Thor #159
(December 1968)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-10-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Perfect Film & Chemical Corp.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Answer At Last! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta; John Romita (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Storm Giant
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Romita redrew Thor's raised arm; verified from an original stat published in the Italian Il Mitico Thor. Info per Nick Caputo, January 2009.

The Answer At Last! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Who is the real Don Blake?
Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Don Blake (origin); Heimdall; Odin; Storm Giants of Niffelheim (flashback); Balder (flashback); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg] (flashback); Gondolff (introduction) (flashback)
Synopsis
Odin reveals that he created the identity of Dr. Don Blake when he exiled Thor to Midgard years ago.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Hammer Strikes / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Ricky J. Whitecotton; Robert Huff; Gavin Roth; Dennis O'Brien; Don Tyler; Sgt. James A. Garrett; Ralph Duby; Carter Scholz; Milton Forte, Jr.; John Graner

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Answer At Last!
    Thor
  2. 1. The Answer At Last!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore