It happened when I was a guest on a New York radio talk show, explains Stan Lee in the introduction to this volume recounting the earliest exploits of Thor, God of Thunder. The interviewer kept referring to our colorful costumed cavorters as our generation's new mythology. Then, when he asked what new creation we were preparing to unleash upon the defenseless reading public, it all came together! Enter the world of myth. Come up with a god!And so the Thunder God became a Marvel mainstay. Collected here in this high-end hard cover collection are Thor's first stories, pitting the Asgardian against the likes of the Stone Men from Saturn, The Tomorrow Man, the Carbon Copy Man, and Sandu, Master of the Supernatural. Also included are early installments of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's highly regarded recurring feature, Tales of Asgard, which visually captures the Norse gods with Wagnerian splendor. A must have for any true comic collector.