| Issue | #159 |
| Published | December 1968 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Characters | Thor; Storm Giant |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Vince Colletta; John Romita (alterations to Thor's arm) |
| Notes | Romita credit based on stat of original cover seen by Nick Caputo; correction sent via GCD Errors list, January 2009. |
| 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) #58 |
| Characters | Thor; Don Blake (origin); Heimdall; Odin; Storm Giants of Niffelheim (flashback); Balder (flashback); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg] (flashback); Gondolff (introduction) (flashback) |
| Synopsis | Odin reveals that he created the identity of Dr. Don Blake when he exiled Thor to Midgard years ago. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Stan Lee |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Notes | Pages 3 and 14 are not reprinted in Thor #254. |
| Reprinted | in Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #254 (December 1976) [-2 pages]; 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) #58 |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Letters submitted by Ricky J. Whitecotton; Robert Huff; Gavin Roth; Dennis O'Brien; Don Tyler; Sgt. James A. Garrett; Ralph Duby; Carter Scholz; Milton Forte, Jr.; John Graner |