Thor #174

(March 1970)

The Carnage of the Crypto-Man! (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

Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number

121

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Three strange flying objects… streaking across yon evening sky!

Feature Logo

The Mighty Thor!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor; Jasper Whyte (Introduction, Death); Crypto-Man (Introduction)

Synopsis

Scientist Jasper Whyte steals Thor’s power and transfers it to his creation, the robotic Crypto-Man. Thor and Crypto-Man battle. Part two of Whyte’s plan is for Crypto-Man to detonate a bomb and destroy much of New York. Thor reminds Whyte that his mother lives in New York, a detail that he had forgotten. Whyte destroys Crypto-Man, but the physical exertion kills him.

Reprints

• in Seriepressen (Serie-pressen) (Saxon & Lindström, 1971 series) #3/1972
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #17
which is reprinted
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1987 series) #17
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #18
which is reprinted
• in Die Spinne (Condor, 1987 series) #18
• in Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Marvel UK, 1973 series) #155 (31 January 1976) [Pages 1-11], #156 (7 February 1976) [Pages 12-20 plus new splash, o.t. "The Carnage of the Crypto-Man!"]
• in Thor le fils d'Odin (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #7 - Thor et le Maître de l'Esprit (4ème trimestre 1979)
• in The Mighty Thor (Marvel UK, 1983 series) #4 (May 11 1983)
• in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([August] 2009) [black & white]
• in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #4 - To Wake the Mangog (2015)
• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2017)

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

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

Awesome Announcements Calculated to Rouse You Into a Seething Sea of Lethargy! (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 / 1.75 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Bill Everett

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Peter M. Parrella, Nick Hathaway, Ross Fanucchi, Ian Jull, and Marlene Jablonski; includes an illustration from an earlier issues and Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

John F. Hayes

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2017)

Indexer Notes

Average print run during previous 12 months: 446,828; single issue nearest to filing date: 426,800.