([May] 2008)

Marvel, 2003 Series
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Volume
7
Price
54.99 USD; 57.75 CAD
Pages
232
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Publishing Inc.
Brand
Marvel [in horizontal box]
ISBN
978-0-7851-2924-0 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9780785129240 55499
Editing
Cory Sedlmeier (collection editor)

Issue Notes

Reprints Thor (Marvel, 1966 Series) #153-162.
This issue has variants:

And Now.. Galactus! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Galactus
Reprints

[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Arlen Schumer (credited)
Letters
typeset

--But Dr. Blake Can Die! (Table of Contents: 4)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Don Blake; Loki; Sif
Synopsis
Loki vs. Donald Blake
Reprints

--But Dr. Blake Can Die! (Table of Contents: 5)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Sif; Karnilla; Balder; Loki; Don Blake; Ulik; Odin
Synopsis
Loki has stolen Thor's hammer and fled to Midgard. Thor and Sif pursue him, but without the hammer Thor changes into Don Blake as Loki attacks them. Loki escapes, but Sif is injured in the fight, and Dr. Blake must operate to save her life.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Loki; Ulik; Mangog; Hela; Don Blake; Sif; Toag; Balder; Karnilla; The Legion of the Lost
Reprints

...To Wake the Mangog! (Table of Contents: 7)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Loki; Sif; Hela; Harokin; Ulik; Mangog (introduction); Don Blake; Toag, Elder of the Council Supreme (introduction); Odin; Muggers, Inc. (introduction); Balder; Karnilla; The Legion of the Lost (introduction)
Synopsis
While Sif recovers, Hela shows Thor the glory of eternal battle he can enter if he surrenders to her. Loki takes the throne of Asgard while Odin undergoes the Odinsleep. Ulik frees Mangog from captivity.
Reprints

Now Ends... the Universe! (Table of Contents: 8)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Mangog
Synopsis
Thor vs. Mangog
Reprints

Now Ends the Universe! (Table of Contents: 9)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Sif; Karnilla; Odin; Toag; Balder; Legion of the Lost; Mangog; Loki; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Ego; Recorder
Synopsis
Thor and Sif return to Asgard, and Loki sends Thor and the Warriors Three to battle Mangog, who is approaching Asgard in order to draw the Odinsword and bring about Ragnarok.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Balder; Sif; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Recorder
Reprints

The Hammer and the Holocaust! (Table of Contents: 11)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Mangog; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Loki; Toag; Heimdall; Recorder; Karnilla; Balder; The Legion of the Lost; Odin; Sif
Synopsis
While Asgard waits in fear, Thor and the Warriors Three battle Mangog but cannot stop his advance.
Reprints

Behind Him... Ragnarok! (Table of Contents: 12)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Mangog
Synopsis
Thor in grasp of Mangog.
Reprints

Behind Him...Ragnarok! (Table of Contents: 13)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Mangog; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Balder; Karnilla; The Legion of the Lost; Guntharr (introduction); Loki; Toag; Recorder; Odin; Sif
Synopsis
Balder and the Legion of the Lost escape Karnilla and join the battle against Mangog. Odin awakens in time to stop Mangog from drawing the Odinsword.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Marie Severin; Jack Kirby (paste-ups)
Inks
Marie Severin; Vince Colletta (paste-ups)
Colors
Marie Severin ?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor
Reprints
Keywords
mythology

The Way It Was! (Table of Contents: 15)

Thor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Don Blake; Heimdall (flashback); Odin (flashback); Jane Foster (flashback); Sif (flashback); Karnilla (flashback); Loki (flashback); Balder (flashback); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg] (flashback); Hercules (flashback); Pluto (flashback); Ulik (flashback); Toag (flashback); Cobra (flashback); Destroyer (flashback)
Synopsis
Don Blake reflects on his life since finding the walking stick that tranformed him into Thor.
Reprints

The Stone Men from Saturn! (Table of Contents: 16)

Thor the Mighty! / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (plot); Larry Lieber (script)
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Stan Goldberg
Letters
Artie Simek

Job Number
V-786
Genre
superhero
Characters
Thor [Doctor Donald Blake] (introduction, origin); Gorr; Kronans; Korg
Synopsis
A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.
Reprints

The Answer At Last! (Table of Contents: 17)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta; John Romita (alterations to Thor's arm)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Storm Giant
Reprints

The Answer At Last! (Table of Contents: 18)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Don Blake (origin); Heimdall; Odin; Storm Giants of Niffelheim (flashback); Balder (flashback); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg] (flashback); Gondolff (introduction) (flashback)
Synopsis
Odin reveals that he created the identity of Dr. Don Blake when he exiled Thor to Midgard years ago.
Reprints

And Now.. Galactus! (Table of Contents: 19)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Galactus
Reprints

And Now... Galactus! (Table of Contents: 20)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Tana Nile; Recorder; Odin; Sif; Galactus; Ego; Wanderers
Synopsis
Tana Nile asks Thor to travel with her to Rigel to challenge Galactus, who is approaching their galaxy.
Reprints

Shall A God Prevail! (Table of Contents: 21)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Galactus; Ego
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Ego vs Galactus with Thor in the middle.

Shall a God Prevail? (Table of Contents: 22)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Recorder; Galactus; Ego; Wanderers
Synopsis
Thor drives Galactus away from Ego, the Living Planet. Ego then allows the homeless race of Wanderers to settle there.
Reprints

Galactus A'borning! (Table of Contents: 23)

Thor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Galactus; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Thor and Asgardians watch origin of Galactus

Galactus Is Born! (Table of Contents: 24)

Thor / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Recorder; High Commissioner of Rigel; Tana Nile; Heimdall; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Odin; Torger (Cosmic Counselor of Asgard) (introduction); Galactus (origin); Balder; Karnilla
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Origin of Galactus begins, it continues in Thor #168, the first appearance of Torger, the Cosmic Counselor of Asgard.

Special Bonus: The Mighty Thor #162, Page 8 (Table of Contents: 25)

Thor / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Original art

The Mighty Thor #155 Cover Original Illustration (Table of Contents: 26)

Thor / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Mangog

The Mighty Thor #156 Cover Original Illustration (Table of Contents: 27)

Thor / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Recorder; Sif; Balder; Hogun; Volstagg; Fandral

The Mighty Thor #159 Cover Original Illustration (Table of Contents: 28)

Thor / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)

Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Giant

Biographies (Table of Contents: 29)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Rhett Thomas (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography