Thor #351 - First Appearance of Roger Willis, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Thor (Marvel, 1966 series)
Issue: #351
Publication date: January 1985
Key date: January 1985
On-sale date: September 25, 1984
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.60; 0.75 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (reprint) of Roger Willis - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Arngrim - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Gunnar - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Eilif - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

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	-	cover	1	pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson	Thor Odinson, Thor
1	Ragnarok and Roll, Too!	comic story	22	script: Walter Simonson; pencils: Walter Simonson; inks: Walter Simonson; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: John Workman	Balder, Beta Ray Bill, Eros, The Executioner, Fandral, Freyja, Haag, Harokin, Heimdall, Gunnhild, Hogun, Human Torch, Karnilla, Mister Fantastic
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Jim Shooter
3	-	letters page	1	script: Walter Simonson

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860245001
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860245001

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Thor Visionaries: Walter Simonson #2 ISBN 0-7851-1046-1	2003	On eBay ›
Thor No. 351 [Marvel Legends Reprint] #[nn]	2005	On eBay ›
Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4633-9	2011	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)

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