From bedroom wall to auction hall: rare Thor comic art goes on sale

Cover artwork for 1968 Marvel cover featuring Norse ‘superhero’ goes to auction after decades adorning domestic interior

A rare early image of the superhero incarnation of the Norse god Thor, which has hung on a bedroom wall for decades, is set to be auctioned later this week.

The illustration, the original artwork for the cover of the December 1968 issue of The Mighty Thor, was designed by Jack Kirby, the creator known as the “King” of comics for helping to invent characters from Captain America to the Fantastic Four, as well as Thor. It shows the Norse god and son of Odin in his winged helmet battling a giant, and will go up for auction on 24 June for an estimated price of £5,000 to £8,000.

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