Friday, January 29, 2010

Maps found in the glove compartment of Odin's '67 Chrysler Imperial

More images and maps of Asgard for you! Who sez this isn't the Awesome Age of Grand Geography from a Bombastic Bull?

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The first appearance of Asgard in Journey Into Mystery #85 (October 1962), script by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Dick Ayers, letters by Artie Simek



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The origin of Asgard, as told in Thor #294 (April 1980), script by Roy Thomas, breakdowns by Keith Pollard, finishes and inks by Chic Stone, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by Joe Rosen



"Asgard: Home of the Norse Gods" (from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe v1. #1, January 1983)
"Asgard: Home of the Norse Gods," from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe v.1 #1 (January 1983), art by Peter Gillis, letting by Tom Orzechowski
(click map to god-size)



"Asgard: The Nine Worlds" (from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1, December 1985)
"Asgard: The Nine Worlds," from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Deluxe Edition #1 (December 1985), art by Eliot R. Brown
(click map to tesseract-size)



"Asgard: The Continent"  (from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1, December 1985)
"Asgard: The Continent," from The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #1 (December 1985), art by Eliot R. Brown
(click map to Norn-size)



Thor #601
Cover art from Thor #601 (June 2009), art by Marko Djurdjevic



Not pictured: wherever the Sam Scratch this took place:

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"Thor and the False Immortal" (from Marvel Comics cover-dated November 1976), scripter unknown, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Jack Abel



1 comment:

Reg said...

I bet someone from the Bifrost Maintenance crew got fired over that first panel.