Thor #126 for Sale - First Appearance of Seidring - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Thor (Marvel, 1966 series)
Issue: #126
Publication date: March 1966
Key date: 1966-03-00
On-sale date: 1966-01-04
Indicia publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Seidring - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Whom the Gods Would Destroy!	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Morrie Kuramoto	Jane Foster, Hercules, Thor Odinson, Thor
1	Whom the Gods Would Destroy!	comic story	16	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: V. Colletta; letters: Artie Simek	Balder, Jane Foster, Heimdall, Hercules, Odin, Thor Odinson, Seidring First, Thor
2	More Mirthful, Monumental, Mind-Staggering Memoranda From Your Marvel Madmen!	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
3	The Summons!	comic story	5	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: V. Colletta; letters: Artie Simek	Fandral, Hogun, Kroda, Loki, Magrat, Odin, Thor Odinson, Ula, Thor, Volstagg
4	-	letters page	0.75	letters: typeset
5	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Special Marvel Edition #4	1972	On eBay ›
Marvel Spectacular #11	1974	On eBay ›
Marvel Treasury Edition #3	1974	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #2 ISBN 9780785115915; 0-7851-1591-9	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #4 ISBN 0-7851-1880-2	2005	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q115411658 (Seidring), first-appearance property (CC0)

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