Thor Annual #2 for Sale - First Appearance of Destroyer - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: September 1966
Key date: 1966-09-00
On-sale date: 1966-06-30
Indicia publisher: Atlas Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.25
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Maha Yogi - 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	Who Dares Defy... the Destroyer?	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta, Joe Sinnott, Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Artie Simek	Amora, Destroyer First, Enchantress, The Executioner, Fandral, Hogun, Maha Yogi First, Thor Odinson, Skurge, Thor, Volstagg
1	-	credits, title page	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Marie Severin; inks: Chic Stone, Joe Sinnott, Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Thor; Executioner; Mad Merlin
2	If Asgard Falls..	comic story	30	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Vince Colletta; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Absorbing Man, Balder, Crusher Creel, Destroyer First, Fandral, Heimdall, Hogun, Loki, Odin, Thor Odinson, Thor, Volstagg
2	Defying the Magic of... Mad Merlin!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee, R. Berns; pencils: Joe Sinnott; inks: Joe Sinnott; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Art Simek	King Arthur, Jane Foster, John F. Kennedy, Loki, Maha Yogi First, Thor Odinson, Thor
3	The Enchantress and the Executioner!	comic story	13	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; letters: S. Rosen; editing: Stan Lee	Amora, Enchantress, The Executioner, Jane Foster, Loki, Odin, Thor Odinson, Skurge, Thor, Tomorrow Man, Artur Zarrko

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Giant-Size Thor #1	1975	On eBay ›
Essential Thor #2 ISBN 9780785115915; 0-7851-1591-9	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #5 ISBN 0-7851-2076-9	2006	On eBay ›
Thor Annual #2 [JC Penney Marvel Vintage Pack] #[nn]	1994	On eBay ›
Thor: The Warriors Three Unleashed #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-5076-3	2011	On eBay ›

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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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