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Journey into Mystery#92
Cover: Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers

Journey into Mystery #92

May 1963 · Marvel · 0.12 USD
“The Day Loki Stole Thor's Magic Hammer”

In "The Day Loki Stole Thor's Magic Hammer," Stan Lee and Steve Ditko deliver a classic tale of myth and mischief, as Loki's cunning leads to a cosmic prank that upends Thor's power and forces the God of Thunder to rely on wit and courage. The story unfolds with a space pilot stranded on a strange planet where a single bite of fruit alters his form—turning him into one of the planet's grotesque, yet strangely empathetic, inhabitants, whose haunting psychic song makes him question whether survival means staying human. The cover by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers captures the eerie beauty of the alien world, while Ditko’s distinctive art and Stan Goldberg’s bold coloring bring the tale’s surreal tension to life.

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writer Stan Lee · artist, inker Steve Ditko · colorist Stan Goldberg · letterer Art Simek · cover Jack Kirby, Dick Ayers

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writer Stan Lee
artist, inker Steve Ditko
colorist Stan Goldberg
letterer Art Simek
cover pencils, inks Jack Kirby
cover inks Dick Ayers

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A space pilot is stranded on a planet where the only available food turns the eater into one of the planet's hideous natives. He eats the fruit in order to survive, but finds that the psychic communications of the creatures are so beautiful that he doesn't want to change back.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).