Thor #340 [Direct]
(February 1984)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-10-11 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Mike Carlin (credited as Michael Carlin) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #33, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-11-01.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Indexer Notes

Signature is dated 8-25-83.

Though Hel Should Bar the Way! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Walter Simonson (credited)
Inks
Walter Simonson (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
John Workman (credited as John Workman Jr.)

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

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

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

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

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

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Christopher Jarvis, Vixen, J.S., Michael Singleton, John A Howard Jr., Arthur Adams, and Adam Bucci.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  2. 1. Though Hel Should Bar the Way!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore