Thor No. 339

Thor #339 Date: January 1984 Publisher: Marvel Comics Group Cover Price: 60¢ 2013 NM Price: $6.00 Stats: 22 color pages plus ads, Bullpen Bulletins and "Page O'Thor Stuff" Story & Art: Walter Simonson Other Artists: John Workman, Jr., George Roussos Notable Notes: Odin forges a new hammer! A New Hammer? When I was little I would carry around my dad's hammer and pretend that I was Thor. I loved the whole idea of Mjolnir, especially how no one else could lift it - even the Hulk! Anyway, I consider Thor's hammer to be one of his most defining characteristics, and so I find this issue to be very intriguing - seeing as how Odin crafts a new hammer which is very similar to Mjolnir! Synopsis: Thor #338 ended with Beta Ray Bill besting Thor in combat - gasp! So this issue begins as the 2 of them return to a stunned crowd in Asgard, where both warriors are so worn out that Odin commands that they both be taken to the royal House of Healing. While recuperating Bill tells Odin that he feels…