Journey into Mystery #115

(April 1965)

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The Vengeance of the Thunder God (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Frank Giacoia (credited as Frankie Ray)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The evil Loki has captured Jane Foster!!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor; Odin; Harris Hobbs; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Jane Foster; Ann; John

Synopsis

Thor rescues Jane from Loki. Odin appears and accuses Thor of bringing Jane to Asgard. Loki denies all involvement and Thor calls him a liar. Odin orders -- the Trial of the Gods, but first Thor is granted 48 hours in which to defeat the Absorbing Man. Aided by reporter Harris Hobbs and a courageous police unit, Thor tricks Creel into absorbing some helium gas. A gaseous, lighter-than-air Creel floats off into space. Thor returns to New York to gaze upon a sleeping Jane before returning to Asgard to face his trial.

Reprints

• in Thor (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #33
• in The Mighty Thor Collector's Album (Lancer Books, 1966 series) #72-125 (1966) [abridged; original layout=16 pages, abridged]
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #43 (9 December 1967), #44 (16 December 1967)
• in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #26 (May 1970)
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #19 (21 Dicembre 1971)
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #35 (October 13, 1973)
• in The X-Men Here Comes... Daredevil The Mighty Thor (Newton Comics, 1975 ? series) ([1975])
• in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) (1976)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #148 (5 avril 1982)
• in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #17 (mai 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[3] (November 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2004)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([July] 2005) [black & white]
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2011)
• in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #2 (mai 2011)
• in Marvel Gold. El Poderoso Thor: En Mis Manos, Este Martillo (Panini España, 2013 series) (Septiembre 2013)

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Tales of Asgard / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

Stan Goldberg ?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ghan, most deadly of the storm giants, is about to attack Asgard, as young Thor leads a task force to battle the titanic invader!

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Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; superhero

Characters

Thor; Loki (villain; origin part 3); Ghan (villain; introduction)

Synopsis

Loki aids the giant, Ghan, in escaping from the Asgardians. Ghan owes Loki a debt of gratitude. Loki plans to ask him to repay the favor when he makes his bid to claim the throne of Asgard.

Reprints

• in Die Spinne Comic - Album (Condor, 1979 series) #3
• in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #16 (9 Novembre 1971)
• in Special Marvel Edition (Marvel, 1971 series) #4 (February 1972)
• in Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Simon and Schuster, 1976 series) (1976)
which is reprinted
• in Clásicos Marvel (Planeta DeAgostini, 1988 series) #41 (diciembre 1991)
• in Thor (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #13 (décembre 1978) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in De spectaculaire Spider-Man (Oberon, 1979 series) #2 (1979)
• in Spindelmannen superseriealbum (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #3 (1979) [första svenska översättningen / first Swedish translation]
• in Edderkoppen Superseriealbum (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #3 ([1980])
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #148 (5 avril 1982)
• in Hulk (Atlantic Forlag, 1980 series) #1/1983 ([januar] 1983)
• in Les Vengeurs (Arédit-Artima, 1982 series) #[2] - Le diamant maléfique (avril 1983)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #5 (April 1986)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #5
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Biblioteca Marvel: Thor (Planeta DeAgostini, 2001 series) #1 (Mayo 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 1999 series) #[3] (November 2001)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 [Regular Edition] ([September] 2004)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([July] 2005) [black & white]
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 (2009)
which is reprinted
• in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #2 - Thor: Geschichten aus Asgard (Januar 2016)
• in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #94 - Тор: Истории Асгарда
• in Thor (Marvel, 2007 series) #600 (April 2009)
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2010 series) ([January] 2010)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2011)
• in Thor: Tales of Asgard (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)

Indexer Notes

Part 3 of Loki's origin. Third biographical Loki story, the first appearance of Ghan.

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Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

--Poor Thor!

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The Hammer Strikes

Reprints

• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #1 (2010)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jerry Truitt, John Buccafusco, Jerry & Kenny Ginn, Mark Orsen; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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