Thor #163
(April 1969)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1969-02-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:

Where Dwell the Demons! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Sif; Pluto; Mutates
Reprints

Where Dwell the Demons! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 20 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
I must find the stunning Sif!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Sif; Odin; Pluto; Mutates (introduction); The Keeper of the Antiquities of Asgard (introduction); Adam Warlock (named later, currently in cocoon)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story continues from Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #67. First appearances of Mutates and the Keeper of the Antiquities of Asgard.

The Race to Danger (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Jim Driscoll; Lee Leens / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

The Hammer Strikes / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

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

Feature Logo
The Hammer Strikes
Characters
Thor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers John Breden, Sandi L. Kaiser, Russell Engebretson, Craig Battmer, Don Bernard, and Paul A. Ellis.

Illustrated with three panels from earlier comics.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Where Dwell the Demons!
    Thor
  2. 1. Where Dwell the Demons!
    Thor
  3. 2. The Race to Danger
    Jim Driscoll; Lee Leens
  4. 3. Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore