Balder the Brave
#1
[Direct]
(November 1985)
Marvel,
1985 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 USD; 0.50 GBP; 1.00 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Editing
- Ralph Macchio (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
Balder the Brave / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Inks
- Walter Simonson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Balder; Karnilla
- Reprints
-
in All American Comics (Comic Art, 1989 series) #21 -
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #89 (Novembro 1989) -
in Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson (Marvel, 2000 series) #4 (2007), #4 (2007) - in Marvel Premiere Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) #29 - Thor: Balder the Brave [Direct] (2009)
- in Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
-
in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #48 - El Poderoso Thor de Walter Simonson, Volumen 1 (Octubre 2013)
-
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The Sword of Frey
Balder the Brave / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Walter Simonson (credited)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (credited)
- Colors
- Paul Becton (credited)
- Letters
- John Workman (credited as John Workman Jr.)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero; sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Balder; Karnilla; Haag; Agnar; Frey (Flashback); Gerd (Flashback); Skirner (Flashback)
- Synopsis
- Balder leaves Karnilla to join Thor in battle with Hel.
- Reprints
- in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #89 (Novembro 1989)
- in Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson (Marvel, 2000 series) #4 (2007)
- in Thor: Balder the Brave (Marvel, 2009 series) [premiere edition] (2009)
-
in Thor : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2007 series) #1986 (octobre 2009) - in Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #48 - El Poderoso Thor de Walter Simonson, Volumen 1 (Octubre 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continued in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #360-362.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Balder the Brave -
1.
The Sword of Frey
Balder the Brave -
2.
["A Non-Radioactive Reply to Jim Shooter"]
Bullpen Bulletins
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Richard Thomson
- Bjorn Wallin
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