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Comic Book: Thor (1966 series)

What This Book is About:
Thor's flagship title, establishing him as one of the greatest of Marvel's heroes. Cover title is The Mighty Thor. Begins at #126, continuing the numeration from Journey into Mystery.

Data Sheet:
Dates
Mar 1966 to Sep 1996
1966
N/A

Characters most frequently found in this comic book:
In order of appearances.

Thor
Thor

(Odinson)
Balder
Balder

(Balder the Brave)
Warriors Three
Warriors Three

(Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg)
Loki
Loki

(Loki Laufeyson)
Karnilla
Karnilla

(Norn Queen)
Thor #126
Thor #126

(Mar 1966)

Comics Index

Page: 14 of 16

Total Indexed Comics: 377

Comics sorted by date. Oldest shown first. Up to 25 comics per page. Page navigator at the bottom of the page.

Thor #451
4 stars

Thor #451

September 1992
"Beware the Bloodaxe"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Thor (Eric Masterson) stands before the newly awakened Odin and tells him that Thor Odinson is the prisoner of Mephisto. A nervous Odin summarily dismisses Thor and he plots with Karnilla to do away with Thor. [...]
Thor #452
4.5 stars

Thor #452

October 1992
"With This Axe, I Thee Kill!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Atop a ruined building, Thor battles the mad executioner Bloodaxe while Balder stands by to intervene. The two combatants have the usual conversation over whether the baddie is dispensing justice or just bloody murder. The battle is brutal, demolishing much property. [...]
Thor #453
4.5 stars

Thor #453

November 1992
"When Mephisto Commands...!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Thor (Eric Masterson) and Balder teleport into the Underworld where they are met by the savage Sif, who has given herself to Mephisto in hopes of claiming the Soul Shroud and freeing her beloved Thor Odinson. She appeals to the men to flee lest she hurt them as she is pledged to. [...]
Thor #454
4 stars

Thor #454

November 1992
"The Warriors Three Die At Dawn"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Odin has condemned the Warriors Three to die at dawn. Enchantress checks in on the healer who is ministering to the comatose Heimdall and plans to save the Warriors…. [...]
Thor #455
4 stars

Thor #455

December 1992
"Odin Unleashed--!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Loki, disguised as Odin, realizes that Mephisto has betrayed him, revealing his true identity to his enemies. Now he joins with Karnilla the Norn Queen to prepare for the coming of the heroes, namely… …Thor (Eric Masterson), the Lady Sif, and Balder the Brave. [...]
Thor #456
4.5 stars

Thor #456

December 1992
"The Choice and the Challenge!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
On a rooftop, Bloodaxe is battling the astral form of Doctor Strange when Susan Austin comes between them. [...]
Thor #457
4 stars

Thor #457

January 1993
"Final Gauntlet!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Eric Masterson returns to Asgard to endure the Gauntlet of the Grim Guardian; he is hooked up to a machine which is powered by Mjolnir. Sif questions Odin as to whether this is necessary and Balder wonders whether Sif is in love with Eric. Odin commands that it begin…. [...]
Thor #458
4.5 stars

Thor #458

January 1993
"To The Victor...!"
Script: Tom DeFalco
Eric Thor returns to Earth, uncertain over his new status as Thor’s permanent replacement on Earth. He changes back into Eric Masterson and goes to see his son Kevin. [...]
Thor #459
5 stars

Thor #459

February 1993
"What Price Victory?"
Script: Tom DeFalco
In Asgard, Eric Masterson Thor and Thor Odinson are fighting over the Lady Sif and much forest is being destroyed. [...]
Thor #460
4 stars

Thor #460

March 1993
"Fragments"
Script: Jim Starlin
Thor and his love Sif are relaxing in an Asgardian glade. She commiserates with his recent long 'imprisonment' within the mind of Eric Masterson (#432-457) when *he* was Thor, but now that all his troubles are over she expects they will be married. [...]
Thor #461
4 stars

Thor #461

April 1993
"Friends and Lovers"
Script: Jim Starlin
Thor has been unsettled in Asgard since he returned from Eric Masterson's mind (#457). Last issue Odin sent him out alone on a Viking spaceship to seek peace among the stars. But when he was underway he was joined by the mysterious new Valkyrie he met briefly in that issue. [...]
Thor #462
4 stars

Thor #462

May 1993
"Payments"
Script: Ron Marz
Ares, the Olympian God Of War, goes down to the River Styx and the boatman Charon ferries him across to the underworld Hades to answer a summons from its lord, his uncle Pluto. He knows that his father Zeus would not be pleased, but Pluto said it was urgent. [...]
Thor #463
4 stars

Thor #463

June 1993
"Devotions"
Script: Ron Marz
Last issue Thor saw off an attack by Ares and Pluto. Now in his anger he destroys the Olympian space-going barge they arrived in, but also the similar ship Odin sent him out on (in #460). For this is no ordinary anger. [...]
Thor #464
4 stars

Thor #464

July 1993
"Blessed Obedience"
Script: Ron Marz
Goddess recruited Thor to her Infinity Crusade last issue. Now she brings him to her cathedral on the planet Paradise Omega that she created in IC#1 on the far side of the Sun. [...]
Thor #465
4 stars

Thor #465

August 1993
"Holy Sacrifice"
Script: Ron Marz
The Super-Skrull is dismayed to find that the crew of his spaceship, and he understands the whole Skrull race, have been converted to peace and love by someone called the Goddess (in Infinity Crusade #3). So he bursts into flame and flies off into space to find her. [...]
Thor #466
4 stars

Thor #466

September 1993
"Odin's Tale"
Script: Ron Marz
This issue happens while Thor is fighting Drax The Destroyer in Warlock & Infinity Watch #21. Several full-page panels depicting the brutal fight are spread through the issue, to contrast with the mainly peace-loving attitude of the young Thor in Odin's story below. [...]
Thor #467
4 stars

Thor #467

October 1993
"Descent"
Script: Ron Marz
This issue begins with Thor seeing the Sun going nova and destroying him along with the rest of the Solar System. This happened at the end of Infinity Crusade #5, and for him personally at the end of Warlock & Infinity Watch #21 where he'd been fighting Drax The Destroyer. [...]
Thor #468
4 stars

Thor #468

November 1993
"Distant Thunder [Blood and Thunder Part One]"
Script: Ron Marz
In Asgard at night Balder finds Odin brooding alone, unable to sleep for concern over his long-absent son Thor. The Thunder God had been moody and quarrelsome after his release from banishment within the mind of Eric Masterson (#432-457). [...]
Thor #469
4 stars

Thor #469

December 1993
"Absolute Power [Blood and Thunder Part Five]"
Script: Ron Marz
Story continued from WARLOCK AND THE INFINITY WATCH #23.In Warlock Chronicles #6 Adam Warlock learned about mad Thor's rampage and got Pip The Troll to teleport them both to where he was about to kill Silver Surfer. [...]
Thor #470
4 stars

Thor #470

January 1994
"Ruins [Blood and Thunder Part Nine]"
Script: Ron Marz
Story continued from WARLOCK AND THE INFINITY WATCH #24.Thor has been suffering from a paranoid madness since #460 which manifested in an imaginary Dark Valkyrie who stoked his conspiracy theory. [...]
Thor #471
4 stars

Thor #471

February 1994
"Fathers and Sons [Blood and Thunder The End]"
Script: Ron Marz
Continued from WARLOCK & INFINITY WATCH #25.Thor has gone dangerously mad (since #460). Thanos has him restrained in a force box. [...]
Thor #472
4 stars

Thor #472

March 1994
"If Twilight Falls"
Script: Roy Thomas
Thor has a nightmare of Ragnarok and his final battle against the Midgard Serpent and he awakens with a cry. His friends have gathered around his bedside, concerned about his recent bout of madness; Thor assures them that the malady has passed. [...]
Thor #473
4 stars

Thor #473

April 1994
"New Gods For Old"
Script: Roy Thomas
Thor has happened upon a battle in a distressed area of New York City and intervened. The High Evolutionary resents his interference in this combat between his Godlings and his latest batch of New Men. Thor orders them to leave, H.E. [...]
Thor #474
4 stars

Thor #474

May 1994
"When Mountains Walked"
Script: Roy Thomas
Thor’s mind goes back to the epic days of old Asgard, times which will never be again…. Thor wrestles Volstagg while all those who witness the contest place bets on the outcome. Sif, Balder, and Fandral stand by. [...]
Thor #475
4 stars

Thor #475

June 1994
"Survival of the Fiercest"
Script: Roy Thomas
The High Evolutionary’s ship arrives at Mount Wundagore and Transian Special Forces troops try to take Thor and the Godpack (plus H.E.) prisoner. When the team balks, the soldiers open fire—but the Godpack are bulletproof and fight back. [...]