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Issue Details

Issue #368
Published June 1986
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.40 GBP; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Ralph Macchio; Craig Anderson (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "The Fate of Balder!"

Characters Thor; Balder; Kossi; Unn; Gertha; Slaggnbir
Genre superhero; fantasy
Pencils Walt Simonson (signed)
Inks Walt Simonson (signed)
Notes Signature dated "1-13-86".

22 page Thor story "The Eye of the Beholder"

Characters Thor; Agnar; Balder; Heimdall; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Slaggnbir (Introduction, Death); Kossi (Introduction); Unn (Introduction); Gertha (Introduction); Loki; Kurse; Thug Thatcher; Lorelei; Uglitha; Malekith (Corpse)
Synopsis Finding the Balder in Asgard to be false (which is a good thing since Kurse killed him), Thor sets out to find the real deal. Balder, in the recent past, stormed a floating castle to save a trio of damsels from a troll, only to be put under their spell for his troubles. In the here and now, Thor is pointed to the same castle by an old woman.
Genre superhero; fantasy
Script Walt Simonson
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Sal Buscema
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters John Workman, Jr.

1 page letters page "The Hammer Strikes!"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers James Scribner, Nell Turcotte, Joseph Mantler, Jason Gonzalez and John R. Kearns.