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Issue: Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson #1
Publication Date: January 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
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Volume: 1
Pages: ?
ISBN: 9780785131892
UPC/EAN: 978078513189252999
Price: $29.99 USD
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Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
27 (12 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected editions
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor [Thor Odinson]; Beta Ray Bill
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FlagThor #338 [Direct Edition] published December 1983
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
 
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Color credit from Marvel.com.
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walter Simonson
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Miscellaneous
1
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[Thor #337 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Beta Ray Bill
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Miscellaneous
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Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
George Roussos
John Workman, Jr.
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Beta Ray Bill (1st); Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Sif; Heimdall; Balder; Volstagg; VILLAINS: Loki; Lorelei (1st); Surtur
Nick Fury asks Thor's aid in investigating an alien ship heading for earth. Thor arrives and triggers the awakening of an alien protector, Beta Ray Bill. Bill bests Thor and takes up his hammer only to be accidentally summoned to Asgard by Odin who thinks he is summoning Thor.
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[Thor #338 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Beta Ray Bill
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Miscellaneous
1
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A Fool and His Hammer...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
George Roussos
John Workman
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Nick Fury; Beta Ray Bill (origin in flashback); Odin; Sif; Balder; Volstagg; INTRODUCING: Agnar; VILLAINS: Loki; Lorelei; Alien Demons (introduction); Surtur
Bill and Thor fight in single combat for the honor of wielding Mjolner and the alien bests the god of thunder.
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Miscellaneous
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[Thor #339 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif
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Miscellaneous
1
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Something Old, Something New...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
George Roussos
John Workman, Jr.
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif; Volstagg; Agnar; INTRODUCING: Eitri (a dwarf); VILLAINS: Throgg (I; another dwarf); Lorelei; Surtur; Fafnir; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Loki; Garm
Odin has the dwarves create a hammer for Bill and sends the alien and his son into space to rescue Bill's people.
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[Thor #340 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Alien Demons
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Miscellaneous
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Though Hel Should Bar the Way!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
George Roussos
John Workman
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; GUESTS: Beta Ray Bill; Sif; Volstagg; Hogun; Agnar; Heimdall; VILLAINS: Loki; Lorelei; Alien Demons; Fafnir; Surtur
Thor, Sif and Bill save the latters people from alien demons. Odin gives Bill a civilian identity when he strikes his hammer on the ground.
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[Thor #341 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Fafnir
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Miscellaneous
1
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The Past Is a Bucket of Ashes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
George Roussos
John Workman Jr.
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; GUESTS: Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Odin; Volstagg; Balder; Guido Sapristi (introduction); VILLAINS: Fafnir; Lorelei; Karnilla; Haag; Loki; Surtur; CAMEO: Clark Kent [Superman]; Lois Lane; Heimdall
Thor loses the Don Blake identity and gains secret i.d. of Sigurd Jarlson courtesy of Nick Fury (his disguise being, you guessed it, a pair of glasses). Sigurd gets a job as a construction worker but the site is wrecked by Fafnir looking for the god of thunder.
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[Thor #342 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Eilif
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Miscellaneous
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The Last Viking!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Terry Austin
Christie Scheele
John Workman
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Odin; Balder; Surtur; Lorelei; Karnilla; Fafnir; Eilif the Lost; Saga
Thor is called to an old viking village in the arctic wastes where an old viking, last of his people, tries to trick the thunder god into killing him so he can enter Valhalla.
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[Thor #343 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walter Simonson (signed)
Walter Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Eilif; Fafnir
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Miscellaneous
1
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If I Should Die Before I Wake...!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
Christie Scheele
John Workman
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Heimdall; Fafnir; Lorelei; Karnilla; Haag; Surtur; Eilif; Greg Glenn (news reporter); Cloud-Rider (Valkyrie's horse); Toothgnasher (Thor's goat); Toothgrinder (Thor's goat); Munnin (Odin's Raven); Odin (disguised as an old wanderer); Chuck Cherkle (news reporter); Valkyries
Eilif is granted strength by Odin so he can assist Thor in fighting Fafnir.
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[Thor #344 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Balder; Demons
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Miscellaneous
1
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Whatever Happened To Balder the Brave?

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Christie Scheele
John Workman, Jr.
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Odin; Frigga; Balder; Heimdall; Geri (Odin's wolf); Muninn (Odin's Raven); Silverhoof (Balder's horse); VILLAINS: Loki; Malekith (1st); Surtur; Karnilla; Haag; Lorelei; Trolls
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.
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[Thor #345 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Malekith
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Miscellaneous
1
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That Was No Lady

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Christie Scheele
John Workman, Jr.
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Balder; Roger Willis (1st); Eric Willis (1st and Death); Jarvis; Sheila Ordway; Officer Grier; Strother; Miss Blum; Silverhoof (Balder's horse); VILLAINS: Malekith; Lorelei; Dark Elves; Surtur
Lorelei continues her seduction of Thor. Malekith and the Dark Elves try to capture the Casket of Ancient Winters from its keeper, but the Casket is passed on to his son for protection.
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[Thor #346 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor
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Miscellaneous
1
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The Wild Hunt!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Terry Austin
Christie Scheele
John Workman, Jr.
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Roger Willis; Balder; Agnar; Mr. Strother; VILLAINS: Malekith; Lorelei; Surtur; Master of the Hounds; Dark Elves; Sand Devil
The Dark Elves try to capture the Casket of Ancient Winters from its new guardian, Roger Willis. Thor helps out. Malekith captures Thor's true (or at least enchanting) lover, Melodi, and threatens to kill her if the Casket is not given up.
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[Thor #347 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Malekith; Lorelei
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Miscellaneous
1
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Into the Realm of Faerie!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Christie Scheele
John Workman, Jr.
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Roger Willis; Odin; Heimdall; Balder; Agnar; Wyrd (a Norn); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; VILLAINS: Malekith; Lorelei; Algrim the Strong (Introduction); Dark Elves; Surtur; Wormwood
Thor and Roger invade the realm of Faerie to rescue Thor's love while keeping the Casket of Ancient Winters out of Malekith's hands. They don't quite succeed. Balder has a chat with a Norn. Odin prepares for battle. Surtur prepares to invade earth.
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[Thor #348 cover]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson (signed)
Walt Simonson (signed)
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Malekith
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Miscellaneous
1
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The Dark and the Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walt Simonson
Walt Simonson
Bob Wiacek
Christie Scheele
John Workman, Jr.
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor
Thor; Roger Willis; Balder; Agnar; Norns; Odin; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Malekith; Wormwood; Dark Elves; Surtur; Karnilla; Algrim; Silverhoof (Balder's horse)
Thor and Roger save Lorelei, but fail to keep Malekith from opening the Casket of Ancient Winters. The Norns convince Balder that life is better than death. Surtur begins his advance.
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[preliminary sketches and layouts]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Walter Simonson
Walter Simonson
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Miscellaneous
3

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