Thor Annual #14 for Sale - First Appearance of Exitar - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series)
Issue: #14
Publication date: 1989
Key date: 1989-00-00
On-sale date: 1989
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $2.00; 2.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Exitar - 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	Atlantis Attacks [Chapter Thirteen]	cover	1	pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Joe Sinnott	Doctor Strange, Ben Grimm, Thor Odinson, Quasar, Stephen Strange, The Thing, Thor, Wendell Vaughn
2	Atlantis Attacks Chapter Thirteen The Mighty Thor	table of contents	1	script: Ralph Macchio; pencils: Ron Frenz; inks: Joe Sinnott	Thor Odinson, Thor
3	Set Ascending [Atlantis Attacks, Chapter Thirteen]	comic story	25	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Al Milgrom, Don Heck; inks: Don Heck; colors: John A. Wilcox; letters: Agustin Más	Andromeda, Atum, Beast, Tandy Bowen, Captain America, Dagger, Atum, Doctor Strange, Gaea, Ghaur, Jean Grey, Ben Grimm, Invisible Woman, Iron Man
8	God's Hope	comic story	8	script: Bob Layton; pencils: Bob Layton, Ernie Chan; inks: Ernie Chan; colors: George Roussos; letters: Tim Harkins	Thor Odinson, Thor, Uatu, The Watcher
10	Relative Strengths Comparisons	character profile	2	script: Peter Sanderson; pencils: Ron Lim; inks: Mike DeCarlo; letters: John Costanza	Beyonder, Destroyer, Ego, Eternity, Exitar First, Galactus, Galan, Hercules, The Living Tribunal, Loki, Mangog, Odin, Thor Odinson, Surtur
11	Balder Agonistes	comic story	5	script: Ralph Macchio; pencils: Bo Hampton; inks: Bo Hampton; colors: Gregory Wright; letters: Michael Heisler	Balder, Hela, Karnilla, Nanna
12	Thy Neighbor's Wife!	comic story	9	script: Randall Frenz; pencils: Jim Valentino; inks: Gary Martin; colors: Mike Rockwitz; letters: Michael Heisler	Fandral, Geirrodur, Hogun, Loki, Odin, Thor Odinson, Sif, Sigyn, Thor, Volstagg
14	The Saga of the Serpent Crown Chapter 13: A Congress of Crowns	comic story	6	script: Peter Sanderson; pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Keith Williams; colors: Marc Siry; letters: Jade Moede; editing: Gregory Wright, Mark Gruenwald, Tom DeFalco	Anaconda, Black Mamba, Roland Burroughs, Death Adder, Ben Grimm, Hugh Jones, Living Laser, Wanda Maximoff, Walter Newell, Arthur Parks, Scarlet Witch, Tanya Sealy, Set, Sidewinder
15	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee

Plus 9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 2.00 USD; 2.75 CAD; barcode 07148601122495

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Atlantis Attacks Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4492-2	2011	On eBay ›
In Mortal Flesh ISBN 978-1-302-90698-6	2017	On eBay ›
Atlantis Attacks: The Original Epic #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-93031-8	2021	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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