Thor Epic Collection
#4 - To Wake the Mangog
(2015)
Marvel,
2013 Series
- Volume
- 4
- Price
- 34.99 USD; 38.99 CAD
- Pages
- 460 ?
- On-sale Date
- 2015-02-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- T
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Worldwide Inc.
- Brand
- Marvel Epic Collection; Marvel [in horizontal box]; Epic
- ISBN
-
978-0-7851-9173-5
- Barcode
- 9780785191735 53499
- Printer
- Quad/Graphics, Versailles, KY, USA
- Editing
- Cory Sedlmeier (credited) (collection editor); Stan Lee (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (credited)
- Colors
- Paul Mounts (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Balder; Sif; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Recorder
- Reprints
-
from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #156 (September 1968) [recolored; new trade dress]
-
...To Wake the Mangog!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Loki; Sif; Hela; Harokin; Ulik; Mangog (introduction); Don Blake; Toag, Elder of the Council Supreme (introduction); Odin; Muggers, Inc. (introduction); Balder; Karnilla; The Legion of the Lost (introduction)
- Synopsis
- While Sif recovers, Hela shows Thor the glory of eternal battle he can enter if he surrenders to her. Loki takes the throne of Asgard while Odin undergoes the Odinsleep. Ulik frees Mangog from captivity.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #154 (July 1968)
-
Now Ends the Universe!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Sif; Karnilla; Odin; Toag; Balder; Legion of the Lost; Mangog; Loki; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Ego; Recorder
- Synopsis
- Thor and Sif return to Asgard, and Loki sends Thor and the Warriors Three to battle Mangog, who is approaching Asgard in order to draw the Odinsword and bring about Ragnarok.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #155 (August 1968)
-
The Hammer and the Holocaust!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Mangog; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Loki; Toag; Heimdall; Recorder; Karnilla; Balder; The Legion of the Lost; Odin; Sif
- Synopsis
- While Asgard waits in fear, Thor and the Warriors Three battle Mangog but cannot stop his advance.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #156 (September 1968)
-
Behind Him...Ragnarok!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Mangog; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Balder; Karnilla; The Legion of the Lost; Guntharr (introduction); Loki; Toag; Recorder; Odin; Sif
- Synopsis
- Balder and the Legion of the Lost escape Karnilla and join the battle against Mangog. Odin awakens in time to stop Mangog from drawing the Odinsword.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #157 (October 1968)
-
The Way It Was!
Thor / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Don Blake; Heimdall (flashback); Odin (flashback); Jane Foster (flashback); Sif (flashback); Karnilla (flashback); Loki (flashback); Balder (flashback); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg] (flashback); Hercules (flashback); Pluto (flashback); Ulik (flashback); Toag (flashback); Cobra (flashback); Destroyer (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Don Blake reflects on his life since finding the walking stick that transformed him into Thor.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #158 (November 1968)
-
The Answer At Last!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Don Blake (origin); Heimdall; Odin; Storm Giants of Niffelheim (flashback); Balder (flashback); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg] (flashback); Gondolff (introduction) (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Odin reveals that he created the identity of Dr. Don Blake when he exiled Thor to Midgard years ago.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #159 (December 1968)
-
And Now... Galactus!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Tana Nile; Recorder; Odin; Sif; Galactus; Ego; Wanderers
- Synopsis
- Tana Nile asks Thor to travel with her to Rigel to challenge Galactus, who is approaching their galaxy.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #160 (January 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
First appearance of the race of Wanderers.
Shall a God Prevail?
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Recorder; Galactus; Ego; Wanderers
- Synopsis
- Thor drives Galactus away from Ego, the Living Planet. Ego then allows the homeless race of Wanderers to settle there.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #161 (February 1969)
-
Galactus is Born!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Recorder; High Commissioner of Rigel; Tana Nile; Heimdall; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Odin; Torger (Cosmic Counselor of Asgard); Galactus (origin); Balder; Karnilla
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #162 (March 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
The Origin of Galactus begins. The first appearance of Torger, the Cosmic Counselor of Asgard.
Where Dwell the Demons!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Sif; Odin; Pluto; Mutates; The Keeper of the Antiquities of Asgard; Adam Warlock (named later, currently in cocoon)
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #163 (April 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
This story continues from Fantastic Four #67, first appearances of Mutates and the Keeper of the Antiquities of Asgard.
Lest Mankind Fall!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Sif; Pluto; Mutates; Balder; Karnilla; Odin; Zeus; Athena; Adam Warlock (not named, still in cocoon)
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #164 (May 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
First appearance of Athena.
Him!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Sif; Balder; Him [Adam Warlock]; Odin; The Watcher; The Astrologer Royal of Asgard; Karnilla; Haag
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #165 (June 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
The first appearance of the Astrologer Royal of Asgard.
A God Berserk!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Sif; Him [Adam Warlock]; Balder; Odin; The Astrologer Royal of Asgard; Karnilla; Haag
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #166 (July 1969)
-
This World Renounced!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Odin; Balder; Sif; Heimdall; Karnilla; Loki; Haag; Don Blake; Galactus
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #167 (August 1969)
-
Galactus Found!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Odin; Galactus (partial origin); Balder; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Thermal Man (Introduction); Watcher
- Synopsis
- Thor takes the Odinship in search of Galactus. Galactus captures the Odinship and begins to tell his origin to Thor. Meanwhile, on Earth, a foreign country completes their creation of the Thermal Man and rockets him to the US to wreck havoc.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #168 (September 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
The origin of Galactus continues.
The Awesome Answer!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Galactus (Origin); Watcher; Odin; Balder; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Thermal Man
- Synopsis
- The origin of Galactus concludes.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #169 (October 1969)
-
- Keywords
- World of Taa
The Thunder God and the Thermal Man!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Thermal Man; Balder; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Karnilla; Loki
- Synopsis
- Thor returns to Earth to help the Warriors Three defeat the Thermal Man. Unknown to them, Kardilla casts a spell to help them win the battle against the Thermal Man.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #170 (November 1969)
-
The Wrath of the Wrecker!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; The Wrecker; Pedro Luis Lopez (Introduction)
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #171 (December 1969)
-
The Immortal and the Mind-Slave!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Dr. Jim North (Introduction); Don Blake; Odin; Loki; Balder; Karnilla; Kronin Krask (Introduction, Death); Brunhilda
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #172 (January 1970)
-
Ulik Unleashed!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Don Blake; Fake Thor [Mike] (Introduction); Loki; Ulik; Ringmaster and His Circus of Crime [Ringmaster [Maynard Tiboldt]; Princess Python; Clown; Luigi Gambonno; Ernesto Gambonno; Cannonball]
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #173 (February 1970)
-
The Carnage of the Crypto Man!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Job Number
- 121
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Jasper Whyte (Introduction, Death); Crypto-Man (Introduction)
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #174 (March 1970)
-
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Thor -
1.
...To Wake the Mangog!
Thor -
2.
Now Ends the Universe!
Thor -
3.
The Hammer and the Holocaust!
Thor -
4.
Behind Him...Ragnarok!
Thor -
5.
The Way It Was!
Thor -
6.
The Answer At Last!
Thor -
7.
And Now... Galactus!
Thor -
8.
Shall a God Prevail?
Thor -
9.
Galactus is Born!
Thor -
10.
Where Dwell the Demons!
Thor -
11.
Lest Mankind Fall!
Thor -
12.
Him!
Thor -
13.
A God Berserk!
Thor -
14.
This World Renounced!
Thor -
15.
Galactus Found!
Thor -
16.
The Awesome Answer!
Thor -
17.
The Thunder God and the Thermal Man!
Thor -
18.
The Wrath of the Wrecker!
Thor -
19.
The Immortal and the Mind-Slave!
Thor -
20.
Ulik Unleashed!
Thor -
21.
The Carnage of the Crypto Man!
Thor
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