Issue(s): Thor #336
Cover Date: Oct 83
Title: "Of gods and men / A distant music!"
Credits:
Alan Zelenetz - Writer
Herb Trimpe / Ernie Chan - Penciler
Herb Trimpe / Vincent Colletta - Inker
Mark Gruenwald - Editor

Review/plot:
Thor fights the ridiculous Captain Ultra, a very obscure character who first appeared as a joke in Fantastic Four #177.

It's not much of a fight.

But the real story is that Sif has decided she's sick of Earth and goes back to Asgard.

The issue is broken up into two stories. The first story takes place in Chicago and deals with the Ultraman fight. The second half is told in flashback, with Sif already back in Asgard.

She describes how she left Thor, after traveling with him to New York for the marriage of Jane Foster and Keith Kincaid.

I mention the city change because it's important to the placement of Marvel Graphic Novel #33, which takes place in New York.

Anyway... next issue starts the Walt Simonson run.

Quality Rating: C+

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: Marvel Graphic Novel #33 takes place during the second half of this issue.

References:

• A blurb at the end of the first story informs us of an upcoming graphic novel featuring Thor. That story doesn't end up getting published until Marvel Graphic Novel #33, in 1987, if indeed it's even the same story they're referring to.

Crossover: N/A

Continuity Insert? N

My Reprint: N/A