Thor #137
(February 1967)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, except September, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1966-12-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Atlas Magazines Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Pencil mark date of 1966-12-13 in the "H" of indexer's copy. On-sale date from 1966 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

The Thunder God and the Troll! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor [Donald Blake]; Ulik
Reprints

The Thunder God and the Troll! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can yon vision of loveliness truly be Sif… the same raven-haired sister of Heimdall whom I once did bounce upon my knee when she was but a child?
Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor [Donald Blake]; Sif; Ulik (introduction); Geirrodur, King of the Rock Trolls; Grak
Synopsis
Geirrodur's trolls capture Sif and lure Thor after her. Thor must battle Ulik, mightiest of the Rock Trolls.
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Nutty Notes and Nonsensical Name-Dropping, Featuring Naturally Non-Essential News of the Nation's Top Non-Entities! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

The Tragedy of Hogun! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
On the trail to Asgard, mighty Thor and his comrades-at-arms, Hogun the Grim - - Fandral the Dashing - - followed by the voracious Volstagg - - find a grim sight along the trail - -
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Warriors Three [Hogun; Volstagg; Fandral]; Saguta (introduction)(death); Mogul (introduction); Jinni Devil (introduction)
Synopsis
Thor and his companions find the dying Saguta who is a countryman of Hogun's. Hogun swears vengeance on Mogul, lord of the Mystic Mountain, who did this.
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Indexer Notes

Mystic Mountain Part 1.

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

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

Script
Stan Lee ?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (illustration)
Inks
Vince Colletta (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Glen Engebretsen, Paul Dumont, and Harold Oaks; includes M.M.M.S. membership form.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Thunder God and the Troll!
    Thor
  2. 1. The Thunder God and the Troll!
    Thor
  3. 2. Nutty Notes and Nonsensical Name-Dropping, Featuring Naturally Non-Essential News of the Nation's Top Non-Entities!
  4. 3. The Tragedy of Hogun!
    Tales of Asgard
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Mark Gordon
  • Darrel McCann
  • Lynn Sutton
  • Jim Van Dore