Thor #321 [Direct]
(July 1982)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-03-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #10.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Madness Is... the Menagerie! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (signed)
Inks
Brett Breeding (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Grult; Slithgarn; Borna; Kyrie
Reprints
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A Cracker Jack Story [baseball] (Table of Contents: 1)

Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
sports
Characters
Scottie

Indexer Notes

Comic ad for Cracker Jack snacks, on the inside front cover.

Magick's Menace (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Moench
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg
Inks
Chic Stone (pages 1-11, 17-20); Marie Severin (pages 12-16); Brett Breeding (page 21); Vince Colletta (credited as & friends) (page 22)
Colors
George Roussos
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Odin; Odin's Vizier; Jolena; Loki; Sigyn; Kyrie; Gault; Borna; Fairgold; Slithgarn; Heimdall; Rimthursar (villain); Freya
Synopsis
Rimthursar tricks Thor and regains control of his menagerie. Thor stops him by destroying the silver chalice that created the menagerie, but it fails to return the members of the menagerie back into their mortal forms.
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Indexer Notes

Inker info per Nick Caputo, March 2019.

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Woods of Oakthorn] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Willingham
Inks
Bill Willingham
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
sword and sorcery; fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
  • Indel
  • Saren
  • Valerious
  • Grimslade
  • Grindal"

Indexer Notes

Comic strip ad for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game from TSR Hobbies, Inc.. Continued between [Grindal the Mentor] and [The Black Swamp of Lobella].

First line of text, "Indel, Saren, Valerious and Grimslade set out from Gavin's Inn to rescue their friend and mentor, Grindal".

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

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

Script
Jim Shooter (signed); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Madness Is... the Menagerie!
    Thor
  2. 1. A Cracker Jack Story [baseball]
    Cracker Jack
  3. 2. Magick's Menace
    Thor
  4. 3. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! [The Woods of Oakthorn]
    Dungeons & Dragons
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
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