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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
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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.
Publisher’s description
The debut of Thor! A new age begins as the Odinson starts his divine campaign against the forces of evil!
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)