Comic Book: Thor (1966 series)

Thor #176

May 1970
"Inferno!"
Script: Stan Lee
Loki suggests that he might kill Odin before he awakens and has Thor sent to Asgard's dungeon. The Warriors Three battle Loki's guard but ultimately cannot defy the Odinring and are similarly rounded up. Balder, who has avoided swearing fealty to Loki, sets his friends free. [...]

Thor #177

June 1970
"To End in Flames!"
Script: Stan Lee
Loki flees to Earth, but even there the weather is unnaturally hot and they can see a glow in the sky from Surtur's assault. Thor and the Warriors Three lead Asgard's armies against Surtur while Balder and Sif force Igron to reveal Odin's location. [...]

Thor #178

July 1970
"Death Is a Stranger"
Script: Stan Lee
With Surtur's defeat, all of Asgard celebrates, but Thor senses a new danger.On the Stranger's laboratory world, the Abomination accidentally activates the Stranger's space scanner, bringing Thor from Asgard. [...]

Thor #179

August 1970
"No More the Thunder God!"
Script: Stan Lee
As Asgard prepares the rebuild after Surtur's assault, on Earth, Loki has Igron prepare a mystical mask. Odin sends Thor to Earth to retrieve Loki. There, Thor becomes Don Blake. Seeing Thor's arrival and transformation, Loki "rewards" Igron by transporting him to the dungeons of the trolls. [...]

Thor #180

September 1970
"When Gods Go Mad!"
Script: Stan Lee
Loki wields Thor's power for his amusement, until Thor, Balder and Sif arrive to stop him. Odin witnesses the clash from Asgard and mistaking, Thor for Loki, transports him home to be punished. Odin refuses to hear Thor speak and sentences him to Hades. [...]

Thor #181

October 1970
"One God Must Fall!"
Script: Stan Lee
Sif and the Warriors Three battle Mephisto. Thor uses Loki's powers to redirect Sif's sword at a fiery dragon, enraging it so that it attacks him, melting the ice that imprisons him.At the United Nations, Loki declares all humans his slaves. Balder arrives to battle him. [...]

Thor #182

November 1970
"The Prisoner-- the Power-- and-- Dr. Doom!"
Script: Stan Lee
Thor sits on a rooftop brooding over how to regain the public’s trust after Loki’s wicked impersonation of him (last issue). He sees a protest in front of the Latverian Embassy turn into a riot. Rushing over there in the guise of Dr. [...]

Thor #183

December 1970
"Trapped in Doomsland"
Script: Stan Lee
In the skies over Latveria, Thor is targeted by a missile; the Thunder God knows that if he outflies it, the weapon will fall on the village below. Instead he hurls his hammer Mjolnir skyward, creating a suction which pulls the missile far into the stratosphere where it explodes harmlessly. [...]

Thor #184

January 1971
"The World Beyond!"
Script: Stan Lee
Thor arrives in Asgard to find fear overwhelming everyone. Odin shows Thor a void in space in the shape of a giant hand that comes from the World Beyond, eliminating stars and engulfing all life, then tells him the Odinsword has begun to move from its sheath. [...]

Thor #185

February 1971
"In the Grip of Infinity!"
Script: Stan Lee
Thor opens a portal to the World Beyond to follow Odin. In the fog-like dimension he battles the Guardian and learns that its master, who claimed Odin for its own, is called Infinity. When Thor speaks Infinity's name, Infinity strikes the Guardian down. [...]

Thor #186

March 1971
"Worlds at War!"
Script: Stan Lee
As Odin battles Infinity he sense Don Blake's distress and stalls the Guardian with a bolt of energy, giving Blake time to reunite with the arriving Mjolnir. [...]

Thor #187

April 1971
"The World is Lost!"
Script: Stan Lee
Thor evades the enthralled Odin and flees rather than battle his father. Infinity continues to consume planets while Earth's calamities worsen.In Asgard, the Odinsword continues to move from the sheath. Balder and Sif go to Karnilla for help, battling a band of Trolls along the way. [...]

Thor #188

May 1971
"The End of Infinity!"
Script: Stan Lee
The Universe stands at the verge of destruction. Giants, Trolls, and Demons attack Asgard. The Warriors Three battle them. On Earth, panic reigns. Thor, now realizing Infinity's true form, determines to fight to the end and prevent Infinity and Odin from merging. [...]

Thor #189

June 1971
"The Icy Touch of Death!"
Script: Stan Lee
Odin instructs Thor to return to Earth and hide from Hela as Don Blake. In her dimension, Hela muses that claiming Thor will humble Odin and "With Odin crushed by boundless grief, who will dare to stay my hand?" Loki appears to tell her that Thor has fled to Earth. [...]

Thor #190

July 1971
"--And So, To Die!"
Script: Stan Lee
As Thor awaits Hela's touch, Karnilla comes to Balder to tell him of Thor's fate. Balder and Karnilla warn Odin who causes bystanders to vanish making Thor think Hela has broken her agreement to spare other lives. He flees through time and space but cannot elude Hella who returns him to New York. [...]

Thor #191

August 1971
"A Time of Evil!"
Script: Stan Lee
Loki orders Odin to sleeep the Odinsleep. When Thor chides his father for complying, Odin magically robs Thor of his mouth but restores it soon after. After Odin departs, Thor attacks Loki who uses the Odin-Ring power to grow to great height and seize Sif. [...]

Thor #192

September 1971
"Conflagration!"
Script: Stan Lee
As Odin sleeps, Loki wears the “Odin Ring” and has taken control of Asgard with the aid of Karnilla.  He sent Durok the Demolisher—a silent, unstoppable killer of Loki’s own design—to wreak havoc on Earth, which Thor has gone to stop. [...]

Thor #193

November 1971
"What Power Unleashed?"
Script: Gerry Conway
As seen at the end of the previous issue, the Silver Surfer arrives on Earth in response to Balder’s emergency beacon. [...]

Thor #194

December 1971
"This Fatal Fury!"
Script: Gerry Conway
Wearing the powerful Odin-Ring, Loki has taken control of Asgard and now plans to take Sif as his bride!  He has separated Thor from Mjolnir, and turned his Storm Giant lackeys on the thunder god.  After sixty seconds in the grip of a giant, Thor transforms back into Donald Blake. [...]

Thor #195

January 1972
"In the Shadow of Mangog!"
Script: Gerry Conway
In typical Asgardian fashion, the gods hold a festival to celebrate the defeat of Loki (in Thor #194).  Thor and Sif speak romantically, while the Warriors Three enjoy so much wine that Fandral decides to demonstrate his dancing prowess to all present. [...]

Thor #196

February 1972
"Within the Realm of Kartag!"
Script: Gerry Conway
As Thor and the Warriors Three, guided by the troll Kygar, continue their quest for the Well at the Edge of the World, they are met by a beautiful woman who introduces herself as Satrina. [...]

Thor #197

March 1972
"The Well at the Edge of the World!"
Script: Gerry Conway
 Thor’s quest for the Well at the Edge of the World, now also referred to as the Twilight Well, has finally come to an end.  With the Warriors Three behind him, Thor ventures into the cave of Kartag, the keeper and protector of the well. [...]

Thor #198

April 1972
"--And Odin Dies!"
Script: Gerry Conway
 Picking up directly from the previous issue, Mangog holds the motionless Odin in his grasp, threatening to kill him immediately if Thor attacks.  Hogun, however, provides a distraction by attack Mangog from behind, allowing Thor to fly up and rescue Odin from Mangog’s clutches. [...]

Thor #199

May 1972
"If This Be Death..!"
Script: Gerry Conway
Now that Mangog has been defeated, Kartag, the gigantic keeper of the Twilight Well who had come to Asgard to help Thor, requests to be sent back to World’s End.  Thor sends him, but soon questions whether or not he was wise to send such a powerful warrior away at a time like this. [...]

Thor #200

June 1972
"Beware! If This Be... Ragnarok!"
Script: Stan Lee
Looking over the Twilight Well, the three Norns watch as Pluto raises his axe over a motionless Thor (as seen at the end of THOR #199).  The Norns know, however, that Thor is not fated to die on this day, and that his death will come as part of the momentous Ragnarok. [...]