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Issue: Thor #344
Publication Date: June 1984
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Issues: #344 of 378 Issues (765 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 02/14/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mark Gruenwald; Michael Carlin (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #41, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-02-28.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants3
Disclose Reprinted In8
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Balder -- The Brave?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Walt Simonson (signed)
Inker(s): Walt Simonson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): Thor
Character(s): Balder
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThor Visionaries: Walter Simonson #[1] [First Printing] published January 2000
as [Thor #344 cover] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Héroes #48 published October 2013
as Portada Original de Thor #344 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Whatever Happened to Balder the Brave?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walt Simonson
Penciller(s): Walt Simonson
Inker(s): Walt Simonson
Colorist(s): Christie Scheele
Letterer(s): John Workman, Jr.
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Feature(s): Thor
Character(s): Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; Balder; GUESTS: Odin; Frigga; Heimdall; Geri (Odin's wolf); Muninn (Odin's raven); Silverhoof (Balder's horse); ; Jerry Sapristi; Huginn (Odin's other raven) (cameo flashback); VILLAINS: Loki; Malekith; Surtur; Karnilla; Haag; Lorelei [Melodi]
Synopsis: Balder is sent by Odin to make the perilous journey to Loki's realm to ask the god of mischief for aid in combating an ancient evil. Malekith makes it there first and sways Loki to his side. Balder, forced to break his vow of non-violence by a taunting Loki, cuts off the schemer's head and wanders into the desert to die. Loki, the trickster, retrieves his head and replaces it.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThor by Walter Simonson Omnibus #[nn] published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #170 published October 1985
as Qu'est-il arrivé à Balder le Brave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]pgs 1-11
In Content Item: FlagL'Incroyable Hulk #171 published November 1985
as Qu'est-il arrivé à Balder le Brave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]pgs 12-22
In Content Item: FlagSilver Surfer #8 published May 1990
as Cos' Successo Al Prode Balder? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThor Visionaries: Walter Simonson #[1] [First Printing] published January 2000
as Whatever Happened To Balder the Brave? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Héroes #48 published October 2013
as ¿Qué fue de Balder el Bravo? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Shooter
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Hammer Strikes!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes letters from Tom Logue, Tony Palermo, Steve R. Bierly, Jeff Leuschen, Walter Bedecker, Mary Liz Frenn, John DiMaggio and Scott Lingle.

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