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Series: Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: [July] 2005
Key date: 2005-07-00
On-sale date: 2005-05-25
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $16.99; 27.25 CAD
Pages: 592
Barcode: 978078511591551699
ISBN: 9780785115915; 0-7851-1591-9

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Chris Sotomayor	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Herb Trimpe, Barry Windsor-Smith, Neal Adams; inks: Joe Sinnott, Dan Adkins; colors: Chris Sotomayor
2	Essential Thor Vol.2	table of contents	5	letters: typeset
3	At Last! The Thunder God Reveals His True Identity to Jane...	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Grey Gargoyle; Jane Foster; Don Blake
4	A World Gone Mad!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Don Blake]; Jane Foster; Odin (guest star); Balder (guest star); Loki (villain); Grey Gargoyle [Professor Paul Duval] (villain); Heimdall; Honir the Hunter (introduction)
5	The Boyhood of Loki!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Uller; Volsak
6	The Stronger I am, The Sooner I Die!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
7	The Stronger I Am, the Sooner I Die!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Balder; Harris Hobbs; Jane Foster; Don Blake; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
8	The Golden Apples!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Iduna; Haakun the Hunter; Fenris the Wolf God
9	The Vengeance of the Thunder God!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
10	The Vengeance of the Thunder God	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frankie Ray; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Harris Hobbs; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Jane Foster; Ann; John
11	A Viper In Our Midst!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Ghan
12	The Trial of the Gods!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Odin
13	The Trial of the Gods!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Carl Hubbell; inks: Vince Colletta, Carl Hubbell; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Balder; Jane Foster; Loki; Enchantress; Executioner; Yagg; The Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Giant-Man [Henry Pym]; Wasp] (cameos); Rick Jones (cameo); Daredevil (cameo); Frightful Four [Wizard; Medusa; Trapster; Sandman] (cameos)
14	The Challenge!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Princess Rinda; King Hymir; Loki
15	Into the Blaze of Battle!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor
16	Into the Blaze of Battle!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Carl Hubbell; inks: Vince Colletta, Carl Hubbell; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Balder; Norn Queen [Karnilla]; Don Blake; Loki; Enchantress; Executioner; Hu Sak; Viet Cong; Cho and Cho's and Hu Sak's mother; Kim (Cho's and Hu Sak's sister); Jane Foster
17	The Sword In the Scabbard!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Odin; Warriors of Asgard
18	To Kill a Thunder God!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Destroyer
19	To Kill a Thunder God!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Kim; Loki; the Destroyer (Odin's robot); a hunter
20	The Crimson Hand	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Odin; Morduk; Braggi
21	The Day of the Destroyer!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Destroyer; Loki; Odin
22	The Day of the Destroyer!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Norn Queen [Karnilla]; Ularic; Loki; Destroyer; the hunter
23	Gather, Warriors!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	The Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Thor; Loki; Odin; Balder; Kroda; Magrat
24	In My Hand...This Hammer!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki
25	With My Hammer In Hand...!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Ularic; Don Blake; Avengers [Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Hawkeye]; Hooded Man (Harris Hobbs); Jane Foster; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
26	Set Sail!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Loki; Volstagg; Hogun; Kroda; Magrat; Mrs. Volstagg
27	Clash of Titans!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Sol Brodsky; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Hercules; Loki; Radioactive Man [Chen Lu]; Duplicate Thor; Lava Man
28	When Titans Clash!	comic story	15	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules [Alcaeus of Thebes]; Loki; Zeus; Storm Giants
29	A Thor Bonus Feature [Map of Asgard]	illustration	2	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee
30	-	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
31	The Power! The Passion! The Pride!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Balder; Ularic; Hooded Man [Harris Hobbs]; Jane Foster; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
32	Maelstrom!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Balder; Asgardians
33	Where Mortals Fear To Tread!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Absorbing Man
34	Where Mortals Fear To Tread!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Harris Hobbs; Jane Foster; Don Blake; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]
35	The Grim Specter of Mutiny!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Balder; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Asgardians; Kroda; Magrat
36	While a Universe Trembles!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Demon
37	While a Universe Trembles!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Harris Hobbs; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Demon
38	The Jaws of the Dragon!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Balder; Odin; Hogun; Volstagg; Asgardians; Utgard Dragon (introduction, dies)
39	The Glory and the Grandeur!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Hercules; Demon
40	The Grandeur and the Glory!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Hercules; Odin; Zeus; Jane Foster; Don Blake; Atlas; Demon
41	Closer Comes the Swarm!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Balder; Queen Ula; Flying Trolls of Thryheim; Kroda; Magrat; Asgardians
42	When Meet the Immortals!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor
43	When Meet the Immortals!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Hercules; Odin; Balder; Heimdall; Jane Foster; Demon
44	The Queen Commands	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Balder; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Queen Ula; Flying Trolls of Thryheim; Kroda; Magrat; Asgardians
45	Whom the Gods Would Destroy!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Morrie Kuramoto; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules; Jane Foster
46	Whom the Gods Would Destroy!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: V. Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules; Odin; Heimdall; Balder; Seidring the Merciless (introduction); Jane Foster
47	The Summons!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: V. Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Queen Ula; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Balder; Odin; Kroda
48	The Hammer and the Holocaust!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Odin
49	The Hammer and the Holocaust!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Pluto (introduction); Odin; Seidring; Balder; Heimdall; Hyppolita (introduction)
50	The Meaning of... "Ragnarok!"	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Odin; Balder; Heimdall; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Kroda; Magrat; Volla the Prophetess (introduction); Midgard Serpent (introduction)
51	The Power of Pluto!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules
52	The Power of Pluto!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Odin; Seidring; Hercules; Pluto; Balder; Hyppolita; Volstagg
53	Aftermath!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: S. Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Midgard Serpent (in prophecy only); Surtur (in prophecy only); Odin; Warriors Three [Volstagg; Fandral; Hogun]; Balder; Loki
54	The Verdict of Zeus!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules; Zeus
55	The Verdict of Zeus!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules; Zeus; Dionysius (introduction); Pluto; Jane Foster; Tana Nile (introduction); Odin; Balder; Ares (introduction); Hermes (introduction)
56	The Hordes of Harokin!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Loki; Odin; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Harokin of Muspelheim (introduction)
57	Thunder in the Netherworld!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules; Pluto
58	Thunder in the Netherworld!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules; Pluto; Jane Foster; Tana Nile; Cerberus (introduction); The Crusher (introduction)
59	The Fateful Change!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Harokin
60	They Strike From Space!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]
61	They Strike From Space!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: V. Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Hercules; Ares; Jane Foster; Tana Nile; Odin; Rigel Colonizers (introduction)
62	The Warlock's Eye!	comic story	5	script: Lee; pencils: Kirby; inks: Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]
63	Where Gods May Fear to Tread!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]
64	Rigel: Where Gods May Fear to Tread!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Tana Nile; Indestructible (introduction); Grand Commissioner of Rigel (introduction); Jane Foster; Sir Porga of Wundagore (named in the next issue) (introduction); Recorder (introduction); Ego (introduction)
65	The Dark Horse of Death!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Warriors Three [Volstagg; Hogun; Fandral]; Harokin; Black Stallion of Doom (introduction)
66	Who Dares Defy... the Destroyer?	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta, Joe Sinnott, Chic Stone; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Destroyer; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Enchantress; Executioner; Mad Merlin
67	If Asgard Falls..	comic story	30	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Odin; Balder; Heimdall; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Loki; Destroyer; Brok, the Crusher (introduction); Tyr, of the Blinding Blade (introduction); Galp, of the Steel Arm (introduction); Drom, the Spirit-Weaver (introduction); Absorbing Man (cameo)
68	Behold.. The Living Planet!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby, Marie Severin; inks: Vince Colletta, Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Recorder; Ego
69	Behold... The Living Planet!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Sol Brodsky; inks: Vince Colletta, Sol Brodsky; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Recorder; Ego; Jane Foster; Count Tagar of Wundagore (introduction); Sir Porga of Wundagore; Tana Nile
70	Valhalla!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Hela; Harokin (death); Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Black Stallion of Doom
71	The People Breeders!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; High Evolutionary
72	The People-Breeders!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Recorder; Galactus; Tana Nile; Count Tagar of Wundagore; Sir Porga of Wundagore; Knights of Wundagore (introduction); New-Men [Sir Lepard; Sir Ossilot; Sir Liyan] (introduction); Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; High Evolutionary (introduction); Man-Beast (introduction)
73	When Speaks the Dragon!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vincent Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Fafnir (introduction)
74	The Maddening Menace of the Super-Beast	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Man-Beast
75	The Maddening Menace of the Super-Beast!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vincent Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Man-Beast; Jane Foster; High Evolutionary; New-Men [Sir Lepard; Sir Ossilot; Sir Liyan]; The Knights of Wundagore; Count Tagar of Wundagore; Sir Porga of Wundagore; Odin; Balder; Evil New-Men (introduction)
76	The Fiery Breath of Fafnir!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Fafnir; Hogun; Fandral; Odin
77	To Become An Immortal!	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Odin
78	To Become An Immortal!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Artie Simek; editing: Stan Lee	Thor [Donald Blake]; Jane Foster; Heimdall; Odin; The Unknown (introduction); Dr. Keith Kincaid (introduction); Sif (introduction)
79	There Shall Come a Miracle!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Sam Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Thor; Fafnir; Odin; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]
80	The Marvel Essentials Library	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Stuart Immonen, John Romita, Dave Cockrum, Gil Kane, Alan Davis; inks: Wade von Grawbadger; colors: Chris Sotomayor

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