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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: 8 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 #301
4 stars

Thor #301

November 1980
"For the Life of Asgard!"
Script:
Having revealed herself to be his mother, Mother Earth heals the wounded Thor in the Eternal city in the Andes. [...]
Thor #302
4 stars

Thor #302

December 1980
"The Shape of Things To Kill!"
Script:
The nine-day feast continuing from last issue shows Thor accepting a challenge from Tyr that he cannot lift a massive table with dozens of Asgardians seated atop it. Thor can and does and claims his bag of gold from the cheerful war-god. [...]
Thor #303
3 stars

Thor #303

January 1981
"The Miracle of Storms"
Script: Doug Moench
While flying over the city one night, Thor spies a man being beaten by a pair of thugs. The Thunder God chases the bad guys off and discovers the victim is the priest of the nearby church. Once inside, he tends to the man’s injuries as Dr. [...]
Thor #304
4 stars

Thor #304

February 1981
"Reckless!"
Script:
Flying over the city, Thor spies a cabbie running a light and nearly hitting an old woman in the crosswalk; the Thunder God pursues the cab and hoists it up to a roof where he lectures the driver on safety and takes him back to the scene of the crime to apologize to the lady. [...]
Thor #305
4 stars

Thor #305

March 1981
"Hark, the Herald Angel Lives!"
Script:
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Thor #306
4 stars

Thor #306

April 1981
"Fury of the Firelord!"
Script: Doug Moench
Firelord, former Herald of Galactus, now lives in Saudi Arabia where he is worshiped as a native deity. [...]
Thor #307
3 stars

Thor #307

May 1981
"Wings In the Night!"
Script:
Thor returns home from his nightly patrol to an emergency call from the clinic for Dr Donald Blake. In his human guise he hurries over there to discover a medical mystery: seven people, all strangers to each other, suddenly falling into a catatonic trance…. [...]
Thor #308
3 stars

Thor #308

June 1981
"The Snow Giant"
Script: Doug Moench
A record blizzard has hit New York City: it’s the work of Loki, banished to the remotest section of Asgard by Odin (last issue), trying to keep himself amused with an enchanted Crystal of Transference. Karnilla the Norn Queen visits with a proposal for an alliance to find the Plague Cask. [...]
Thor #309
3 stars

Thor #309

July 1981
"Beware the Bombardiers!"
Script: Bill Mantlo
A rocket car speeds through Manhattan, crashes into the Savoy Hotel then blasts the inside with cannon fire before flying off into the night. Survivors are taken to the Westside Medical Center where Dr. [...]
Thor #310
3.5 stars

Thor #310

August 1981
"The Maelstrom to Mephisto"
Script: Doug Moench
Thor, on his nightly patrol, comes across a band of muggers robbing a woman; he offers them the choice of giving the lady’s purse back or continuing in their life of crime and suffering the consequences. [...]
Thor #311
4 stars

Thor #311

September 1981
"Grief More Than a God May Bear"
Script: Doug Moench
While Thor is musing over his nature as both god and man, trouble is brewing elsewhere in the city. An African American youth, Jimmy Sayers, is accused of stealing from a store and pursued by the shopkeeper; the police arrive and corner Jimmy in an alley. [...]
Thor #312
4 stars

Thor #312

October 1981
"The Judgment of Tyr"
Script: Doug Moench
We open with Thor brooding over the impending review of Dr. Donald Blake’s performance on the Jimmy Sayers case (last issue)…. In Asgard, Lady Sif is bemoaning the absence of her beloved Thor; Tyr, God of War, shows up and offers to take Thor’s place in her affections; she declines. [...]
Thor #313
3 stars

Thor #313

November 1981
"Serpent From the Heavens"
Script: Doug Moench
Thor returns to Asgard with the captive Tyr in tow, demanding to know what is going on. The two argue about who was at fault so Odin settles the matter by calling a convocation of the gods to decide whether Thor may reside in Midgard…. [...]
Thor #314
4 stars

Thor #314

December 1981
"Acts of Destruction"
Script: Doug Moench
Dr. Donald Blake wallows in self-pity, having lost his job at the clinic (last issue); he receives a call from Dr Shawna Lynde inviting him to a surgery seminar the next month and he agrees to come. He continues moping…. [...]
Thor #315
4 stars

Thor #315

January 1982
"The Thunder God and the Bi-Beast"
Script: Doug Moench
Dr. Donald Blake has been hired by Tony Stark as ship’s doctor on his new advanced cargo freighter on its maiden voyage. While Don is moping, an insect-shaped undersea craft surfaces and attacks the freighter. [...]
Thor #316
3 stars

Thor #316

February 1982
"Of Beasts and Things..."
Script: Doug Moench
Iron Man arrives at the landing site of the flying city and is filled in on the backstory (last issue). He inspects the largely intact Stark freighter and has a word with Thor. A chained-up Bi-Beast is brought by, carried by a number of police officers. [...]
Thor #317
4 stars

Thor #317

March 1982
"Chaos At Canaveral"
Script: Doug Moench
Their battle against Bi-Beast and Man-Beast over (or so they think), Iron Man takes Thor to see the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral and the Thunder God is impressed. Thor turns back into Dr. Donald Blake and Shellhead arranges for him to take the tour accompanied by Diane LaMarr…. [...]
Thor #318
3 stars

Thor #318

April 1982
"A Kingdom Lost"
Script: Doug Moench
In Asgard, Loki overhears an old storyteller singing the praises of Thor to a group of children but when the old man boasts of Thor’s constant victories over Loki, the God of Evil gets mad and conceives a new plan against his hated brother. [...]
Thor #319
4 stars

Thor #319

May 1982
"The Zaniac Craves Blood!"
Script: Doug Moench
Thor flies around Chicago getting a feel for the city before changing back into Dr. Donald Blake. He addresses the surgical seminar on the fine line between holding the patient’s confidence and admitting to one’s mistakes. He goes to dinner with Dr. [...]
Thor #320
4 stars

Thor #320

June 1982
"Blake's Menagerie"
Script: Doug Moench
In Asgard, Odin watches as two small armies fight, pondering how to decide which one has the just cause. Further complication: one side is the army of Queen Jolena, Odin’s former lover…. Dr Donald Blake attends a Viking exhibit at a local museum with Dr. Shawna Lynde. [...]
Thor #321
4 stars

Thor #321

July 1982
"Magick's Menace"
Script: Doug Moench
Thor is in Chicago where the five members of the Menagerie of Rimthursar have been freed and the Thunder God suspects Loki is behind it all. [...]
Thor #322
2.5 stars

Thor #322

August 1982
"The Wrath and the Power!"
Script: Doug Moench
The Menagerie of Rimthursar are rejoicing that they may stay on Earth but Thor convinces them to free their mortal hosts and go back to their normal lives. The police arrive and, as usual, the Menagerie threatens to create chaos so Thor takes them all to Asgard…. [...]
Thor #323
4 stars

Thor #323

September 1982
"...Comes a Dark Stranger!"
Script: Steven Grant
Thor, Loki, and the Warriors Three are caught in a sudden thunderstorm; the God of Thunder decides there is little glory in merely stopping the storm so he chops down a mighty tree and carves a shelter out of the middle of the trunk where they can wait for the storm to end. [...]
Thor #324
4 stars

Thor #324

October 1982
"Gravitation"
Script: Doug Moench
On a visit to Avengers Mansion, Thor is working out and starts talking to Wasp. Thor changes into Donald Blake and he and Jan have a nice chat lasting several hours. Meanwhile downtown, reality begins to warp and Graviton arrives, having escaped the dimension he was trapped in. [...]
Thor #325
3.5 stars

Thor #325

November 1982
"A Deal With Darkoth"
Script: Doug Moench
Mephisto still holds a grudge against Thor so he looks in on the life of Dr Donald Blake to seek out a weakness. Don is counseling his patient Brenda Barclay who has just learned she cannot bear children and he offers her the position of receptionist for his practice. [...]