JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1ST SERIES)

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(See Thor 1st Series) (See Journey into Mystery 2nd Series).

The series ran uninterrupted between #1 (1952) and #125 1966. After #125 the title continued as Thor #126 (see Thor 1st Series) up to Thor #502. From Thor #502 the title reverted to Journey into Mystery #503 and ran for 19 issues until Journey into Mystery #521. The series and numbering now continues from Thor #621 (see Thor 1st Series). Journey into Mystery (2nd Series) does not contain Thor or any related Thor stories but rather it is a series that continued the long history of horror and mystery comics that was started in this original Journey into Mystery series before Thor became the central character. This long running title finally came to a close with the October 2013 issue #655.

UK Variants: Journey Into Mystery was first distributed in the UK from issue #58 dated May 1960. It is almost certain that this was the first of the Atlas titles to be officially distributed. While DC comics (more correctly at that time National Periodical Publications) such as Superman and Batman were officially distributed in the UK from cover date Nov 1959, Atlas comics (soon to become Marvel) were officially distributed six months later from May 1960. All issues prior to this (#1 Jun 1952-#57 Apr 1958) are ND or Non Distributed in the UK and will always have the cover price in cents.

UK variants: issues up to #110 have a printed 9d cover price in place of the American 10 or 12 cents. From #111 (Nov 1964) to #118 there is a larger style 10d ink stamp. From #119 it is a printed 10d cover price in place of the American 12 cents.