- Script:
- Tom DeFalco (pages 1-3); Roger Stern (pages 4-24)
- Pencils:
- Ron Frenz (pages 1-3); Bob Hall (pages 4-24)
- Inks:
- Brett Breeding (pages 1-3); Tony DeZuniga (pages 4-24)
- Colors:
- George Roussos
- Letters:
- John Workman (pages 1-3, uncredited); Diana Albers (pages 4-24)
- Genre:
- superhero; fantasy
- Characters:
- the Absorbing Man (flashback); the Avengers [Giant-Man [Henry Pym] (flashback); Hercules (flashback); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (flashback); Thor; the Wasp (flashback)]; Balder; the Cobra (flashback); Daredevil; Doctor Graham; Dr. Keith Kincaid; the Executioner (flashback); Felix (director); Harris Hobbs (ex-newsman); Jane Foster-Kincaid; Jimmy Kincaid (Jane Foster-Kincaid and Dr. Keith Kincaid's infant son); Joey Burnett (sound man, flashback); Loki (flashback); Madelyn Arnstein (writer); Mister Hyde (flashback); Odin (flashback); Red Norvell (cameraman, also as Thor, flashback); Sif (flashback); Simon Anderson (writer); Vizier; the Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Pages 1-3 are the prologue.