Valour #1

(5 November 1980)

Valour Is the Name... (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Frank Giacoia; John Verpoorten

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

...and action and adventure, fantasy and fun is what we offer!

Indexer Notes

Title, indicia, and a preview of issue #2 with a cut-out coupon to be handed to the newsagent asking for a copy to be reserved.

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

Earth 33 1/3 / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

Tim Quinn

Pencils

Dicky Howett

Inks

Dicky Howett

Letters

Tim Quinn; Dicky Howett

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Being the Allfather has its drawbacks...

Genre

satire-parody; superhero

The Devil Has Many Legs! (Table of Contents: 3)

Conan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

John Buscema

Inks

Ernie Chan

Letters

Joe Rosen

Job Number

LG-454

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Conan; Yorubo; Shangu; Mulla; Felida

Synopsis

Conan captured by the Bamula!

Reprints

• from Conan the Barbarian (Marvel, 1970 series) #101 (August 1979) [Pages 1-4. Black and white.]

Keywords

Bamula; Black Coast

Savage Action (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Devil Dinosaur and Moon-Boy (Table of Contents: 5)

Devil Dinosaur / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Mike Royer

Letters

Mike Royer

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Thunder-Horn has come to the valley! Drive him out, Devil!!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Devil Dinosaur (introduction); Moon-Boy (introduction); Thunder-Horn

Synopsis

Devil and Moonboy scrap with Thunder-Horn and drive him out of the valley.

Reprints

• from Devil Dinosaur (Marvel, 1978 series) #1 (April 1978) [Pages 2-6. Black and white.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Bold and the Brave / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Wally Wood

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Greetings, Wally Wood here!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Marvel Back-Issue Bonanza! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Doctor Strange / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern

Pencils

Tom Sutton

Inks

Tom Sutton

Letters

Irv Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Springtime in New York is ofttimes the scene of a great contest between the local citizenry ... and the weather.

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Doctor Strange; Dweller in Darkness

Reprints

• from Doctor Strange (Marvel, 1974 series) #30 (August 1978) [Pages 1-3; page 4, panels 1-3 & 5-9 in black & white.]

The Star Wars Saga Continues: (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Star Wars / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Tales of... ...Asgard! Home of the Mighty Norse Gods (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

George Roussos

Letters

Artie Simek

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Before man could read or write, he had his legends!

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Odin (origin); Surtur (introduction); Ymir (introduction, origin); Buri (introduction, origin, cameo); Borr (introduction, origin, cameo); Audhumbla (called "Magic Cow"); Vili (unnamed, origin, cameo); Vé (unnamed, origin, cameo); Bestla (unnamed, cameo)

Synopsis

Beneath Asgard lies the Well of Life. From it came Ymir, greatest of the Frost Giants and Buri, the first Norse God who gave life to Borr. Borr had three sons. Odin was one of them.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #97 (October 1963) [Black & white.]

Keywords

Yggdrasill

Indexer Notes

This is the first "Tales of Asgard" story and the only segment to be told only in captions and without dialogue balloons, copying the style of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant.

Starburst (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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