Publishers / Marvel / Thor Annual (1966) / #15
151990
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Thor Annual #15

Marvel · 1990 · on sale 1990

First appearance: JorroFirst appearance: Thermal Man1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Thor Annual (Marvel, 1966 series)
Issue
#15
Publication date
1990
Key date
1990-00-00
On-sale date
1990
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$2.00; 2.50 CAD
Pages
68
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Terminus Factor Part Three of Five - The Return of the Original Terminus!cover1pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Mark McKennaThor Odinson, Terminus, Thor
1-table of contents1script: Ralph Macchio
2...Can Terminus Be Far Behind?comic story25script: Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas; pencils: Herb Trimpe; inks: Mark McKenna; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: Jean IzzoHercules, Iron Man, Jorro First, Machine Man, Thor Odinson, Reed Richards, Aaron Stack, Tony Stark, Terminus, Thor
3Media Watchcomic story5script: Gary Barnum; pencils: Richard Bennett; inks: Richard Bennett; colors: Christie Scheele; letters: John MorelliHercules, Thor Odinson, Terminus, Thor
4The Return of the Thermal Mancomic story22script: Randall Frenz; pencils: Gary Hartle; inks: Mike DeCarlo; colors: Nel Yomtov; letters: Diana AlbersBalder, Fandral, Grand Vizier, Hogun, Odin, Thor Odinson, Thermal Man First, Thor, Volstagg
5-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
6Ulik Pin-Upillustration1pencils: Mike Mignola; inks: Mike MignolaUlik
7Loki Pin-Upillustration1pencils: Charles Vess; inks: Charles VessLoki

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07148601122405

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The Black Galaxy
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Series context

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Sources

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