Balder the Brave #4 [Direct]
(May 1986)

Marvel, 1985 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1986-01-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #86.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Sunrise! (Table of Contents)

Balder the Brave / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson)
Inks
Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero; sword and sorcery
Characters
Balder; Frost Giants
Reprints
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Balder the Beautiful! (Table of Contents: 1)

Balder the Brave / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited)
Colors
Paul Becton (credited)
Letters
John Workman (credited)
Genre
superhero; sword and sorcery
Characters
Balder; Frost Giants [Hagen; Utgard-Loki]; Agnar; Karnilla; Hogun the Grim
Synopsis
Balder rescues Karnilla and learns he has been chosen to replace Odin.
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)

Balder the Brave / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Sal Buscema (signed as S. Buscema)
Inks
Walter Simonson (signed as Simonson)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero; sword and sorcery
Characters
Balder; Agnar; Frost Giants [Utgard-Loki; Hagen]; Rattusk; Karnilla; Whiteface (eagle)
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Sunrise!
    Balder the Brave
  2. 1. Balder the Beautiful!
    Balder the Brave
  3. 2. ["It's 1986! Marvel's 25th Anniversary!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Balder the Brave
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Bjorn Wallin
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