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Issue: Marvel Spectacular #8
Publication Date: July 1974
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Issues: #8 of 19 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 04/02/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #105, April 1974.
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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
Format Notes:  
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"The Thunder God and the Troll!"

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Thor; Ulik
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Mighty Thor Omnibus #2 [Jack Kirby Cover; Direct] published January 2013
as Marvel Spectacular #8 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]1/4 page
From Content Item: FlagThor #137 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1967
was The Thunder God and the Troll! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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"The Thunder God and the Troll!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Sif; Ulik (introduction); Geirrodur, King of the Rock Trolls; Grak
First Line: Can yon vision of loveliness truly be Sif… the same raven-haired sister of Heimdall whom I once did bounce upon my knee when she was but a child?
Synopsis: Geirrodur's trolls capture Sif and lure Thor after her. Thor must battle Ulik, mightiest of the Rock Trolls.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThor #137 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1967
was The Thunder God and the Troll! [Story on Interior Page(s)]page 9 from the original story is not reprinted
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
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"The Jaws of the Dragon!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, superhero
Character(s): Thor; Balder; Odin; Hogun; Volstagg; Asgardians; Utgard Dragon (introduction, dies)
First Line: Even as Thor's mutinous crew of argonauts heads into the dreaded Pillars of Utgard on the uncharted Sea of Fear...
Synopsis: In Asgard, Odin has a premonition concerning Ragnarok. Meanwhile, Balder saves his fellow crewmates from certain death by blowing his horn. The effects of his actions are that the Dragon of Utgard is destroyed and the ship has safe passage.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJourney into Mystery #123 [U.S. Cover Price] published December 1965
was The Jaws of the Dragon! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Odinsword Quest Part 6.

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