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Series: Journey into Mystery

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Publisher: Marvel

Title: Journey into Mystery
Issue: 87
Page Count: 36
Publish Date: December 1962
Volume: 1

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Journey Into Mystery #87
Owner: thunsicker

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Story Title: Prisoner of the Reds! - cover
Pages:1
Genre:superhero
Characters:Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]


Story Title: Shop by Mail; Stamps - advertisement
Pages:1
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Prisoner of the Reds! - comic story
Pages:10
Genre:superhero
Characters:Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Colonel Edward Harrison (introduction); John Blandings (Scientist) (introduction); Mrs. Silvia Blandings; Scientists; Photographer (Russian Spy); Russian Soldiers
Synopsis:In order to solve the mystery of a rash of defecting American scientists, Dr. Blake uses himself as bait and is abducted by communists. He is imprisoned with the other missing scientists, but is able to transform into Thor and free them all.


Story Title: The Comic - text story
Pages:2
Pencils:? (illustration)
Inks:? (illustration)
Letters:typeset
Genre:fantasy
Characters:Stan Wepp
Synopsis:A bored television comedian is mysteriously transported back to the small mining town and small theatres that he loves.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Padell Book Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:An advertisement for Padell Book Company's instruction booklets for self-defense, hypnotism, mechanical drawing, etc.


Story Title: Tiki Gods - advertisement
Features:Greenwich Village Handicrafts
Pages:0.5
Letters:?; typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - comics-form advertising
Features:Vacutex
Pages:0.5
Letters:?; typeset


Story Title: I Know the Secret of the Sea-Monster! - comic story
Pages:8
Genre:science fiction
Characters:Rogers
Synopsis:A sea serpent is sighted and causes panic, drawing a military response culminating in a nuclear strike. The serpent retreats beneath the surface, but a reporter that communicated with it explains that it was a harmless lost alien child. And if that's the child, how big will the parents be?


Story Title: [ no title ] - comics-form advertising
Features:Clyde Beatty
Pages:0.5
Letters:?; typeset
Synopsis:Offer for children to become charter members of the Clyde Beatty Tropical Animal Club of America. Membership kit includes a live animal!


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:0.5
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Colors:? (background only)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:An advertisement recruiting Grit newspaper salesmen.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Perrywheel
Pages:0.5
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for steering wheel device to attach to a bicycle, thereby enabling it to be steered like a motor car.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:0.5
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Ad for a pair of kissing dolls.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:View-Master Magic Viewer
Pages:0.5
Letters:?; typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Accordion Corp. of America
Pages:0.5
Pencils:? (photograph)
Inks:? (photograph)
Colors:? (background and lettering only)
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Send in coupon for free catalog of electronic accordions.


Story Title: The Man on the Endless Stairway! - comic story
Pages:5
Genre:horror-suspense
Characters:Carl Cragg
Synopsis:A fugitive runs up a staircase to hide from police, but when he runs back down the staircase descends into hell.


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Commercial Trades Institute
Pages:1
Pencils:?; ? (photographs)
Inks:?; ? (photographs)
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Blair Quality Products
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:National Radio Institute
Pages:1
Pencils:? (photographs)
Inks:? (photographs)
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Best Values Co. Coin Catalog
Pages:1
Pencils:? (photograph)
Inks:? (photograph)
Colors:? (lettering and borders only)
Letters:typeset


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