Thor #173
(February 1970)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-12-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Ulik Unleashed! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
Inks
John Verpoorten (signed as Verpoorten)
Colors
John Verpoorten ?
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Ulik; Ringmaster and His Circus of Crime [Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt]; Princess Python; Clown]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inks credit from George Olshevsky's Index via Mark Elstob (GCD Error List 14 January 2005); the original indexer credited Bill Everett.

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Ulik Unleashed! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Bill Everett (credited)
Colors
Bill Everett ?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Feeling better now, Thor?
Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Don Blake; Fake Thor [Mike] (Introduction); Loki; Ulik; Ringmaster and his Circus of Crime [Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt]; Princess Python; Clown; Luigi Gambonno; Ernesto Gambonno; Cannonball]
Synopsis
Ulik and Thor join The Ringmaster’s Circus of Crime. They end up brawling. Thor defeats Ulik and then thwarts Ringmaster’s attempt to steal a top-secret government computer.
Reprints

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

Incredible Items and Inconceivable Info of Inestimable Importance! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Waid Buckalew, Michael Juergens, Tommy Newton, Dick Eney, Carter Scholz, Bill Cantey, and Willie Hopson; includes an illustration from an earlier issue and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Ulik Unleashed!
    Thor
  2. 1. Ulik Unleashed!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. Incredible Items and Inconceivable Info of Inestimable Importance!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Frank Plowright
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Richard Thomson
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