Credits
Writer(s):
Jack Kirby (plot); Stan Lee (dialogue)
Penciller(s):
Jack Kirby
Inker(s):
George Roussos [as George Bell]
Letterer(s):
Art Simek
Editor(s):
Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Subject Matter
Genres:
fantasy, superhero
Feature(s):
Tales of Asgard
Character(s):
Odin (origin); Surtur (introduction); Ymir (introduction, origin); Buri (introduction, origin, cameo); Borr (introduction, origin, cameo); Audhumbla (called "Magic Cow"); Vili (unnamed, origin, cameo); Vé (unnamed, origin, cameo); Bestla (unnamed, cameo)
Synopsis:
Story about how Odin and his brothers protected the Earth while waiting for the coming of man.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
5
Notes:
This is the first "Tales of Asgard" story and the only segment to be told only in captions and without dialogue balloons, copying the style of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant.