Thor #291
(January 1980)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-10-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860245001
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from The Comic Reader #173.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Keith Pollard (signed as Keith Pollard)
Inks
Bob Layton (signed as BOB)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Odin and Zeus -- side by side against the Eternals and Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Odin; Zeus
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #291 Cover Thumbnail for Thor (1966 series) #291 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Thor (1966 series) #291 [British]
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Cover gallery

When Gods Have Joined Together! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Keith Pollard (credited) (breakdowns); Chic Stone (credited) (finished art)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
Job Number
LF600
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Olympia!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Eternals [Zuras; Ikaris; Thena; Sersi; Sprite; The Forgotten One; Makkari; Valkin]; Odin; Celestials [Arishem (flashback; cameo); The One Above All]; The Uni-Mind; Zeus; Hercules; Ares; Mutates [Karkas; Reject]; Sif; The Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Fafnir the Dragon; The Young Gods; Mercury; Athena; Margo Damian (cameo); Dr. Daniel Damian (cameo)
Synopsis
The Eternals form the Uni-Mind to try to attack the Celestials. They never get the chance as the might of the Greek Gods, lead by Zeus and accompanied by Odin, attack the home city of the Eternals, forcing them to return.
Reprints
Keywords
Olympia

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from S. Fischer, Sam Hays, Fred Scoblete and Jeffrey Lowndes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

The Icemaster Cometh (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Human Torch / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Odin and Zeus -- side by side against the Eternals and Thor!"]
    Thor
  2. 1. When Gods Have Joined Together!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. The Icemaster Cometh
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Human Torch
This issue was modified by, among others
  • ge.org.e
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Patrick Wood
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