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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published September 1966
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee
Notes Indicia title is actually Thor King Size, two small panels from the reprinted stories in this issue are also reprinted on the cover.

Cover Details - "Who Dares Defy... the Destroyer?"

Characters Thor; Destroyer; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Enchantress; Executioner; Mad Merlin
Genre Superhero; Fantasy
Pencils Jack Kirby; Jack Kirby; Joe Sinnott
Inks Vince Colletta; Chic Stone; Joe Sinnott
Notes Indicia title is actually Thor King Size, two small panels from the reprinted stories in this issue are also reprinted on the cover.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #5; in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 [black & white]

1 page Thor credits "Credits Page/Table of Contents"

Characters Thor; Executioner; Mad Merlin
Genre Superhero
Pencils ?; Joe Sinnott; Jack Kirby
Inks ?; Joe Sinnott; Chic Stone
Notes Credits, titles of the three stories and where the last two are reprinted from and three illustrations, one that is unidentified and one each from the two reprinted stories.

30 page Thor story "If Asgard Falls..!"

Characters FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Odin; Balder; Heimdall; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; VILLAINS: Loki; Destroyer; Brok, the Crusher (I); Tyr, of the Blinding Blade (I); Galp, of the Steel Arm (I); Drom, the Spirit-Weaver (I); CAMEO: Absorbing Man
Synopsis Loki breaks up an Asgardian contest called by Odin by sending the Destroyer to wreak havoc.
Genre Superhero; Fantasy
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes First appearances of Brok, Tyr, Galp, Drom, the land of Gymirsgard and the Tournament of Champions.
Reprinted in Giant-Size Thor (Marvel, 1975 series) #1 (1975); in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor (Marvel, 2003 series) #5; in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 [black & white]; in Mitico Thor, Il (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #30

13 page Thor story "Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!"

Characters FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Jane Foster; Don Blake; VILLAIN: Merlin (I); CAMEOS: Loki; John F. Kennedy; Caroline Kennedy; CAMEO FLASHBACK: King Arthur
Synopsis Merlin is awakened after a thousand years and immediately decides to try and take over the world; He battles Thor using familiar Washington D.C. monuments.
Genre Superhero; Fantasy
Script Stan Lee (Plot); Robert Bernstein (Script; as R. Berns)
Pencils Joe Sinnott
Inks Joe Sinnott
Letters Artie Simek
Notes According to The Mighty Thor Comics Index #5 by George Olshevsky this is not the same Merlin that is in the Black Knight comics. This Merlin is a mutant who later became the Warlock and the Maha Yogi in X-Men #30 and #47.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #96 (September 1963)

13 page Thor story "The Enchantress and the Executioner!"

Characters FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Jane Foster; Odin; Don Blake; VILLAINS: Enchantress (I); Executioner (I); Loki; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man
Synopsis Loki and Odin conspire to end Thor's infatuation with Jane Foster by sending the Enchantress to seduce him away from his mortal love; The heavy handed Executioner fouls things up and the mission is unsuccessful.
Genre Superhero; Fantasy
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Chic Stone
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes At this point, the stories take a turn to Asgardian themes and backdrops, first appearances of the Enchantress and the Executioner.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #103 (April 1964)