The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection
#5 - Thor: The Last Viking
(May 2013)
Hachette Partworks,
2011 Series
- Price
- 9.99 GBP; 19.95 AUD; 24.99 NZD
- Pages
- 184
- On-sale Date
- 2013-05-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hachette Partworks Ltd.
- Brand
-
Hachette Partworks Ltd
- ISBN
-
978-1-908648-09-9
- Barcode
- 9772049086024 38
- Editing
- Sarah Gale (credited) (managing editor, Hachette Partworks); Ed Hammond (credited) (editor, Panini UK); Alan O'Keefe (credited) (managing editor, Panini UK); Mark Gruenwald (credited) (original editor); Mike Carlin (credited) (original editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (original editor in chief)
Issue Notes
Reprints The Mighty Thor issues 337 to 343.
Although the spine of the book lists this as Volume 5, it was actually the 38th book released in this Partworks series.
Although the spine of the book lists this as Volume 5, it was actually the 38th book released in this Partworks series.
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Beta Ray Bill
- Reprints
-
from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #338 [Direct] (December 1983)
-
The Mighty Thor: The Last Viking
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Marco M. Lupoi
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Beta Ray Bill
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #337 [Direct] (November 1983)
-
Doom!
Thor / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Walter Simonson
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Walter Simonson
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Sif; Heimdall; Balder; Volstagg; Loki; Lorelei; Surtur; Odin
- Synopsis
- Nick Fury asks Thor's aid in investigating an alien ship heading for earth. Thor arrives and triggers the awakening of an alien protector, Beta Ray Bill. Bill bests Thor and takes up his hammer only to be accidentally summoned to Asgard by Odin who thinks he is summoning Thor.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #337 (November 1983)
-
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Beta Ray Bill
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #338 [Direct] (December 1983)
-
A Fool and His Hammer...
Thor / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Walter Simonson
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Walter Simonson
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Nick Fury; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif; Balder; Volstagg; Agnar; Loki; Lorelei; Alien Demons; Surtur
- Synopsis
- Bill and Thor fight in single combat for the honor of wielding Mjolner and the alien bests the god of thunder.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #338 (December 1983)
-
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #339 [Direct] (January 1984)
-
Something Old, Something New...
Thor / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Walter Simonson
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Walter Simonson
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif; Volstagg; Agnar; Eitri; Throgg; Lorelei; Surtur; Fafnir; Loki; Garm
- Synopsis
- Odin has the dwarves create a hammer for Bill and sends the alien and his son into space to rescue Bill's people.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #339 (January 1984)
-
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Alien Demons
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #340 [Direct] (February 1984)
-
Though Hel Should Bar the Way!
Thor / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Walter Simonson
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Walter Simonson
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Sif; Volstagg; Hogun; Agnar; Heimdall; Loki; Lorelei; Alien Demons; Fafnir; Surtur
- Synopsis
- Thor, Sif and Bill save the latters people from alien demons. Odin gives Bill a civilian identity when he strikes his hammer on the ground.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #340 (February 1984)
-
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Fafnir
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #341 [Direct] (March 1984)
-
The Past Is a Bucket of Ashes
Thor / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Walter Simonson
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Walter Simonson
- Colors
- George Roussos
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Odin; Volstagg; Balder; Guido Sapristi; Fafnir; Lorelei; Karnilla; Haag; Loki; Surtur; Clark Kent; Lois Lane; Heimdall
- Synopsis
- Thor loses the Don Blake identity and gains secret i.d. of Sigurd Jarlson courtesy of Nick Fury; Sigurd gets a job as a construction worker but the site is wrecked by Fafnir looking for the god of thunder.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #341 (March 1984)
-
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Eilif
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #342 [Direct] (April 1984)
-
[The Last Viking!]
Thor / comic story / 21 pages
- 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
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #342 (April 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Title from last issue blurb
The Hand of Death!
Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Eilif; Fafnir
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #343 [Direct] (May 1984)
-
If I Should Die Before I Wake...!
Thor / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Walter Simonson
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson
- Inks
- Walter Simonson
- Colors
- Christie Scheele
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Heimdall; Fafnir; Lorelei; Karnilla; Haag; Surtur; Eilif; Greg Glenn; Cloud-Rider; Toothgnasher; Toothgrinder; Munnin; Odin; Chuck Cherkle; Valkyries
- Synopsis
- Eilif is granted strength by Odin so he can assist Thor in fighting Fafnir.
- Reprints
- from Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #343 (May 1984)
-
[no title indexed]
Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor
- Reprints
- from Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011) which is reprinted
-
Art Gallery
Thor / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Odin; Balder; Sif; Hela; Loki; Fafnir; Surtur; Lorelei; The Enchantress; Carnilla
Indexer Notes
Pencil sketches of some of Thor's supporting cast.
Further Reading
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for other Marvel and Hachette collections.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
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Thor -
1.
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2.
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3.
The Mighty Thor: The Last Viking
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4.
The Story So Far...
Thor -
5.
[no title indexed]
Thor -
6.
Doom!
Thor -
7.
[no title indexed]
Thor -
8.
A Fool and His Hammer...
Thor -
9.
[no title indexed]
Thor -
10.
Something Old, Something New...
Thor -
11.
[no title indexed]
Thor -
12.
Though Hel Should Bar the Way!
Thor -
13.
[no title indexed]
Thor -
14.
The Past Is a Bucket of Ashes
Thor -
15.
[no title indexed]
Thor -
16.
[The Last Viking!]
Thor -
17.
The Hand of Death!
Thor -
18.
If I Should Die Before I Wake...!
Thor -
19.
The Writer Walt Simonson
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20.
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Thor -
21.
Art Gallery
Thor -
22.
Further Reading
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23.
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24.
Thor: The Last Viking
This issue was modified by
- Phil Hart
- Steve Jenner
- Adam Knights
- Steven Samuels
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