OUR STORY SO FAR: In the wake of Ragnarök, Thor Odinson has returned to Asgard, his ancestral home, to find the city in ruins and its inhabitants slain. He confronts Regn, a Dark Elf assassin who wields a curséd sword that can wound even the God of Thunder. As the conflict unfolds, Thor kills Drifa, Regn’s young daughter. He then invites Regn to stand beside him as a Legion of Firestarters, the burning warriors of Muspelheim and its lord, Surtr, launch a furious attack on Asgard, bent on killing Thor and reducing the ruins of the city and every living thing within it to ashes!
writer & artist
WALTER SIMONSON colorist
letterer
LAURA MARTIN
JOHN WORKMAN
editor
SCOTT DUNBIER
production
publisher
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TED ADAMS
ISSUE #8 COVER CHECKLIST: This issue in particular is for Geof Darrow, an artist who travels where no one else dares to tread, and who showed me the possibilities, even if I did have to use more words.
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Art by Walter Simonson Colors by Laura Martin
Art by Mike MIgnola Colors by Dave Stewart
Special Thanks to Lillian Laserson and Louise Simonson.
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RAGNARÖK #8, MARCH 2016. FIRST PRINTING. RAGNARÖK is ™ & © 2016 Walter Simonson. All Rights Reserved. © 2016 Idea and Design Works, LLC. IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Editorial offices: 2765 Truxtun Road, San Diego, CA 92106. Any similarities to persons living or dead are purely coincidental. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of Idea and Design Works, LLC. Printed in Korea. IDW Publishing does not read or accept unsolicited submissions of ideas, stories, or artwork.