Thor #221 [British]
(March 1974)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.06 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #221.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thou hast dared to challenge Hercules...
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Hercules
Reprints

Hercules Enraged! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
George Roussos (credited as G. Roussos)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Hercules; Zeus; Krato (introduction); Odin; Odin's Vizier; Balder; Sif; Silas Grant; Tana Nile; Rigellians; Krista; Hildegarde; Ares (villain); Pluto (villain); Snatos (villain, introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearances of Krato and Snatos.

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

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

Script
Gerry Conway ?
Pencils
John Romita (illustration)
Inks
John Romita (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Spider-Man
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 12 and 13. Includes letters from (and replies to) Larry Ross, Bob Margolis, Leonard Phillip Zinna and G. Andrew Maness. Also includes Marvel Value Stamp #1 featuring Spider-Man. The image on the stamp is reprinted from the "Super Heroes Portfolio" page in Marvelmania Catalog (publisher unknown, 1969 series) #2

Christmas Chronicles and Yuletide Yucks - And a Partridge in a Pear Tree! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee (signed as Stan) (Stan Lee's Soapbox); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, gang, it's that time of year again - when our...
Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Characters
Iron Fist

Indexer Notes

Between story pages 12 and 13. Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox, Items, and an image of Iron Fist's head, speaking in Spider-Man code which can only be deciphered by card-carrying members of FOOM.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Thou hast dared to challenge Hercules..."]
    Thor
  2. 1. Hercules Enraged!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
  4. 3. Christmas Chronicles and Yuletide Yucks - And a Partridge in a Pear Tree!
    Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by
  • David Bruce
  • Derek Reinhard