JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #99 (Dec1963) 3.0 GD/VG THOR Battles Mr. Hyde! Kirby! Heck!

Item Specifics

Series Name

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY

Issue Number

#99

Publisher

Marvel

Main Character

Thor

Genre

Superhero

Grade

3.0 GD/VG

Certification

Uncertified

Signed

No

Item Description

Journey Into Mystery #99 affords Don Heck the opportunity to fully illustrate the 13-page lead story, rather than just be Jack Kirby's inker, as he had been for several preceding issues. In "The Mysterious Mister Hyde" we find that Calvin Zabo, a brilliant but amoral hormone scientist, has been refused a job by Dr. Don Blake. In anger, he becomes Mister Hyde and attacks the doctor. Meanwhile, Odin has agreed to let Thor marry Jane Foster if she proves worthy. After Mister Hyde learns that Blake survived a ten story fall ('saved' by Thor), it seems that Thor robs a bank, and the police issue a warrant for his arrest. This is the first time a JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY story was continued into the next issue!

There is also a 2-page text story and a story illustrated by Stan Lee's brother called "Stroom's Strange Solution", wherein an alien world is dangerously overpopulated, so a scientist releases a gas that shrinks the entire population, making the same amount of space accommodate more people.

Jack Kirby shows up to illustrate "Surtur the Fire Demon!", a TALES OF ASGARD story. The Trolls ally with Surtur against Asgard, but Odin conquers them. Surtur travels to Earth to destroy it, but again Odin defeats him and traps him in the center of the planet. Their battle creates the moon and starts the rotation of the Earth!

This copy holds together well, but cover- and page-edges are a bit ragged, there is typical toning for a 57-year old comic, a bit of ball-point pen writing at the top of the title page, and an unobtrusive date stamp on the cover. These all contribute to a conservative grading of 3.0 GD/VG ( you may judge it higher), for which Overstreet suggests a price of $55.00! We're going to make this issue affordable for THORists at $36 . . along with our always-L•O•W shipping . . which makes it - by far - the most affordable JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #99 on HipComic!

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