Thor #197
(March 1972)

Marvel, 1966 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1971-11-30
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 1972 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Mangog Unleashed! (Table of Contents)

Thor / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Odin is dead, Thunder God - - and you shall be next to die!!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Mangog
Reprints

The Well at the Edge of the World! (Table of Contents: 1)

Thor / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
814-Z
First Line of Dialogue or Text
My lord Thor - - this be madness!
Feature Logo
The Mighty Thor!
Genre
superhero; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Thor; Warriors Three [Fandral; Hogun; Volstagg]; Odin; Sif; The Three Norn Fates [Klothos; Laecius; Atropos]; Hildegarde; Silas Grant (Introduction); Kartag; Mangog; Satrina; Loki; Hela
Synopsis
Thor and the Warriors Three battle Satrina and Kartag. They then befriend each other. Hildegarde and Sif battle together. The Mangog lays waste to Asgard. Thor and his new ally, Kartag, fight The Mangog. Odin’s efforts to save Asgard by transporting it to another dimension has weakened him to the point of death. Mangog prepares to deliver the death-blow.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First appearances of Silas Grant and the Twilight Well.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mangog Unleashed!
    Thor
  2. 1. The Well at the Edge of the World!
    Thor
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk