Thor #194
(December 1971)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except January, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-08-31
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:

This Fatal Fury! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (word balloons); Morrie Kuramoto (captions)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Loki! I say thee nay! Thou shalt ne’er we’d the fair Sif - -
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Sif; Loki
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (19 December 2006).
Cover letters credit from Haydn via the GCD Error list (4 February 2019).

This Fatal Fury! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway (credited)
Pencils
John Buscema (credited)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

Job Number
746-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Loki hath the Odin-ring!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Loki; Sif; Balder; Karnilla; Don Blake; Storm Giants; Warriors Three [Hogun; Fandral; Volstagg]; Trolls; Odin; Odin's Vizier
Synopsis
Loki rules Asgard. Thor is sentenced to death. He escapes his captors by transforming into Dr. Blake. He becomes Thor again and rescues Sif from becoming Loki’s bride. The Warriors Three wake Odin from the Odinsleep. The Odin-ring begins to take its toll on Loki’s well-being and he discards it. Odin appears and claims the ring. Odin banishes Loki and reclaims the throne, but, in his haste, it seems that Loki was mistakenly exiled to World’s End, a place from which he can engineer the destruction of the universe!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearance of the Cosmic Well.

The Golden Apples! (Table of Contents: 2)

Tales of Asgard / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited as Vince Coletta)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I give thee greetings, lovely goddess Iduna!
Feature Logo
Tales of Asgard Home of the Mighty Norse Gods!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Iduna (Introduction); Haakun the Hunter (Introduction); Fenris the Wolf God (Introduction)
Synopsis
The goddess Iduna is taking some golden apples to Odin as a gift. She is menaced by Fenris Wolf who is eventually driven away by Haakun the Hunter.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Asgardian version of Little Red Riding Hood. First appearance of the land of Varinheim.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

The Hammer Strikes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Bruce Schennum, and Dan Gheno; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. This Fatal Fury!
    Thor
  2. 1. This Fatal Fury!
    Thor
  3. 2. The Golden Apples!
    Tales of Asgard
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    The Hammer Strikes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk