Comic Title: Brave and the Bold #3
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1955
On Sale Date: October 18, 1955 Copyright Date October 16, 1955
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1955
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Newsstand Date October 18, 1955
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V10 #8

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 32
Editor: Robert Kanigher

Title: "The Hammer of Thor"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Viking Prince (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Joe Kubert

Reprinted In:
Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told HC (1990)
Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told TPB (1992)
Viking Prince HC (2010)

Feature Character(s)

• Viking Prince (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #2; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Captain Olaf (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #2; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #4)
• Gunnda (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #2; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #4)
• Olaf's tribe (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #2; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #4)

Villain(s)

• Baron Thorvald (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #2; next appearance in Brave and the Bold #5)
• Sardluk (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #1; no further appearances)
• Thorvald's men (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The forces of Baron Thorvald capture Captain Olaf. Jon is given three days to surrender himself, or Thorvald will kill Olaf. Jon's first attempt to rescue Olaf using a direct approach fails. When he notices Thorvald's spy Sardluk, Jon prepares another ploy.

Jon pretends to find the Hammer of Thor which is capable of smashing anything. Sardluk takes the information back to Thorvald, who agrees to trade Olaf for the hammer. During the exchange, Thorvald betrays the agreement, but then learns the hammer is a fake.

Jon makes his escape, but his route is cut-off. Thorvald challenges Jon to single combat. When Jon gets the upper hand, Thorvald orders an archer to disarm his opponent. Thorvald then wields the hammer and prepares to strike Jon. A lightning bolt from the sky is attracted to the hammer and stuns Thorvald. Jon makes his escape with Olaf in the confusion that follows.