Thor Vol 1 231

Thor Vol 1 #231
Previous Issue	Thor #230
Next Issue	Thor #232
Art by: Gil Kane and Frank Giacoia
Cover Date	January, 1975
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Marv Wolfman

1. "A Spectre From the Past!"
Writer(s)	Gerry Conway
Penciler(s)	John Buscema
Inker(s)	Dick Giordano
Colorist(s)	Petra Goldberg
Letterer(s)	John Costanza
Editor(s)	Roy Thomas

 Jane Foster, nurse. What room is she in? Tell me now woman, or by all that the Gods hold holy, thou wilt pay for delaying me! 

—Thor

Appearing in "A Spectre From the Past!"

Featured Characters:

•  Thor  (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

•  Hercules 
•  Sif 
•  Hildegarde 
•  Krista 
•  Jane Foster  (Main story and flashback)

Antagonists:

• Armak, The First Man (Only appearance)

Other Characters:

• NYPD
  •  Detective Sergeant Ralph Blumkenn 
• Odin (Only in flashback)
• The Unknown (Only in flashback)
• Don Blake (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
• Madame Cynthia, Medium and Advisor
•  Heimdall 
• Carwell family
  • Anne Carwell, widow of the late David Carwell
  • Anne's mother-in-law
• Midtown hospital staff

Locations:

• Asgard (Only in flashback)
  • City of Asgard (Only in flashback)
  • Bifrost (Only in flashback)
• New York City
  • Manhattan
    • Midtown Hospital
    • Lower West Side
      • Madame Cynthia's Séance Parlor
    • Times Square

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Sif's Sword
• Madame Cynthia's Crystal Ball

Synopsis for "A Spectre From the Past!"

Thor and Hercules return to the surface and fix the hole in the ground they created. After they are done, Blumkenn tells Thor that one of the people stopped from killing themselves has been asking for him - Jane Foster. Elsewhere, during a séance, the spirit of Armak is channeled into Arnold Nicolson. Back in a Midtown Hospital, Sif sees Thor with Jane Foster and realizes just how much he still loves her. The doctor tells Sif that there's not much hope, and that Jane has a week or two at the most. Sif returns to Asgard seeking Odin, only to find him gone. Thor flies off to fight Armak. They battle their way to the top of a skyscraper under construction, where Armak is knocked off and dies, transforming back to Arnold.

Notes

• The page sequence of this issue is out of sequence:
  • Page 27 should be Page 26
  • Page 30 should be Page 27
  • Page 26 should be Page 30

The printing error is noted in the letters page of Thor #236.

• Hercules legendary adventure in Marvel Team-Up #26 takes place during this issue and is noted by editor Roy Thomas

• Jane Foster last appeared as a supporting character in this series in Thor #136. Thor last encountered Jane in Thor #172.

• Hercules utters the profanity, "Peaks of Olympus!" when Thor takes off without word to him or the others.

• Sif tell Heimdall that he is her friend, apparently forgetting that he is her brother.

• "The Hammer Strikes" letters page includes letters from Steve Andrews, Danny C. Ng, Bob Bryan, and Jeff Westfall.

See Also

• 2 image(s) from Thor Vol 1 231
• 2 reprint(s) of Thor Vol 1 231

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