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Issue: Thor #158
Publication Date: November 1968
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Issues: #158 of 378 Issues (886 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/03/1968
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Interior Page
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Splash page 18
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: mythological, superhero
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #7 [Regular Edition] published May 2008
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #57 published June 1973
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #3 published November 2006
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Large Thor face by Marie Severin. Smaller Thor figures by Kirby, either new art or taken from earlier stories.
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The Way It Was!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
First Line: At last! The time has come for the son of Odin to return to the fateful planet Earth!
Synopsis: Don Blake reflects on his life since finding the walking stick that transformed him into Thor.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagMarvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #7 [Regular Edition] published May 2008
In Issue: FlagThor Epic Collection #4 [unnamed variant] published January 2015
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #57 published June 1973
as Il mondo in cui fu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagEssential Thor #3 published November 2006
as The Way It Was! [Story on Interior Page(s)]black & white
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Pages 1-3 and 17-20 surrounding a reprint of the first Thor story from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83.
Page 16, panel 9: the editor modified the original panel, mostly with new text material. Note that in Journey Into Mystery #83, in this same panel, Thor was mistakenly spelled ‘Thorr.’
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The Stone Men from Saturn!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kronans [Stone Men] (many)
First Line: I can still remember every momentous detail as if it were yesterday!
Synopsis: On a vacation trip to Norway, Dr. Don Blake stumbles on an alien invasion. He finds a mysterious walking stick that causes him to become Thor, the Norse god of thunder, enabling him to defeat the invading Stone Men of Saturn.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagIl Mitico Thor #57 published June 1973
as Il mondo in cui fu [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #83 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1962
was The Stone Men from Saturn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: V-786
Disclose Notes: Title taken from original printing of this story.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Letters submitted by Eddie Rhodes; Jeffrey Fulcher; Alvin Grinage, Jr.; Peter MacKenzie; Barry Parker; John Berns; Dwight Decker

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