Thor #396 (1988) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Into the Realm of Death!	cover	1	pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Brett Breeding; letters: Joe Rosen	The Black Knight, Thor, Dane Whitman, Thor Odinson
2	Into the Realm of Death	comic story	22	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Don Heck; colors: Max Scheele; letters: John Workman	Balder, The Black Knight, Fandral, Heimdall, Hogun, Sif, Thor, Volstagg, Dane Whitman, Thor Odinson
10	-	in-house column	1	letters: typeset
12	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Bill Reinhold; inks: Bill Reinhold	Cloak; Dagger
13	Marvel Comics Subscription Dept.	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Wolverine

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; barcode 07148602450710

Collection	Year
Thor vs. Seth, the Serpent-God #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4635-3	2010	On eBay ›
War of the Pantheons ISBN 978-0-7851-8788-2	2013	On eBay ›

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