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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published April 1971
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "In My Hand--This Hammer!"

Characters Thor; The Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Sal Buscema
Inks Sal Buscema

16 page Thor story "With My Hammer In Hand...!"

Characters F: Thor; GA: Odin; Ularic; Don Blake; Avengers [Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Hawkeye]; Hooded Man (Harris Hobbs); Jane Foster; V: Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #120 (September 1965)

16 page Thor story "The Power! The Passion! The Pride!"

Characters F: Thor; GA: Odin; Balder; Ularic; Hooded Man [Harris Hobbs]; Jane Foster; V: Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #121 (October 1965)

5 page Tales of Asgard story "The Secret of Sigurd!"

Characters GS: Thor; Loki; Balder; V: Sigurd (I)
Genre Superhero; Fantasy
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Artie Simek
Notes First appearance of Sigurd.
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #111 (December 1964)

16 page Thor story "Where Mortals Fear To Tread!"

Characters F: Thor; GA: Odin; Harris Hobbs; Jane Foster; Don Blake; V: Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from Journey Into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #122 (November 1965)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Mighty Marvel Checklist"

Script ? (promo copy)
Letters Typeset
Notes Marvel checklist for comics on sale right now! Comics listed with a synopsis are Fantastic Four #108, Spider-Man #94, Thor #185, Avengers #85, Hulk #137, Iron Man #35, Sub-Mariner #35, Daredevil #73, Amazing Adventures #5, Tower of Shadows #10, Sgt. Fury #85, Special Marvel Edition #2, Astonishing Tales #4 and Conan the Barbarian #3.

Half page Marvel Artists Self-Portraits; Marvelmania advertisement "Start Your Collection!!"

Script ? (ad copy)
Pencils Jim Steranko; Herb Trimpe; Gene Colan; John Romita; Jack Kirby; Buscema
Inks Jim Steranko; Herb Trimpe; Gene Colan; John Romita; Jack Kirby; Buscema
Notes Advertisement for a collection of six Marvel Artists Self-Portraits featuring Jim Steranko, Herb Trimpe, Gene Colan, John Romita, Jack Kirby and Buscema from Marvelmania.

1 page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins: Cerebral Comments and Cogent Critiques, Capriciously Created With Care and Candor! [March 1971]"

Script Stan Lee; ?
Letters Typeset
Notes Includes the answer to why Jim Steranko had been absent from Marvel Comics recently (he had been writing his book History of the Comics).