(December 1989)

Marvel, 1989 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
8.95 USD; 10.95 CAD; 5.50 GBP
Pages
100
On-sale Date
1989
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
ISBN
0-87135-614-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780871356147
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (original editor, reprint editor); Ralph Macchio (credited) (reprint editor)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
cardstock cover
Binding
squarebound; softcover; trade paperback
Publishing Format
collected edition

Issue Notes

Collects Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #337-340.

The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))
Inks
Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson (brontosaurus))
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Sif; Beta Ray Bill
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wraparound cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson
Letters
typeset

Reprints

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

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Beta Ray Bill
Reprints

Doom! (Table of Contents: 3)

Thor / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
John Workman

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Balder; Beta Ray Bill; Nick Fury; Heimdall; Loki; Lorelei; Sif; Jasper Sitwell; Surtur; Thor; Volstagg
Synopsis
Nick Fury asks Thor's aid in investigating an alien ship heading for earth. Thor arrives and triggers the awakening of an alien protector, Beta Ray Bill. Bill bests Thor and takes up his hammer only to be accidentally summoned to Asgard by Odin who thinks he is summoning Thor.
Reprints

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

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Beta Ray Bill
Reprints

A Fool and His Hammer... (Table of Contents: 5)

Thor / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
John Workman

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Nick Fury; Beta Ray Bill (origin in flashback); Odin; Sif; Balder; Volstagg; Agnar (introduction); Loki (villain); Lorelei (villain); Alien Demons (villains, introduction); Surtur (villain)
Synopsis
Bill and Thor fight in single combat for the honor of wielding Mjolner and the alien bests the god of thunder.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif
Reprints

Something Old, Something New... (Table of Contents: 7)

Thor / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
John Workman

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif; Volstagg; Agnar; Eitri (a dwarf, introduction); Throgg (villain, introduction, another dwarf); Lorelei (villain); Surtur (villain); Fafnir (villain); Loki (cameo flashback); Garm (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
Odin has the dwarves create a hammer for Bill and sends the alien and his son into space to rescue Bill's people.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Alien Demons
Reprints

Though Hel Should Bar the Way! (Table of Contents: 9)

Thor / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
John Workman

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Sif; Volstagg; Hogun; Agnar; Heimdall; Loki (villain); Lorelei (villain); Alien Demons (villain); Fafnir (villain); Surtur (villain)
Synopsis
Thor, Sif and Bill save the latter's people from alien demons. Odin gives Bill a civilian identity when he strikes his hammer on the ground.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill
    Thor
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  4. 3. Doom!
    Thor
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  6. 5. A Fool and His Hammer...
    Thor
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  8. 7. Something Old, Something New...
    Thor
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  10. 9. Though Hel Should Bar the Way!
    Thor
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  • Ruben Cortes
  • Ralf Haring
  • Ramon Schenk