Thor #398 [Direct]
(December 1988)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-08-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Marc Siry (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #147.
This issue has variants:

Prisoners of the Black Pyramid! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ron Frenz (signed as RF)
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as A M)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Hogun; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Earth-Force [Earth-Lord; Skyhawk]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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The Prisoners of the Black Pyramid! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Tom DeFalco
Pencils
Ron Frenz
Inks
Don Heck
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited as Greg Wright)
Letters
John Workman
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Balder; The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Enchantress [Amora]; Fandral; Heimdall; Hogun; Leir; Loki; Lorelei; Odin; Sif; Thor [Thor Odinson]; Volstagg; Seth (villain); Earth-Force [Earth-Lord; Skyhawk; Wind-Warrior [Pamela Shaw]]; Grog the God Crusher; Bes (God of Luck); Horus; Valdor; Grand Vizier
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Thor, the Black Knight, Hogun and the Earth-Force battle thru Seth's Black Pyramid where they free Bes and then discover that Odin is being held captive by Seth. On Asgard the forces of Seth are overwhelming the Asgardian gods but the Celtic Gods of Avalon arrive to assist Asgard against Seth.
Reprints

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

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

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Matt Mayer, Stefan Lee, Craig Cornell, Hurricane Heeran and Tom Tasch.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Prisoners of the Black Pyramid!
    Thor
  2. 1. The Prisoners of the Black Pyramid!
    Thor
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
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