Dates
- Cover date
- December 1973
- On sale
- September 4, 1973
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #218 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition20¢ coverSource ↗
Creators
pencils: Rich Buckler, John Buscemainks: Joe Sinnott, Jim Mooneyletters: Danny Crespi, Artie Simekscript: Gerry Conwaycolors: George Roussos
Stories
- Where Pass the Black Stars, There Also Passes... Death! · 19 pages
The Black Stars approach the Planet Rigel. The Rigellian upper classes flee in their spaceships. Thor and his crew arrive on Rigel just in time to evacuate the abandoned Rigellian mutant sub-classes. Rigel is destroyed. After a brief misunderstanding, the key characters meet up and gaze in awe at the encroaching menace.
Publisher’s description
Odin's grave warning of an invasion from beyond threatens all of Asgard. Who, or what, has Thor returning to planet Rigel? The mystery of the Black Stars revealed.
Reprinted in
Super Spider-Man (1976), Essential Thor (2001), Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (2003), The Mighty Thor Omnibus (2010), Thor Epic Collection (2013)