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first Thor
- Thor (Odinson / Don Blake) — first appearance · origin
Dates
- Cover date
- August 1962
- On sale
- June 5, 1962
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #83 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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Creators
Stories
- The Stone Men from Saturn! · 13 pages
A lame doctor vacationing in Norway runs across an alien invasion. While hiding from the aliens in a cave he finds an old cane that transforms him into the god Thor. Thor drives back the alien invasion.
- Discovery · 2 pages
A scrawny man is given a magic candy bar that confers great strength, but he discovers that he already posesses more strength than he suspects.
- The Perfect Crime! · 5 pages
A crook tries to kill and rob a man by pushing him off a cliff, but finds that he is a flying man from Mercury.
- When the Jungle Sleeps · 5 pages
A lion is given superhuman intelligence by a nuclear test. It plans to attack humanity, but quickly loses its enhanced intelligence.
Characters
Reprinted in
Origins of Marvel Comics (1974), Weird Planets (1962), Thor (1966), Fantastic! (1967), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2003), Thor: Whosoever Wields This Hammer (2011), Creepy Worlds (1962), Amazing Stories of Suspense (1963), Marvel Tales Annual (1964), The Mighty Thor [Golden Book and Record Set] (1966), Terrific! (1967), Spider-Man Comics Weekly (1973), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (1994), Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (1997), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (1999), Essential Thor (2001), Fantastic Firsts (2002), Thor Giant-Size Finale (2010)