Thor by Lee & Kirby — Early Adventures
Stan Lee · Larry Lieber · Jack Kirby
Story era 01 · The Dawn of the Heroes
The Penguin Classics volume pairs early Thor stories with critical context for Lee and Kirby’s Silver Age mythology.
Setup & reading order
- After Thor #161
This selection ends here; it leaves out some of Lee and Kirby’s intervening issues.
Optional context & path
Path: Thor. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
The books
The Mighty Thor by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber
Book 1 of 1 · The Dawn of the Heroes
The curated Penguin volume establishes Thor, Loki, Asgard, and Kirby’s mature cosmic scale.
See reading checkpoints9780143138273Planned edition#83, #85, #114, #115, #116#128–133, #154–157, #159–161A curated selection of Lee and Kirby Thor stories, not the complete run.
Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication across this project
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- A selection of Lee and Kirby stories, rather than their complete run.