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Issue Details

Issue #344
Published June 1984
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin (Assistant); Mark Gruenwald

Cover Details - "Balder--The Brave?"

Characters Balder; Demons
Genre superhero; fantasy
Pencils Walt Simonson
Inks Walt Simonson

22 page Thor story "Whatever Happened To Balder the Brave?"

Characters FEATURE: Thor; GUESTS: Odin; Frigga; Balder; Heimdall; VILLAINS: Loki; Malekith (1st); Surtur; Karnilla; Haag; Lorelei; Trolls
Synopsis Balder is sent by Odin to make the perilous journey to Loki's realm to ask the god of mischief for aid in combating an ancient evil; Malekith makes it there first and sways Loki to his side; Balder, forced to break his vow of non-violence by a taunting Loki, cuts off the schemer's head and wanders into the desert to die.
Genre superhero; fantasy
Script Walt Simonson
Pencils Walt Simonson
Inks Walt Simonson
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters John Workman, Jr.
Reprinted in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #170 [pgs 1-11]; in Incroyable Hulk, L' (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #171 [pgs 12-22]; in Silver Surfer (Play Press, 1989 series) #8