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Issue: The Mighty Thor: The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill #[nn]
Publication Date: December 1989
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel ComicsView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 1989
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: 0871356147
UPC/EAN: 9780871356147
Price: $10.95 CAD
£5.50 GBP
$8.95 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collects Thor (Marvel, 1966 series) #337-340.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: squarebound; softcover; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Cover, Front
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The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor; Sif; Beta Ray Bill
Reprinting
FlagMarvel Héroes #48 published October 2013
as Cubierta del tomo recopilatorio Thor: The Ballad of Beta Ray Bill USA [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Wraparound cover.
[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Beta Ray Bill
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Miscellaneous
1
Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Balder; Beta Ray Bill; Nick Fury; Heimdall; Loki; Lorelei; Sif; Jasper Sitwell; Surtur; Thor; Volstagg
Nick Fury asks Thor's aid in investigating an alien ship heading for earth. Thor arrives and triggers the awakening of an alien protector, Beta Ray Bill. Bill bests Thor and takes up his hammer only to be accidentally summoned to Asgard by Odin who thinks he is summoning Thor.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor; Beta Ray Bill
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A Fool and His Hammer...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor; Nick Fury; Beta Ray Bill (origin in flashback); Odin; Sif; Balder; Volstagg; Agnar (introduction); Loki (villain); Lorelei (villain); Alien Demons (villains, introduction); Surtur (villain)
Bill and Thor fight in single combat for the honor of wielding Mjolner and the alien bests the god of thunder.
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Miscellaneous
22
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Something Old, Something New...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Odin; Sif; Volstagg; Agnar; Eitri (a dwarf, introduction); Throgg (villain, introduction, another dwarf); Lorelei (villain); Surtur (villain); Fafnir (villain); Loki (cameo flashback); Garm (cameo flashback)
Odin has the dwarves create a hammer for Bill and sends the alien and his son into space to rescue Bill's people.
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Miscellaneous
22
[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Alien Demons
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Though Hel Should Bar the Way!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, superhero
Thor; Beta Ray Bill; Sif; Volstagg; Hogun; Agnar; Heimdall; Loki (villain); Lorelei (villain); Alien Demons (villain); Fafnir (villain); Surtur (villain)
Thor, Sif and Bill save the latter's people from alien demons. Odin gives Bill a civilian identity when he strikes his hammer on the ground.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
22

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