Essential Thor TPB (2001-2013 Marvel) 1st Edition comic books

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Thor [Journey Into Mystery] (1962-1996 1st Series) #83-112 and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #7. Soaring from the pages of Journey Into Mystery, the adventures of Thor were unlike anything comic book readers had seen before. Here was the longhaired, hammer-wielding god and his family and friends from legendary Asgard. Here were Frost Giants, dragons and Loki the trickster. Here was a host of villains that typified the over-the-top sensationalism of the day, such as the Carbon Copy Man, the Tomorrow Man and Sandu, Master of the Supernatural! Here were bonus 'Tales of Asgard,' which retold Norse myths in the Mighty Marvel Manner. Softcover, 528 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. Collects Thor [Journey Into Mystery] (1962-1996 1st Series) #83-112 and Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #7. Soaring from the pages of Journey Into Mystery, the adventures of Thor were unlike anything comic book readers had seen before. Here was the longhaired, hammer-wielding god and his family and friends from legendary Asgard. Here were Frost Giants, dragons and Loki the trickster. Here was a host of villains that typified the over-the-top sensationalism of the day, such as the Carbon Copy Man, the Tomorrow Man and Sandu, Master of the Supernatural! Here were bonus 'Tales of Asgard,' which retold Norse myths in the Mighty Marvel Manner. Softcover, 528 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

1st Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Thor 1962-1996 1st Series) #113-136 and Annual #1-2. Written by STAN LEE. Art and cover by JACK KIRBY. Witness classic cosmic clashes between the God of Thunder and his evil stepbrother, Loki; the Absorbing Man, the Destroyer; and more of his most fearsome foes! Plus: Thor's first journey into the Black Galaxy and a reporter's firsthand account of Asgard! Guest-starring the Avengers and featuring the first appearance of Hercules! Softcover, 584 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

1st Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Thor 1962-1996 1st Series) #137-166. Written by STAN LEE. Penciled by JACK KIRBY. Cover by JACK KIRBY - Trolls, giants, aliens and clowns await in the third thunderous anthology of Thor! The Mighty One faces a god of death! A living planet! Ragnarok itself and...a jail term!? Kang the Conqueror, the Super-Skrull and more! Featuring the first appearance of the scintillating Sif! Plus: the origin of that perennial perilous party crasher, the Wrecker! Guest-starring Adam Warlock and Galactus! 616 pages, softcover. B&W. Cover price $16.99.

1st Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #167-195. Written by STAN LEE & GERRY CONWAY Penciled by JACK KIRBY, NEAL ADAMS and JOHN BUSCEMA. Cover by JACK KIRBY. 'The Fall of Asgard!' 'The End of Eternity!' 'A Time of Evil!' If it's not one thing, it's another - but everyone's favorite thunder god is on top of it all...even when he's inhabiting his evil foster brother's body! Trouble comes from all directions with cosmic clashes against Galactus and the Stranger; demonic doings from Surtur and Mephisto; and Dr. Doom, the Wrecker and Mangog picking up the slack! Plus: giants, trolls, demons, robots and more! Softcover, 600 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

1st Edition - Volume 5 - 1st printing. Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #196-220. Written by GERRY CONWAY and LEN WEIN. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, DON PERLIN and JIM MOONEY. Cover by JOHN BUSCEMA. Thor, God of Thunder, wields Mjolnir across the nine worlds to save lives and thwart those who would imperil the Earth - the Absorbing Man, Demon Druid and Mercurio the 4th-Dimensional Man - and the greatest threats the universe has ever known: Mephisto; Xorr the God-Jewel; Ego the Living Planet; and Surtur, the Fire-Demon! Also featuring Asgardian favorites the Warriors Three, Balder, Heimdall, Odin and Sif! Softcover, 528 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

1st Edition - Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #221-247. Written by GERRY CONWAY and LEN WEIN. Art by JOHN BUSCEMA, DON PERLIN and JIM MOONEY. Cover by Gil kane. One of the richest periods in the history of Marvel's resident Thunder God comes your way in this grand collection of space-spanning sagas and time-travel tales! Thrill to Thor's descent into Pluto's dark realm, the first appearance of Firelord, Galactus' battle with Ego the Living Planet, Loki's invasion of Earth, the search for an errant Odin and a trip into the end of time courtesy of Zarrko the Tomorrow Man! Guest starring Hercules and the Olympians, the Egyptian pantheon, the Warriors Three, the Avengers, Ulik the Rock Troll, the Absorbing Man, and more! Softcover, 528 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

1st Edition - Volume 7 - 1st printing. Collects Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #248-271, and Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) Annual #5-6. Written by Len Wein, David Anthony Kraft, Steve Englehart and Roger Stern. Art by John Buscema, Pablo Marcos, Tony DeZuniga, Walt Simonson, Sal Buscema and Klaus Janson. Cover by John Buscema. Get ready for the most exciting Thor epics yet - from scintillating '70s space operas to today's most popular Hollywood heroes! High fantasy abounds when Thor and his Silver Screen sidekicks, Sif and the Warriors Three, go a-questing to save Asgard and rescue All-Father Odin! Watch as Thor takes on two technological terrors with a little help from Iron Man and the billion-dollar, blockbusting Avengers! Journey into the mythic past as Thor battles Hercules, the Prince of Power! And then make the jump to light speed as the Thunder God teams up with the soon-to-be Marvel movie mega-stars the Guardians of the Galaxy! Guest-starring matinee idols Tony Stark, Nick Fury and the ever-loving Loki! All this and Trogg, too! Softcover, 504 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.