A key issue noted for First appearance of Athena. Thor Annual #8 was published by Marvel Comics on November 1, 1979, as part of a series that began in 1966. Roy Thomas and Stan Lee write, and art comes from Bob Layton, George Roussos and John Buscema. This 52-page issue features Thor, Loki, Ares, Athena and Hermes, among 24 characters cataloged on VerseDB.