Journey into Mystery #86 for Sale - First Appearance of Artur Zarrko - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series)
Issue: #86
Publication date: November 1962
Key date: 1962-11-00
On-sale date: 1962-09-04
Indicia publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Artur Zarrko - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Tomorrow Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Artur Zarrko, Tomorrow Man.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Jane Foster, Odin, Thor Odinson, Thor, Artur Zarrko First
2	On the Trail of the Tomorrow Man!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, Larry Lieber; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Dick Ayers; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Jon D'Agostino	Jane Foster, Odin, Thor Odinson, Thor, Tomorrow Man First, Artur Zarrko First
3	Weather Man	text story	2	pencils: Joe Maneely; inks: Joe Maneely	Chuck; Harry Davis; Dr. Ramsay
8	Humans, Keep Out!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Ezra Grumley
12	The Changeling!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Steve Ditko; inks: Steve Ditko; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 12 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 9d [0-0-9 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Tales #4	1966	On eBay ›
Conan the Barbarian #40	1974	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #18 ISBN 0-87135-807-7	1991	On eBay ›
Thor #450	1992	On eBay ›
Giant-Size Man-Thing #3	1975	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #1 ISBN 0-7851-0761-4	2001	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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