(January 1971)

Marvel, 1971 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1970-09-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1970 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kill him! Kill the Yankee dog!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Don Blake
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inker credits from Nick Caputo (November 30, 2003).

Into the Blaze of Battle! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Odin; Balder; Norn Queen [Karnilla]; Don Blake; Loki; Enchantress; Executioner; Hu Sak (introduction, death); Viet Cong; Cho and Cho's and Hu Sak's mother (introduction, death); Kim (Cho's and Hu Sak's sister) (introduction); Jane Foster
Reprints

Danger on the Field (Table of Contents: 2)

Jim Driscoll; Lee Leens / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Jim Driscoll; Big Joe; Chrissy

Indexer Notes

Ad for Lee Leans.

To Kill a Thunder God! (Table of Contents: 3)

Thor / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Kim; Loki; the Destroyer (introduction; Odin's robot); a hunter (introduction)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprints first appearance of the Destroyer and the Odinsleep.

The Golden Apples! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Iduna (introduction); Haakun the Hunter (introduction); Fenris the Wolf God (introduction)
Synopsis
Asgardian version of Little Red Riding Hood.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprints first appearances of Iduna, Haakun the Hunter and Fenris the Wolf God, reprints first appearance of the land of Varinheim.

The Day of the Destroyer! (Table of Contents: 5)

Thor / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Odin; Norn Queen [Karnilla]; Ularic (introduction); Loki; Destroyer; the hunter
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reprints the first appearance of Ularic (Odin's royal warlock).

Mighty Marvel Checklist (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (promo copy)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Marvel checklist for comics on sale right now! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #105, Spider-Man #91, Thor #182, Avengers #82, Captain America #132, Hulk #134, Iron Man #32, Sub-Mariner #32, Daredevil #70, Astonishing Tales #3, Amazing Adventures #3, Conan the Barbarian #2, Chamber of Darkness #8, Sgt. Fury #82, Special Marvel Edition #1, Marvel Super-Heroes #29, Marvel Tales #29, The X-Men #67, Daredevil King-Size #2, and Tower of Shadows #8.

Marvel Goes Mod(el)! (Table of Contents: 7)

Super-Hero Model Set; Marvelmania / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
? (ad copy)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Captain America; Thor; Daredevil

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Marvel Super-Hero 3-D statues from Marvelmania.

More Marvel Masterpieces... (Table of Contents: 8)

The Avengers; Hulk; Thor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby; Sal Buscema; Herb Trimpe
Inks
Chic Stone; Sal Buscema; Herb Trimpe
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Avengers [Giant-Man; Captain America; Iron Man; Thor; Hulk]; Hulk

Indexer Notes

Promo advertising Thor Special #3, Avengers Special #4 and The Incredible Hulk Special #3 using a reprint of their covers.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Kill him! Kill the Yankee dog!"]
    Thor
  2. 1. Into the Blaze of Battle!
    Thor
  3. 2. Danger on the Field
    Jim Driscoll; Lee Leens
  4. 3. To Kill a Thunder God!
    Thor
  5. 4. The Golden Apples!
    Tales of Asgard
  6. 5. The Day of the Destroyer!
    Thor
  7. 6. Mighty Marvel Checklist
  8. 7. Marvel Goes Mod(el)!
    Super-Hero Model Set; Marvelmania
  9. 8. More Marvel Masterpieces...
    The Avengers; Hulk; Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David B
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Jim Van Dore