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Issue: Thor #169
Publication Date: October 1969
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Issues: #169 of 378 Issues (886 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: UK Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Magazine Management Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: 12.0 pence GBQ 0-1-0
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Monster and the Man-God!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Galactus; Watcher
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The Awesome Answer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Galactus (Origin); Watcher; Odin; Balder; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Thermal Man
First Line: In the deepest reach of endless space, Galactus and the God of Thunder face each other at last, in a fearful truce - - as the brooding giant slowly tells the secret of his past - -
Synopsis: Galactus tells Thor the story of his origin. Odin then appears and transports Thor to Earth. A new menace had emerged and is terrorising mankind. It seems that only Thor stands a chance of defeating The Thermal Man.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: The origin of Galactus concludes. First appearance of the World of Taa.

Possible Everett inks per Grant Windsor. Nick Caputo concurs and suspects Klein may have begun inking some of those pages but since this was his final work before his untimely death in September, 1969, Everett may have been called in to complete the job.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters from Bud Plant (noted comic book dealer), Cliff Carson, Richard Palmer, Dennis Parker, and Sgt. Michael Kunne.

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