and Loki discovers that it is Thor that is the real power, after making himself some makeshift hammers out of whatever happens to be available.

Journey Into Mystery #93 June 1963
"The Mysterious Radioactive Man"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Jack Kirby
Inker: Dick Ayers
Letters: Ray Holloway


Appearances: Radioactive Man, Don Blake, Jane Foster

Significant Events: 1st appearance and origin of Radioactive Man

Synopsis:

Chen Lu, a Communist scientist, bathes himself in radioactive rays, making himself a living atmoic weapon. Thor has difficulty defeating him since he cannot get close to him, but manages to send him back to China where he explodes.

Journey Into Mystery #94 July 1963
"Thor and Loki Attack the Human Race"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Joe Sinnott
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Letters: Sam Rosen


Appearances:: Don Blake, Loki, Heimdall, Odin

Significant Events: none

Synopsis:

Loki, trapped in Asgard, tricks Thor into being struck in the head by his hammer while it is returning. This blow causes Thor to become evil, and he goes to Asgard to free Loki. Together they torment the world, until the rest of the Asgardians cause Thor to be struck again, returning him to normal.

Journey Into Mystery #95 August 1963
"The Demon Duplicators"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Joe Sinnott
Inker: Joe Sinnott
Letters: Sam Rosen

Appearances:: Odin, Don Blake, Jane Foster, Professor Zaxton, Demon Duplicate

Significant Events: 1st appearance of Professor Zaxton, 1st appearance of Demon Duplicate

Synopsis:

Professor Zaxton creates a machine that can create a duplicate of anything that it scans. Unfortunately, anything living that is scanned has the opposite personality. He scans Thor, creating an evil version, and gives him two hammers. Thor manages to defeat his duplicate, and while trying to capture Zaxton, a duplicate of the professor is created (which is good), and the original is killed in a accident, leaving only the good version left.

Journey Into Mystery #96 September 1963
"Mad Merlin!"

Writer: Stan Lee & R. Berns
Artist: Joe Sinnott
Inker: Joe Sinnot
Letters: Art Simek

Appearances:: Merlin, Jane Foster, Don Blake, John F Kennedy

Significant Events: 1st appearance of Merlin

Synopsis:

The crypt of Merlin is discovered, and amazingly, he is still alive even after all this time. But unknownst to everyone, he is evil. Merlin goes on a rampage, in an attempt to take over the United States. But Thor tricks him into putting himself into another spell of suspended animation.

Journey Into Mystery #97 October 1963
"The Mighty Thor Battles the Lava Man"
Tales of Asgard - "Tales of Asgard"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Joe Sinnott
Inker: Don Heck
Letters: Art Simek

Appearances:: Don Blake, Jane Foster, Odin, Loki, Lava Man
TOA - Surtur, Ymir, Audumla, Buri, Borr, Odin, Vili, Ve

Significant Events: 1st appearance of Lava Man
TOA - Origin of Odin, 1st appearance of Surtur, 1st appearance of Ymir, 1st appearance of Buri, 1st appearance of Borr, 1st appearance of Vili, 1st appearance of Ve, 1st appearance of Audumla

Synopsis:

The Lava Man beings to terrorize the human race, so Thor must try to fight him. He manages to capture him, and return him to the volcano from which he came.

Journey Into Mystery #98 November 1963
"Challenged By the Human Cobra"
Tales of Asgard - Odin Battles Ymir, King of the Ice Giants"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Don Heck
Inker: Don Heck
Letters: Art Simek

Appearances:: Don Blake, Jane Foster, Odin, Cobra
TOA - Ymir, Odin

Significant Events:: 1st appearance and origin of Cobra

Synopsis:

Klaus Voorhees, in an attempt to kill the man he works for, allows a cobra to bite him in order to make it look like an accident. But he did not know that the cobra was radioactive, which gives him the powers of a cobra. He then goes on a crime spree, and Thor attempts to stop him, but he manages to get away.

Journey Into Mystery #99 December 1963
"The Mysterious Mr Hyde"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Don Heck
Inker: Don Heck
Letters: Art Simek

Appearances:: Mr Hyde, Odin, Jane Foster, Don Blake

Significant Events: 1st appearance and origin of Mr Hyde

Synopsis:

Calvin Zabo, wanting revenge on Don Blake for turning him into the police, turns himself into a creature just like Mister Hyde. Calling himself this, he goes to get revenge. Thor manages to barely stop him, but he gets away. He then dresses himself up like Thor and begins to commit crimes, causing the police to look for Thor.

Journey Into Mystery #100 January 1964
"The Master Plan of Mr Hyde"

Writer: Stan Lee
Artist: Don Heck
Inker: Don Heck
Letters: Sam Rosen

Appearances:: Mr Hyde, Don Blake, Jane Foster, Odin

Significant Events: none

Synopsis:

Mister Hyde, having disguised himself as Thor, is committing crimes. He then attempts to steal a nuclear submarine. When Thor tries to stop him, Jane Foster, interferes because she thinks that Don Blake is still a captive trapped by a bomb, to which only Mister Hyde knows the location. This allows Hyde to escape, and to make Odin feel that she is unworthy to wed Thor.