Thor stories in the form of Journey Into Mystery material had previously appeared as back-up material in Amazing Spider-Man, from issues #2; #3; #6 to #15 inclusive (see further information below for a more detailed listing). Issue #15 of Amazing Spider-Man was released in December 1975 and the Thor title (January 1976) picked up the story-line from that book. All told newton printed a large amount of Journey Into Mystery/Thor material (approximately twenty two individual stories), probably more than any other character without a regular series. However, as with most of the Newton material, those reprints were done with no logical order for the most part.
THOR ANNUAL (no number)Date: October 1975
Contents:
The Trial of The Gods by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby & Vince Colletta (Journey Into Mystery #116)
Into The Blaze Of Battle by Lee, Kirby & Colletta (Journey Into Mystery #117) With My Hammer In My Hand by Lee, Kirby & Colletta (Journey Into Mystery #120)
The Power The Passion The Pride by Lee, Kirby & Colletta (Journey Into Mystery #121)
Where Mortals Fear To Tread by Lee, Kirby & Colletta (Journey Into Mystery #122)
While A Universe Trembles by Lee, Kirby & Colletta (Journey Into Mystery #123)
The annual was unique in that it was actually competing against itself for sales. People could buy the cheaper Spider-Man title if they wanted to get the regular Thor stories, however the annual did contain some classic Thor.
#1Date: January 1976 (cover dated)
Contents:
Thor Battles The Mysterious Mister Hyde by Stan Lee & Don Heck (Journey Into Mystery #99)
The Master Plan Of Mister Hyde by Lee & Heck (Journey Into Mystery #100)
The first part of this story line had appears in the Silver Surfer Special.
The poster was The Incredible Hulk #12.
#2Date: February 1976 (cover dated)
Contents:
The Return Of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby & George Bell (Journey Into Mystery #101)
Slave Of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man by Lee, Kirby & Chic Stone (Journey Into Mystery #102)
The poster was The Incredible Hulk #12.
From here the title was cancelled along with the other Newton titles when publication ceased for the first time in early 1976. Some titles were re-started, however Thor wasn't one of them. The existing material was instead used in the one shot giant books.
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OTHER NEWTON THOR APPEARANCES
X-Men Special reprinted: Journey Into Mystery #116
Team-Up #2 reprinted: Thor #128; Thor #129; Thor #130
Silver Surfer Special reprinted: Journey Into Mystery #98
Newton Triple Action reprinted: Journey Into Mystery #112
Newton Four-In-One reprinted: Journey Into Mystery #109
Amazing Spider-Man reprinted (Spider-Man issue numbers first):
#2 (Journey Into Mystery #85)
#3 (Journey Into Mystery #90)
#6 (Journey Into Mystery #89)
#8 (Journey Into Mystery #95)
#9 (Journey Into Mystery #95)
#10 (Journey Into Mystery #94)
#11 (Journey Into Mystery #94)
#12 (Journey Into Mystery #96)
#13 (Journey Into Mystery #96)
#14 (Journey Into Mystery #98)
#15 (Journey Into Mystery #98)
2 comments:
The Spider-Man/Thor issue mentioned by the Newton staffer could be:
Giant Team Up Annual #1 Dec 1975
and featuring Spider-Man and Thor. Have you ever seen this one?
(Which makes the Team-up issues even more confusing as there are two issue #1's!)
Contents are:
"A Hitch In Time" by Conway and Andru.
"The Man-Killer Moves At Midnight!" by featuring Spider-Man & The Cat (Writer/artist not credited)
"The Tomorrow War!" and "Time Bomb!" by Conway and Andru featruring Spider-Man and Iron Man.
"Them" by Lee & Kirby
Never seen it, never heard of it. Send over a scan when you can and I'll add it to the site. I've already added the stories into the data-base. What was the cover price, the freebies etc etc?
God, each day brings a new Newton doesn't it?
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