COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Thor 338 Signature
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1602042021
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Owner:
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Thorseface
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Thor no. 338: “A Fool and His Hammer”
Publication date: December 10, 1983
A Newsstand copy (like issue 337, there are many of these kicking around. Same for 339, btw).
Signed by Walt Simonson on 9/28/18.
Census: As of 6/20/23 there are 708 copies in 9.8 on the census (up by 114!), of which 58 are signed (up by 10). There are 67 Canadian 9.8s (up by 10), of which are 5 signed (no change).
Writer, penciler: Simonson
Letterer: Workman
Colorist: George Roussos
Favorite line and some thoughts:
“Let me begin. I am Odin, son of Bor, son of Buri, and lord of Asgard. This is my Son, Thor.”
-Odin, addressing Bill
This sort of formal attention to lineage (I’m not certain we’ve heard Odin articulate his full heritage so clearly before) is another sign that we are dealing with an Asgard that, for lack of a better adjective, is more medieval than any we have encountered in this book before. The journey to rocky Hlidskjalf, high above the clouds, remains one of my favorite moments in Walt’s legendary run. Another reminder that with Walt’s Thor we are dealing with Norse mythology in a more serious manner than we have before.
Along similar lines: the trade dress logo redesign. It's actually neither Walt's work nor Workman's. Walt enlisted the artist Alex Jay for this purpose. Jay writes about the process here: https://alphabettenthletter.blogspot.com/2011/09/anatomy-of-logo-mighty-thor-part-1.html
For some additional commentary on the logo, see Todd Klein's blog post: https://kleinletters.com/Blog/logo-study-thor-part-2/
Walt also revised the trade dress box. This image of Beta Ray Bill is (I think) taken from Thor no. 339, for which Walt must have already completed the pencils.
The cover, or course, is Walt's homage to the great Jack Kirby's cover for Thor no. 126 (1966). The quotation helps to establish Bill as Thor's equal in terms of raw power, just like Hercules.
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