While testing weapons with the United States Army in Journey into Mystery #86 (Sep 1962), Thor witnesses a time traveller from the future who steals a cobalt bomb and disappears in to the future, leaving only a fragment of strange metal. In desperation, Thor summons Odin, his father in Asgard, who appears and tells him […]
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After last issue, The Hulk is now mostly mindless and Rick’s to command, right? Well they change the rules on the Hulk again in Incredible Hulk #4 (Sep 1962). After the Hulk is chased across the country and has some fun antics with a movie set, and saves a schoolbus trapped on a railroad, the […]
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There must have been a water-cooler discussion after describing all the technical details of the FF headquarters that led to the story in Fantastic Four #9 (Sep 1962). Reed Richards, leader of the Fantastic Four, level 12 intellect, the smartest man on Earth, decided to invest all the profits from his inventions into the stock […]
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The Human Torch continues his solo adventures in Strange Tales #102 (Aug 1962), getting his first recognizable villain in The Wizard. The Wizard’s shtick is that he’s a super-genius, a chess champion, an inventor, and has a long craggy face a bit reminiscent of The Ringmaster. Having proven his “mental superiority”, he decides that his […]
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Journey Into Mystery #85 (Aug 1962) begins to build out Thor’s mythology by introducing Asgard, the rainbow bridge Bifrost, and Thor’s biggest nemesis: Loki, god of mischief. Poor Loki has been trapped in a tree until someone sheds a tear. Along comes ol’ Heimdall, Bifrost’s Warder, and Loki is able to manipulate one of his […]
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The Fantastic Four #8 (Aug 1962) introduces another classic FF villain: the creepy-looking Puppet Master, who moulds radioactive clay into the likeness of a person which then gives him the ability to control that person. He first tests his ability with a “nameless nobody”, commanding him to climb up to the top of a bridge […]
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As DC did before with its teen heroes Superboy and Robin in the 1940s, Marvel attempted to spin the Human Torch out into solo adventures in Strange Tales #101 (July 1962). The story itself is pretty forgettable, but they do establish a few facts: Johnny Storm is still in high school and is (somehow) still […]
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Thor gains a supporting cast member in his next adventure in Journey into Mystery #84 (July 1962): Jane Nelson (not Foster, yet). Jane is Dr. Donald Blake’s sweet, easily-smitten girl who doesn’t have much to do, keeping in that early 1960s Marvel tradition of very poorly written female characters (looking at you, Sue Storm). Donald […]
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The Incredible Hulk #3 (July 1962) is an opportunity for the creative team behind the Hulk to completely change the “rules” around the Hulk, presumably for better story-telling. Rick Jones is tricked by General “Thunderbolt” Ross into luring the Hulk into a military rocket that is shot into space. While traveling up into space, the […]
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Hank Pym returns in Tales to Astonish #35 (June 1962) as an official superhero: Ant Man! This time around the scientist has invented a now-recognizable superhero suit, a cybernetic helmet and some powers beyond “shrinking to the size of an ant”. However, at the same time, the government has given Dr. Pym an assignment: Invent […]
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