''Journey into Mystery'' is an American
comic book
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series initially published by
Atlas Comics Atlas Comics may refer to
* Atlas Comics (1950s)
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, then by its successor,
Marvel Comics
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. Initially a
horror comics
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anthology, it changed to giant-monster and
science fiction
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stories in the late 1950s. Beginning with issue #83 (
cover dated Aug. 1962), it ran the
superhero feature "
The Mighty Thor", created by writers
Stan Lee
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and
Larry Lieber and artist
Jack Kirby
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, and inspired by the mythological