Price history & market evidence
PriceCharting guide history
Dated guide estimates for this edition, separate from completed sales.
1 dated observation—one point does not establish a trend. Last recorded 2026-10-06. Source record #2394558
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $20.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| 6.0 | $25.51 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| 8.0 | $35.08 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| 9.2 | $46.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| 9.4 | $68.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| 9.6 | $439.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| 9.8 | $399.01 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| RAW | $6.99 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| 10.0 | $519.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1974-04-01 |
| 9.8 | $14.50 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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The table includes 9 guide observations and 1 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 113 graded copies for Thor #222 (1974). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Before the Gates of Hell!
Thor) and Hercules) are having an arm wrestling match to determine who will face Pluto), when Zeus) interrupts and tells them to fight together. They travel together to the gates of Hades) and are attacked by Pluto's minions. They defeat the minions, then go to visit Chaga), to learn who it is that's against them. She tells them that it's Pluto and Ares). They fly to the gates of Hell and there meet Ares, whose power has been increased by Pluto. They manage to defeat him and then they enter Hell.
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| Notes = * This issue contains a letters page, **The Hammer Strikes**. Letters are published from *Del S.,* and *Steve Jetta*. The letters page also contains a Series "A" Marvel Value Stamps Vol 1 41 Gladiator).
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Creative credits
Writers: Gerry Conway
Interior art: John Buscema
Color: Petra Goldberg
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
COMICBASE: comicbase:1095714
GCD: 27334
PANEL PROFITS: 2394558