Thor #298 [Direct]
(August 1980)

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 Salicrup (editor); Bob Budiansky (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor in chief)

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
Keith Pollard (signed)
Inks
Keith Pollard (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Siegfried; Fafnir (a dragon)
Reprints
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Dragon's Blood! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (plot); Ralph Macchio (script)
Pencils
Keith Pollard (breakdowns); Chic Stone (finished art)
Inks
Chic Stone
Colors
Carl Gafford
Letters
Joe Rosen
Job Number
LF140
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Thor; Eye of Odin; Siegfried (flashback); Valkyrie [Brunnhilda](flashback); Odin (flashback); Fafnir (flashback; villain); Mime (gnome, flashback); Ablerich (flashback)
Synopsis
Siegfried kills Fafnir the Dragon and rescues Brunnhilda from the ring of fire where she was placed by Odin.
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Indexer Notes

Story based on the opera Siegfried by Richard Wagner as adapted by Roy Thomas.

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

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Letters
typeset

The Incredible Hulk vs. The Roller Disco Devils! (Table of Contents: 3)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Roller Disco Devils have been terrifying the town.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Roller Disco Devils

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

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

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Jim Planck, Al Schroeder III, Mike Mamo and Robert Chishold.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Thor
  2. 1. Dragon's Blood!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. The Incredible Hulk vs. The Roller Disco Devils!
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Hulk
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
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  • Gregory Fischer
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