Thor #290 [Direct]
(December 1979)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
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
Jim Shooter (consulting editor); Roy Thomas (editor); Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #290. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Keith Pollard (signed)
Inks
Bob Layton (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; El Toro Rojo
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Ring Around the Red Bull! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Arvell Jones
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Joe Rosen
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Destroyer (flashback; cameo); Hulk (cameo; not Bruce Banner but an actor in a movie); Eternals [Vampiro; Major Domo (cameo)]; Demonio (wrestler); Deviants [El Toro Rojo]; Maria; Halcon D'oro (wrestler)
Synopsis
On his way to the land of the Eternals, Thor encounters the Eternal Vampiro above Hollywood. Vampiro is a masked wrestler, and has been attacked by the Deviant El Toro Rojo, posing as another masked wrestler.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

Spider-Man meets June Jitsu! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  2. 1. Ring Around the Red Bull!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Spider-Man meets June Jitsu!
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
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