Thor #17 for Sale - First Appearance of Bridget Malone - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Thor (Marvel, 1998 series)
Issue: #17
Publication date: November 1999
Key date: 1999-11-00
On-sale date: 1999-09-01
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 46
Barcode: 75960603506901711
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Conquest - 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	The Eighth Day Part 1: Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut? Don't Tell Thor!	cover	1	pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Klaus Janson	Juggernaut, Cain Marko, Thor Odinson, Thor
1	The Eighth Day Part 1	comic story	22	script: Dan Jurgens; pencils: John Romita Jr.; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Gregory Wright, Matt Hicks; letters: Comicraft's Wes Abbott, RS	Bedlam, Conquest First, Juggernaut, Olisa Kabaki, Loki, Bridget Malone First, Cain Marko, Thor Odinson, Thor
2	Fast Lane Part 1: Media Blitz!	comic story	8	script: Glenn Herdling; pencils: Gregg Schigiel; inks: Richard Case; colors: Paul Mounts; letters: Chris Dickey; editing: Michael Stewart, Steve Behling	Quentin Beck, J. Jonah Jameson, Mysterio, Peter Parker, Spider-Man
3	-	in-house column	0.75	script: Stan Lee
4	Bullpen Bits #17	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Clint Barton, Hawkeye, Logan, Ororo Munroe, Thor Odinson, Professor X, Storm, Thor, Wolverine, Charles Xavier
5	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand $2.49	price 2.49 USD; barcode 07148603506011
Newsstand $2.29	price 2.29 USD; barcode 07165803506511
Newsstand $1.99	barcode 07480803506911

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Thor by Dan Jurgens and John Romita Jr. #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-4385-7	2010	On eBay ›
Thor: Heroes Return Omnibus #[1] ISBN 978-1-302-90813-3	2017	On eBay ›
Spider-Man: The Next Chapter #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-5966-7	2012	On eBay ›
Iron Man by Kurt Busiek & Sean Chen Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-6814-0	2013	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #1617 of 85#18 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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