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Journey Into Mystery Annual
#1 · 1965
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Marvel Comics · 1965 · CGC 8.5 · Universal Blue
Journey Into Mystery Annual #1 (Marvel Comics, 1965) — First appearance of Hercules and Zeus — Thor vs Hercules. CGC 8.5, off-white to white pages.
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Marvel. First appearance of Hercules and Zeus. Thor vs. Hercules. Only issue. Becomes Thor Annual. Stan Lee story. Jack Kirby cover and art w/additional art by Vince Colletta. Off-white to white pages. Key Silver Age Thor comic.
This copy is encapsulated by CGC at 8.5 on a Universal Blue label. The holder is intact and has not been cracked, re-sealed or altered.
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Characters
Marvel's Thor first appeared in Journey into Mystery #83, cover-dated August 1962, in a story plotted by Stan Lee, scripted by Larry Lieber and drawn by Jack Kirby. Dr. Don Blake finds a walking stick in a Norwegian cave, strikes it, and becomes Thor. The Thor feature took over the anthology, and Journey into Mystery was renamed The Mighty Thor with issue #126 in March 1966.
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