Thor #289
(November 1979)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245011
Editing
Jim Shooter (consulting editor); Roy Thomas (editor); Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Keith Pollard
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text
By all the hordes of Hela!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Destroyer; Sif
Reprints

Look Homeward, Asgardian! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Keith Pollard
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Joe Rosen

Job Number
LG541
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Odin; Celestials [The One Above All; Arishem]; The Forgotten One; Eternals [Zuras; Ikaris; Thena; Sersi; Delphan Brothers; Sprite; Makkari]; Mutates [Karkas; Reject]; Sleipnir (Odin's Eight-Legged Horse); Argus the One-Eyed; Zeus; Ares; Hercules; Athena; Karnilla the Norn Queen; Balder (cameo); Frigga; The Midgard Serpent (flashback; cameo); Heimdall; Sif; Destroyer; Lodur
Synopsis
The Eternals give Thor one day to try to stop the Celestials before they attack. Thor tries to return to Asgard but is stopped by the combined might of the Asgardians on the Rainbow Bridge and thrown back down to Midgard.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer (Table of Contents: 3)

Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg ?; Bob Budiansky ?
Inks
Mike Esposito ?
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Propelled by a glittering beam of photons,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Professor Sneer
Synopsis
Captain Marvel prevents Professor Sneer from extinguishing the Sun.

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

The Hammer Strikes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Henry V. Granberry, Adam S. Blaustien, Matt Woolums and Charles David Haskell.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["By all the hordes of Hela!"]
    Thor
  2. 1. Look Homeward, Asgardian!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Captain Marvel vs. Professor Sneer
    Captain Marvel; Hostess Twinkies
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • ge.org.e
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore