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Issue Details

Issue #185
Published February 1971
Frequency monthly except January, semi-monthly
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details - "Infinity!"

Characters Thor; The Silent One; Infinity
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Buscema
Inks John Verpoorten
Notes Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (19 December 2006)
Reprinted in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 [black & white]

19 page Thor story "In the Grip of Infinity!"

Characters Thor; The Guardian (Introduction); The Silent One; Infinity; Odin; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Odin's Vizier; Sif; Heimdall; Dr. Brunner; Cosgrove; Don Blake; Loki (flashback)
Synopsis Thor travels to the World Beyond to find out what happened to Odin. Meanwhile, Infinity and Odin battle while Infinity destroys chunks of the Universe.
Genre Superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils John Buscema
Inks Sam Grainger
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Pages 12 and 13 of each story were only half pages (per Michel Faber, June 10, 2006). First appearance of The Guardian.
Reprinted in Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 [black & white]

Half page Mighty Marvel Checklist promo (ad from the publisher)

Letters typeset

1 page Bullpen Bulletins promo (ad from the publisher)

Script Stan Lee; ?
Letters typeset

2 page The Hammer Strikes letters page

Letters typeset
Notes Letter page with 3 illustrations.