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Issue: Thor by Walter Simonson #1
Publication Date: January 2013
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Issues: #1 of 5 Issues (9 Printings)
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Rating: T
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/07/2013
Volume: 1
Pages: 236
ISBN: 9780785184607
UPC/EAN: 978078518460752499
Price: $27.99 CAD
$24.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T
Content Items: 40 (9 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill
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Disclose Notes: Cover is an homage to the cover of Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #126.
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Of Gods and Their Skalds...

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Beta Ray Bill
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Doom!

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill (1st); Nick Fury; Jasper Sitwell; Sif; Heimdall; Balder; Volstagg; Loki (villain); Lorelei (villain, 1st); Surtur (villain)
Synopsis: 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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Disclose Notes: Begins Walt Simonson's run on Thor
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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill
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A Fool and His Hammer...

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Nick Fury; Beta Ray Bill (origin in flashback); Odin; Sif; Balder; Volstagg; Agnar (introduction); Loki (villain); Lorelei (villain); Alien Demons (villains, introduction); Surtur (villain)
Synopsis: 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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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif
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Something Old, Something New...

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif; Volstagg; Agnar; Eitri (introduction; a dwarf); Throgg (villain, introduction; another dwarf); Lorelei (villain); Surtur (villain); Fafnir (villain); Loki (cameo flashback); Garm (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Alien Demons
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Though Hel Should Bar the Way!

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Sif; Volstagg; Hogun; Agnar; Heimdall; Loki (villain); Lorelei (villain); Alien Demons (villains); Fafnir (villain); Surtur (villain)
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Thor; Fafnir
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The Past Is a Bucket of Ashes

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Nick Fury; Dum Dum Dugan; Odin; Volstagg; Balder; Guido Sapristi (introduction); Fafnir (villain); Lorelei (villain); Karnilla (villain); Haag (villain); Loki (villain); Surtur (villain); Clark Kent [Superman] (cameo); Lois Lane (cameo); Heimdall (cameo)
Synopsis: Thor loses the Don Blake identity and gains secret identity of Sigurd Jarlson courtesy of Nick Fury. 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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Character(s): Thor; Eilif
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The Last Viking!

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Odin; Balder; Surtur; Lorelei; Karnilla; Fafnir; Eilif the Lost; Saga
Synopsis: 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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The Hand of Death!

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Character(s): Thor; Eilif; Fafnir
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If I Should Die Before I Wake...!

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: Eilif is granted strength by Odin so he can assist Thor in fighting Fafnir.
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Balder -- The Brave?

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Whatever Happened to Balder the Brave?

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor [Sigurd Jarlson]; Balder; Odin; Frigga; Heimdall; Geri (Odin's wolf); Muninn (Odin's raven); Silverhoof (Balder's horse); Jerry Sapristi; Huginn (Odin's other raven) (cameo flashback); Loki (villain); Malekith (villain); Surtur (villain); Karnilla (villain); Haag (villain); Lorelei [Melodi] (villain)
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 nonviolence 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.
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Character(s): Thor; Malekith
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That Was No Lady

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Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Balder; Roger Willis (1st); Eric Willis (1st and Death); Jarvis; Sheila Ordway; Officer Grier; Strother; Miss Blum; Silverhoof (Balder's horse); Malekith (villain); Lorelei (villain); Dark Elves (villains); Surtur (villain)
Synopsis: 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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The Destroyer

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Character(s): Destroyer
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House Ad

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Character(s): Thor
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Beta Ray Bill

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Character(s): Beta Ray Bill
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The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Sif; Beta Ray Bill; Toothgnasher; Toothgrinder
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Thor: The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill TPB Introduction

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Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson Introduction

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Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Loki; Malekith; Lorelei
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Beta Ray Bill

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Character(s): Beta Ray Bill
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Thor and Beta Ray Bill versus Giants

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Character(s): Thor; Balder
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Character(s): Beta Ray Bill
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Character(s): Thor; Beta Ray Bill
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Disclose Notes: Cover is an homage to the cover of Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #126.

The new logo that debuts on this issue's cover was created by Alex Jay per the letter column in this issue.
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The Hand of Death!

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Balder -- The Brave?

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Character(s): Thor; Malekith
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