Thor #342 [Newsstand]
(April 1984)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-01-03 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860245004
Editing
Mark Gruenwald; Michael Carlin (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #37, with shipping date of 1983-12-13.
This issue is a variant of Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #342 [Direct]. There exist further 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
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Eilif
Reprints

[The Last Viking!] (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script
Walter Simonson
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
Christie Scheele
Letters
John Workman

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Odin; Balder; Surtur; Lorelei; Karnilla; Fafnir; Eilif the Lost; Saga
Synopsis
Thor is called to an old viking village in the arctic wastes where an old viking, last of his people, tries to trick the thunder god into killing him so he can enter Valhalla.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Title from last issue blurb

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

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

Script
Jim Shooter
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Walter Simonson
Inks
Walter Simonson
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Contains three panels to replace the three white panels in the previous issue.

Includes letters from Jerry Hilbery, Mark Semich and Mary Ann Bramstrap.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  2. 1. [The Last Viking!]
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard