Above is the original final caption box of THOR'S origin from JIM #83 before it was changed to how it saw print, below. (With Thor being misspelled THORR.) Interesting to see that perhaps Thor was intended as a try-out character to test reader reaction before launching him in a series. I say "perhaps" because this may just have been a gimmick to give readers the idea that they had a say in what was published. I'd imagine that it's more than likely the next few episodes were already lying in a drawer in Stan's office.
UPDATE: (See "Can anyone kindly explain this mystery to me?" post.)
For those who are interested, here's the inferior, relettered version from the first printing of the THOR MASTERWORKS volume, and subsequent reprintings up until the softcover release.
When I first saw the above abomination, I created a relettered version (by hand) with corrected spelling from the original printing - and sent to TOM BREVOORT for possible use in future printings, but unfortunately it was never used.
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