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Issue Details

Issue #379
Published May 1987
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Ralph Macchio; Craig Anderson (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Notes Signature dated 12-22-1986.

Cover Details

Characters Fin Fang Foom; Thor
Genre superhero; fantasy
Pencils Walter Simonson (signed)
Inks Walter Simonson (signed)
Notes Signature dated 12-22-1986.

22 page Thor story "There Were Giants In Those Days (Or, A Discourse Between Heroes and Villains)"

Characters Asgardian children [Hildy; Kevin; Mick]; Balder the Brave; the Enchantress; Fandral; Frost Giants; Heimdall; Iceman; Jormungand (the Midgard Serpent, also disguised as Fin Fang Foom); Kurse; Loki; Sif; Thor [Sigurd Jarlsen]; X-Factor [the Beast; Iceman]
Synopsis With Asgard still under a mystical sleep, the Frost Giants seek to awaken the Midgard Serpent to fight Thor. The dragon who shows up, however, is Fin Fang Foom but after a brief battle with our hero, its duplicity is revealed and Thor faces down Jormungand.
Genre superhero; fantasy
Script Walter Simonson
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Sal Buscema
Colors Evelyn Stein
Letters John Workman

1 page Spider-Man; Cap'n Crunch advertisement "Free the Cap'n Mystery"

Characters Cap'n Crunch; Sogmaster; Spider-Man
Genre superhero
Notes Comics ad for the Cap'n Crunch cereal.

1 page letters page "The Hammer Strikes!"

Script various
Letters typeset