True Believers: Kirby 100th - Introducing... The Mighty Thor

(October 2017)

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Cort Lane

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Stone Men from Saturn! (Table of Contents: 2)

Thor / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Colors

Stan Goldberg (original colorist)

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number

V-786

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (introduction, origin); Gorr; Kronans; Korg

Synopsis

A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83 (August 1962)

Celebrating Kirby 100th (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Promotes Monsters #1, Color Your Own Masters and The Marvel Legacy of Jack Kirby.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg

Letters

Artie Simek

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Thor [Doctor Donald Blake]; Loki

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #85 (October 1962)

Trapped by Loki, the God of Mischief! (Table of Contents: 5)

Thor the Mighty / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Dick Ayers

Colors

Stan Goldberg ? (original colorist)

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Editing

Stan Lee (original editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Thor [Donald Blake]; Loki (introduction); Heimdall (introduction, cameo); Odin (introduction); Jane Foster; Balder (introduction); Tyr (introduction)

Synopsis

Loki escapes from his prison in Asgard and comes to Earth to get revenge on Thor. The trickster hypnotizes him to help make mischief, but Thor’s transformation into Donald Blake frees him from hypnosis, allowing him to defeat Loki and return him to Asgard.

Reprints

• from Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #85 (October 1962)

Celebrating Jack Kirby 100th (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

? (promo copy)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Jack Kirby; various

Colors

various

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.
Overview of the celebratory titles:
- Avengers: Captain America Lives Again!;
- Black Panther;
- Groot;
- Thor vs. Hulk;
- The Mighty Thor!;
- The Origin of Captain America;
- Eternals;
- Inhumans;
- Nick Fury;
- Devil Dinosaur;
- Ant-Man and the Wasp;
- Iron Man.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks

Jack Kirby (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Jacob Kurtzberg, born August 28, 1917

Characters

Jack Kirby; Hulk; Thor; Spider-Man; Hercules; Namor the Sub-Mariner; Captain America; Iron Man; Fantastic Four [Human Torch; Mr. Fantastic; Thing]; Black Panther; Silver Surfer; X-Men [Iceman; Beast]; Dr. Doom; Black Knight

Indexer Notes

Back cover.