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Issue Details

Issue #158
Published November 1968
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters Thor
Genre Superhero; Mythology
Pencils Marie Severin, Jack Kirby (paste-ups)
Inks Marie Severin, Vince Colletta (paste-ups)
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #7; in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #3 [black & white]; in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #57

7 page Thor story "The Way It Was!"

Characters Thor; Don Blake; Heimdall (flashback); Odin (flashback); Jane Foster (flashback); Sif (flashback); Karnilla (flashback); Loki (flashback); Balder (flashback); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg] (flashback); Hercules (flashback); Pluto (flashback); Ulik (flashback); Toag (flashback); Cobra (flashback); Destroyer (flashback)
Synopsis Don Blake reflects on his life since finding the walking stick that tranformed him into Thor.
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Pages 1-3 and 17-20 surrounding a reprint of the first Thor story from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #7; in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #3 [black & white]; in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #57

13 page Thor story "The Stone Men from Saturn!"

Characters Thor; Don Blake; Gorr; Stone Men
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.
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee (Plot); Larry Lieber (Script)
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Sinnott
Letters Art Simek
Notes Title taken from original printing of this story.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #83 (August 1962); in Mitico Thor, Il #57 (June 19, 1973)

2 page The Hammer Strikes letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Letters submitted by Eddie Rhodes; Jeffrey Fulcher; Alvin Grinage, Jr.; Peter MacKenzie; Barry Parker; John Berns; Dwight Decker