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Issue Details

Issue #400
Published February 1989
Cover Price 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages 68
Editing Ralph Macchio; Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Notes Signature dated 1988.

Cover Details

Characters Thor
Genre superhero; fantasy
Pencils Ron Frenz (signed)
Inks Brett Breeding (signed)
Notes Signature dated 1988.

35 page Thor story "Lest the Heavens Perish!"

Characters Asgardians; Balder; the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Caber; the Demons of Death; the Earth Force [Earth-Lord; Skyhawk; Wind-Warrior]; the Enchantress; Frost Giants; Grog; Heimdall; Karnilla; Leir; Lorelei; Odin; Seth [also as the Serpent God of Death]; Sif; Surtur; Thor; Trolls; Tyr; Valdor; Vizier; the Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Inhumans (cameo) [Black Bolt; Karnak; Gorgon; Triton]
Genre superhero; fantasy
Script Tom DeFalco (plot and script); Ron Frenz (plot)
Pencils Ron Frenz
Inks Joe Sinnott
Colors Christie Scheele [as Max Scheele]
Letters John Workman (pages 1-12, 14, 17, 18); Michael Heisler (pages 13, 15, 16, 19-35)
Notes Conclusion of the War of the Gods, continued from last issue. Dedicated to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.
Reprinted in Thor (Play Press, 1991 series) #39 [Italy]

4 page Thor story "I... This Hammer!" (Or, "If You Knew Uru Like We Knew Uru!")

Characters the Absorbing Man; the Grey Gargoyle; the Hulk; Thor; Ulik; the Wrecker
Genre superhero; fantasy
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Ron Frenz
Inks Brett Breeding
Colors Brett Breeding
Letters Joe Rosen
Reprinted in Thor (Play Press, 1991 series) #31 [Italy]

1 page Thor story "Who Shall Be Worthy?"

Characters Beta Ray Bill; the Captain [Steve Rogers]; Dargo; Odin; Thor
Synopsis Page on the characters who've lifted the hammer.
Genre superhero; fantasy
Pencils Ron Frenz (signed)
Inks Brett Breeding (signed)
Notes Signature dated 1988.
Reprinted in Thor (Play Press, 1991 series) #31 [Italy]

1 page Thor story "The Heart of a Hero!"

Characters the Enchantress; Hela; Jane Foster; Lady Sif; Lorelei
Synopsis Page on Thor's romantic leads.
Genre superhero; fantasy
Pencils Ron Frenz
Inks Brett Breeding
Reprinted in Thor (Play Press, 1991 series) #31 [Italy]

8 page The Warriors Three story "When Volstagg Was In Flower!"

Characters Volstagg's children; the Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]
Genre superhero; fantasy
Script Tom DeFalco (script); Ron Frenz (plot)
Pencils Rich Yanizeski [as Rich Yanizesky]
Inks Mark McKenna
Colors Robbie Busch
Letters Diana Albers
Reprinted in Thor (Play Press, 1991 series) #14 [Italy]

5 page Thor story "When Warriors Clasp!"

Characters Hercules; Thor
Synopsis Tongue-in-cheek story of Thor and Hercules arm-wrestling.
Genre superhero; fantasy
Script Tom DeFalco; Ron Frenz
Pencils Gary Hartle
Inks Don Heck
Colors Evelyn Stein
Letters Jack Morelli
Reprinted in Thor vs. Hercules (Marvel, 2010 series) #[nn]

9 page Loki story "Evil Aborning"

Characters Eldred (wizard); Loki; Odin; Surtur; Trolls; Vizier
Genre fantasy
Script Randall Frenz
Pencils Charles Vess
Inks Charles Vess
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Michael Heisler

1 page Sif illustration "Sif"

Characters Sif
Genre superhero; fantasy
Pencils John Workman (signed)
Inks Joe Sinnott (signed)
Letters John Workman