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| Thor: Blood Oath | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the 1st issue by artistScott Kolins. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | September – December 2005 |
| No. of issues | 6 |
| Main character(s) | Thor Warriors Three |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Michael Avon Oeming |
| Artist | Scott Kolins |
| Letterer | Dave Lanphear |
| Colorist | Wil Quintana |
| Editor(s) | Tom Brevoort Molly Lazer Joe Quesada Aubrey Sitterson |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | ISBN 0-7851-2274-5 |
Thor: Blood Oath is a 6-issuecomic booklimited series published byMarvel Comics in September to December2005 and is written byMichael Avon Oeming,[1] with art byScott Kolins.[2][3][4]
The series featuresThor and theWarriors Three, and is set inThor's early years afterJourney into Mystery Annual #1[5] but beforeJourney Into Mystery #125.[citation needed]
When first announced the series was calledThor: Tales of Asgard.[6]
After battling theAbsorbing Man and successfully defeating him,Thor travels toAsgard where he discovers theWarriors Three are on trial. They accidentally killed a giant who had shape-shifted into an aquatic beast and as punishment they were sentenced to retrieve several difficult items from various pantheons and return them to the father of the dead giant. These include magic apples from the branches of the Asgardian world tree,Yggdrasil, guarded by a giant eagle. The skin ofDionysus' magic pig from Olympus, guarded by Hercules. The spearSlaughter from the CelticTuatha De Danaan, guarded byChulain. The swordGrasscutter from the Japanese land of the dead guarded byMikaboshi. And finally they must shout their victory from a hill on top of the Egyptian temple ofToth guarded by his three sons.Thor volunteers to go with them, but is forced to not useMjolnir as a weapon.[7] As they get the items they meet many people includingHercules.[5][8]
The series was collected into asingle volume:Thor: Blood Oath (144 pages, hardcover, March 222006,ISBN 0-7851-2274-5, softcover, December 20,2006,ISBN 0-7851-1852-7)[9][10][11]
