Thor Annual #14 [Direct]
(1989)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.00 USD; 2.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1989
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Annual
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

Atlantis Attacks [Chapter Thirteen] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed as Frenz)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed as SINNOTT)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Atlantis Attacks Chapter Thirteen The Mighty Thor (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ralph Macchio ?
Pencils
Ron Frenz (illustration)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Thor [Thor Odinson]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Set Ascending [Atlantis Attacks, Chapter Thirteen] (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Al Milgrom (credited) (breakdowns); Don Heck (finishes)
Inks
Don Heck (credited) (finishes)
Colors
John Wilcox (credited as John A. Wilcox)
Letters
Agustin Más (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Manhattan. Or, to be more precise, 537 feet above same.
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Avengers West Coast: Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Quasar [Wendell Vaughn]; Sersi [Circe]
Andromeda [Andrea McPhee] (cameo); Atum; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Dagger [Tandy Bowen] (cameo); Demogorge (also in flashback); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Gaea; Ghaur; Invisible Woman [Susan Storm Richards] (cameo); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo); Namor the Sub-Mariner [Namor] (cameo flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo, also in flashback); Set; She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo); Thing [Ben Grimm]; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Viper [Ophelia Sarkissian] (cameo flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Thor, Quasar, the Thing and Doctor Strange travel to another dimension to battle the Elder God Set.
Reprints
Keywords
Atlantis Attacks

Indexer Notes

Atlantis Attacks continued from The West Coast Avengers Annual (Marvel, 1986 series) #4.
Atlantis Attacks concludes in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #22.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed as DD)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed as DD)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Bubble's Tub Tales

Indexer Notes

Ad for Mr. Bubble bubble-bath.

Signed "DD" in the third panel.

God's Hope (Table of Contents: 4)

Thor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Layton (credited)
Pencils
Bob Layton (credited) (layouts); Ernie Chan (finished art)
Inks
Ernie Chan (credited) (finished art)
Colors
George Roussos (credited)
Letters
Tim Harkins (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The year would be 3289 -- -- if there were anyone left to keep time.
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor [Thor Odinson]; The Watcher [Uatu]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
In the far future, after mankind has died out, Thor visits the empty Earth.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title from Contents page.

Relative Strengths and Comparisons (Table of Contents: 5)

Thor / character profile / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Sanderson (credited)
Pencils
Ron Lim (credited)
Inks
Mike DeCarlo (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza ?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Beyonder; Destroyer; Ego; Eternity; Exitar; Galactus [Galan]; Hercules; The Living Tribunal; Loki; Mangog; Odin; Surtur; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Volstagg; Zeus
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title from Contents page.

Balder Agonistes (Table of Contents: 6)

Tales of Asgard / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ralph Macchio (credited)
Pencils
Bo Hampton (credited) (signed as Bo Hampton)
Inks
Bo Hampton (credited) (signed as Bo Hampton)
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited)
Letters
Michael Heisler (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There are few tragedies on all the nine worlds greater than the death of a god...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Balder; Hela (illusion); Karnilla; Nanna (corpse)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Karnilla tries to seduce Balder after the death of Nanna.
Reprints

Thy Neighbor's Wife! (Table of Contents: 7)

Loki / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Randall Frenz (credited)
Pencils
Jim Valentino (credited)
Inks
Gary Martin (credited)
Colors
Mike Rockwitz (credited)
Letters
Michael Heisler (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have learned much of the magical arts these past years,
Genre
superhero; adventure; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Warriors Three: Fandral (cameo); Hogun (cameo); Volstagg (cameo)
Geirrodur; Loki; Odin; Sif (cameo); Sigyn; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Theoric (death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Loki tricks Sigyn into marrying him by taking the guise of her dead fiance.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continues in part from story in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #400.

The Saga of the Serpent Crown Chapter 13: A Congress of Crowns (Table of Contents: 8)

The Saga of the Serpent Crown / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Sanderson (credited)
Pencils
Mark Bagley (credited)
Inks
Keith Williams (credited)
Colors
Marc Siry (credited)
Letters
Jade Moede (credited)
Editing
Gregory Wright (managing editor); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On this night some years ago, an unearthly quiet descended...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Serpent Squad: Anaconda [Blanche Sitznski] (flashback); Black Mamba [Tanya Sealy] (flashback); Death Adder [Roland Burroughs] (flashback); Sidewinder [Seth Voelker] (flashback)
Hugh Jones (flashback); Living Laser [Arthur Parks] (flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (flashback); Set (flashback); Stingray [Walter Newell] (flashback); Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback); Vision (cameo flashback); Watcher [Uatu]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Hugh Jones joins the two Serpent Crowns into one, more powerful Serpent Crown.
Reprints
Keywords
Serpent Crown

Indexer Notes

Continues in Fantastic Four Annual (Marvel, 1963 series) #22.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a profile on Margaret Clark.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Atlantis Attacks [Chapter Thirteen]
    Thor
  2. 1. Atlantis Attacks Chapter Thirteen The Mighty Thor
  3. 2. Set Ascending [Atlantis Attacks, Chapter Thirteen]
    Thor
  4. 3. ["Mr. Bubble's Tub Tales"]
  5. 4. God's Hope
    Thor
  6. 5. Relative Strengths and Comparisons
    Thor
  7. 6. Balder Agonistes
    Tales of Asgard
  8. 7. Thy Neighbor's Wife!
    Loki
  9. 8. The Saga of the Serpent Crown Chapter 13: A Congress of Crowns
    The Saga of the Serpent Crown
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
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