Thor #280 [Regular Edition]
(February 1979)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 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]
Barcode
0714860245002
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Jim Shooter (consulting editor); Mark Gruenwald (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hang up your hammer, thunder god!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Hyperion
Synopsis
Thor vs Hyperion.
Reprints
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Crisis on Twin Earths! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Don Thompson (plot); Maggie Thompson (plot); Roy Thomas (script)
Pencils
Wayne Boring (breakdowns); Tom Palmer (finished art)
Inks
Tom Palmer
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Joe Rosen
Job Number
LG270
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Hyperion [Mark Milton]; Hyperion [Zhib-Ran]; The Avengers [Beast; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Hellcat; Captain America [Steve Rogers]] (cameo); L. L. Burbank (movie director); Loni Lattimer; Emil Burbank; Squadron Supreme [Golden Arrow; Tom Thumb; Lady Lark; Doctor Spectrum; American Eagle]
Synopsis
Thor travels to Hyperion's world at the request of Hyperion, where Thor and the Squadron Supreme battle against the evil Hyperion and Emil Burbank.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Kurt S. Olsson, Paul Eskridge and Joe Fischer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

An Irresistible Force! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Iron Man
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hang up your hammer, thunder god!"]
    Thor
  2. 1. Crisis on Twin Earths!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  5. 4. An Irresistible Force!
    Hostess; Iron Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Tice
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