Thor
#169
(October 1969)
Marvel,
1966 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-08-05
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Monster and the Man-God!
Thor / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Romita; Jack Kirby (see notes)
- Inks
- John Romita; George Klein (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Morrie Kuramoto
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Galactus; Watcher
- Reprints
-
in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #68 (20 Novembre 1973) -
in Thor le fils d'Odin (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #6 - Les combats de Thor (4ème trimestre 1979) [Recadrée [Reframed]] -
in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #8 ([February] 2009) - in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([August] 2009) [black & white]
-
in L'ère des Comics Marvel 1961-1978 (Taschen, 2017 series) (2017) - in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Central Thor image identified as by John Romita Sr. from Mark Elstob on January 16, 2005 error report.
Background scenes by Kirby/Klein taken from interior panels, per Nick Caputo, January 2011.
![Cover Thumbnail for Thor (1966 series) #169 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1070/w100/1070232.jpg?-2282618428781119120)
The Awesome Answer!
Thor / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- George Klein (credited); Bill Everett ? (pages 6-10 & 18-20, uncredited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the deepest reach of endless space, Galactus and the God of Thunder face each other at last, in a fearful truce - - as the brooding giant slowly tells the secret of his past - -
- Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thor; Galactus (Origin); Watcher; Odin; Balder; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Thermal Man
- Synopsis
- Galactus tells Thor the story of his origin. Odin then appears and transports Thor to Earth. A new menace had emerged and is terrorising mankind. It seems that only Thor stands a chance of defeating The Thermal Man.
- Reprints
- in Il Mitico Thor (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #68 (20 Novembre 1973)
- in Thor le fils d'Odin (Arédit-Artima, 1979 series) #6 - Les combats de Thor (4ème trimestre 1979)
- in Super-Villain Classics (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 (May 1983) which is reprinted
- in Marvel (Editions du Taupinambour, 2013 ? series) #17 (15 août 1971)
-
in Edderkoppen pocket [Edderkoppen superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #11 (1984) - in Die Spinne Comic - Taschenbuch (Condor, 1979 series) #21 ([1984])
- in Hulk (Arédit-Artima, 1983 series) #5 (avril 1984)
-
in Spindelmannen superseriepocket (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1979 series) #11 (1984) - in Star Magazine (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #16 (Gennaio 1992) [in this form]
- in Origin of Galactus (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 (February 1996) which is reprinted
- in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #3 (décembre 2004)
- in Silver Surfer Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #3 - Freedom (2015)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #8 ([February] 2009)
- in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([August] 2009) [black & white]
- in Thor Epic Collection (Marvel, 2013 series) #4 - To Wake the Mangog (2015)
- in The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010 series) #3 (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
The origin of Galactus concludes. First appearance of the World of Taa.
Possible Everett inks per Grant Windsor. Nick Caputo concurs and suspects Klein may have begun inking some of those pages but since this was his final work before his untimely death in September, 1969, Everett may have been called in to complete the job.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.4 page
Indexer Notes
Item; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
[no title indexed]
The Hammer Strikes / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Bud Plant (noted comic book dealer), Cliff Carson, Richard Palmer, Dennis Parker, and Sgt. Michael Kunne.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Monster and the Man-God!
Thor -
1.
The Awesome Answer!
Thor -
2.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
[no title indexed]
The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Paul Green
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Timothy L. Stroup
- Jim Van Dore
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