Journey Into Mystery #93 Pacific Coast Pedigree (Marvel, 1963) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages....
Auction amount: $9,000.00
Sold: Jul 29, 2025
Journey into Mystery #93 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1963
About Journey into Mystery #93
Featuring Thor. Origin and first appearance of Radioactive Man. Atomic explosion panel. Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; the Radio-Active Man [Chen Lu]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Dick Ayers
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; the Radio-Active Man [Chen Lu] (introduction, origin); Jane Foster; General Fu (introduction); Chairman Mao Zedong (cameo)
Synopsis: While on a medical mission to India, Dr. Blake becomes Thor to repel a Chinese attack. In order to fight Thor, a Chinese scientist irradiates himself to gain great power. He fights Thor in New York, and nearly defeats him, but Thor blows him back to China, creating a nuclear explosion.
Pages: 13.000
Script: Stan Lee (plot); Robert Bernstein (script) [as R. Berns]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Dick Ayers
Letters: Ray Holloway
Reprints: Journey into Mystery Annual (Marvel, 1965 series) #1 ([July] 1965)
Notes: Job number formerly incorrectly listed as X-211, from Tom Lammers and Ger Apeldoorn via the Atlas/Timely discussion group. This story is retold and expanded in Thor: First Thunder (Marvel, 2010 series) #4
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
|
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 28 | 28 | 43 | 52 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 439 |
|
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 42 | 41 | 31 | 29 | 44 | 54 | 34 | 31 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 472 |
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