Thor #426 [Direct]
(November 1990)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1990
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Michael Heisler (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia title is The Mighty Thor.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Wrecker; Lt. Stone; Sif; Leir
Reprints

Aftermath! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Frenz (plot); Tom DeFalco (plot and script)
Pencils
Ron Frenz (layouts); Joe Sinnott; Dan Panosian
Inks
Joe Sinnott (pages 1-11); Dan Panosian (pages 12-17)
Colors
Mike Rockwitz
Letters
Michael Heisler

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Code Blue [Lt. Stone; Rigger Ruiz; Mad Dog Rassitano; Fireworks Fielstein; Andrew "Jock" Johnson; Mother Majowski]; Wrecking Crew [Wrecker; Thunderball; Piledriver; Bulldozer] (villains); Leir, the Celtic Lord of Lightning (villain); Odin; Heimdall; The Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg] (cameo); Grand Vizier; Balder; Hercules; Office Rigano; Captain Conklin; Lady Sif; Caber; Ulik
Synopsis
In the aftermath of the battle against Surtur and Ymir, Odin returns. He places Heimdall on the throne while he prepares for Odin-Sleep. Heimdall restores the Rainbow Bridge. On Midgard, the new police task force Code Blue rescues a hostage from the Wrecking Crew but is unable to apprehend the Wrecking Crew itself.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inking page credits per Nick Caputo, March 2019.

Splatterhouse (Table of Contents: 2)

Turbo Grafx 16 / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

2 page comic style ad for Splatterhouse video game.

Here a Giant Abides! (Table of Contents: 3)

Tales of the Earth Force / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Herb Trimpe
Colors
Evelyn Stein
Letters
Rick Parker

Genre
superhero
Characters
the Earth Force [Earth-Lord [Kyle Brock]; Skyhawk [Winston Manchester] (flashback); Wind-Warrior [Pamela Shaw] (flashback)]; The Bloody Claws (street gang); Seth (cameo; flashback)
Synopsis
Officer Kyle Brock resumes his Earth-Lord identity to save his partner when they are trapped in a shoot out with a street gang.

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

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Rodney Nelson, Brent Reid, David Dusbiber, Jan C. Childress, Michael Leon, Marc Watts, Joe Breda and Andy Randall.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  2. 1. Aftermath!
    Thor
  3. 2. Splatterhouse
    Turbo Grafx 16
  4. 3. Here a Giant Abides!
    Tales of the Earth Force
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David B
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk