Thor
#218
[British]
(December 1973)
Marvel,
1966 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.06 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #218.
The 5 Planets of Death!
Thor / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If Thor should fall - - a world must die!
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor
- Reprints
-
in Thor e i Vendicatori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #128 (9 Marzo 1976) -
in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #5 ([April] 2011) - in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #7 - Ulik Unchained (2021)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #4 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover credits per Nick Caputo, updated March 2019.
![Cover Thumbnail for Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #218 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1070/w200/1070019.jpg?-2191146136408920723)
Where Pass the Black Stars, There Also Passes... Death!
Thor / comic story / 19 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heads held high, they walk proudly from the castle-keep of the All-Father, Odin…
- Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Rigellians; Tana Nile; Silas Grant; Sif; Balder; Odin; Krista; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Heimdall; Odin's Vizier; Grand Commissioner of Rigel; Bolaa (introduction); Tryx (introduction); Jukka (introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Black Stars approach the Planet Rigel. The Rigellian upper classes flee in their spaceships. Thor and his crew arrive on Rigel just in time to evacuate the abandoned Rigellian mutant sub-classes. Rigel is destroyed. After a brief misunderstanding, the key characters meet up and gaze in awe at the encroaching menace.
- Reprints
- in Thor e i Vendicatori (Editoriale Corno, 1975 series) #128 (9 Marzo 1976)
-
in Super Spider-Man (Marvel UK, 1976 series) #272 (26 April 1978), #273 (3 May 1978) [Instalment of the original story with a four panel résumé on the first page.], #274 (10 May 1978) [pages 13-19] -
in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #25 (mai 1983) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]] - in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #5 ([April] 2011)
- in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #7 - Ulik Unchained (2021)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #4 (2023)
-
- Keywords
- Black Stars
Indexer Notes
Destruction of the planet Rigel.
[no title indexed]
The Hammer Strikes / letters page / 1 page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Between story pages 12 and 13. Includes an ad for Dracula Lives and Tales of the Zombie.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The 5 Planets of Death!
Thor -
1.
Where Pass the Black Stars, There Also Passes... Death!
Thor -
2.
[no title indexed]
The Hammer Strikes -
3.
Monumental Memorandums of Mice and Marveldom!
Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by
- David Bruce
- Derek Reinhard
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