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Balder the Brave #1

Marvel · Series began 1985 · November 1985

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Dates

Cover date: November 1985
Pages: 36

Values

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition75¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition75¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860253611 · shared with another edition
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Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

Canadian

Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

Barcode 0714860253611 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Walter Simonson, Sal Buscemainks: Walter Simonson, Sal Buscemascript: Walter Simonson, Bob Layton, Jim Shootercolors: Paul Bectonletters: John Workman

Stories

The Sword of Frey · 22 pages
Balder leaves Karnilla to join Thor in battle with Hel.

Publisher’s description

While away from Asgard, Balder's lord and master, the mighty Odin, perished. But for the gods, death is not the end... He'll have to join Thor for a journey in the underworld realm of Hel!

Reprinted in

Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson (2000), Thor: Balder the Brave (2009), Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus (2011), Thor by Walter Simonson (2013), Marvel Firsts: The 1980s (2013)