Thor Annual #10 for Sale - First Appearance of Set - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series)
Issue: #10
Publication date: 1982
Key date: 1982-08-17
On-sale date: 1982-08-17
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $1.00
Pages: 52
Barcode: 0714860242525
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Match the book in your hand against this plate before paying an edition-specific price.

Why this issue matters

First appearance of Set - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Atum - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Demiurge - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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	In the Clutches of the...God-Eater!	cover	1	pencils: Bob Hall; inks: Joe Rubinstein	Atum First, Thor Odinson, Thor
1	A Time to Die	comic story	37	script: Mark Gruenwald, Alan Zelenetz; pencils: Bob Hall; inks: Rick Bryant, Joe Rubinstein, Kevin Dzuban, Andy Mushynsky, Al Gordon; colors: George Roussos; letters: Rick Parker	Apollo, Balder, Chthon, Demiurge First, Atum First, Fandral, Freyja, Gaea, Hades, Heimdall, Hela, Hogun, Horus, Huginn
2	Map of Asgard	illustration	2	script: Peter Gillis; pencils: Peter Gillis, Tom Orzechowski; inks: Tom Orzechowski; letters: Tom Orzechowski
3	A Gazetteer of Asgard and Environs	text article	1	script: Peter Gillis

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Direct	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Canadian	price 1.25 CAD

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #1	1983	On eBay ›
Thor: Tales of Asgard by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby #1	2009	On eBay ›
A Kingdom Lost ISBN 978-0-7851-8862-9	2014	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #21 ISBN 978-1-302-93338-8	2021	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #99 of 18#11 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q127684823 (Demiurge), first-appearance property (CC0)

Found an error in this file? corrections@comicrecord.com