Appearances: 

Loki, Odin, Sif, Karnilla, Balder, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Durok the Demolisher

Significant Events:  1st appearance and origin of Durok the Demolisher

Synopsis:  Loki now wears the Ring Imperial, to which even Odin himself must yield.  Loki orders Odin to enter the Odinsleep, while he plays with Thor and the Warriors Three.  Loki then tells Karnilla to create  amn, far more powerful than Thor, to which Loki gives life.  He has created him for one reason - to destroy Thor, then he sends him to Earth.

Thor #192                September 1971
"Conflagration"

Writer:  Stan Lee
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Sam Grainger
Letters: Artie Simek

Appearances: 

Loki, Karnilla, Sif, Balder, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Durok, Silver Surfer

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Thor follows Durok to Earth, but discovers that he is stronger and faster than he is.  Meanwhile, Balder summons someone to help Thor - the Silver Surfer.

Thor #193                November 1971
"What Power Unleashed"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Sal Buscema
Letters: Artie Simek

Appearances: 

Balder, Karnilla, Silver Surfer, Durok the Demolisher, Sif, Loki, Heimdall

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  The Silver Surfer arrives to fight Durok while Thor returns to Asgard, to deal with Loki.  Silver Surfer is unprepared for his strength and is knocked out, while Durok smashes the Surfer's board.  Surfer restores it, and letting Durok grab ahold again, flies them both to the far future, where mankind has long since destroyed itself.  The Surfer leaves Durok there alone.  Back in Asgard, Thor must fight his way past Heimdall, then Storm Giants.  Loki then knocks Mjolnir out of Thor's hand, and in sixty seconds it will be Don Blake who has to fight the Giants.

Thor #194                December 1971
"This Fatal Fury"
Tales of Asgard - "The Golden Apples"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Sal Buscema
Letters: Artie Simek

Appearances: 

Loki, Sif, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Karnilla, Balder, Odin, Vizier
TOA - Iduna, Fenris, Haakun the Hunter

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Thor continues to fight on, but more and more pain starts to wrack the form of Loki, until he realizes that it is the ring.  He hurls it to the ground, only to be picked up by Odin.  Odin then hurls Loki away, and tells everyone that he knew the outcome, that none but Odin has the strength to wear the ring.  Unfortunately, in his haste, Odin hurled Loki someplace, where someone is buried that can destroy everything.

Thor #195                January 1972
"In the Shadow Of Mangog"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Vince Colletta
Letters: Artie Simek

Appearances: 

Sif, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Odin, Hildegarde, Whitemane, Khan, Bulwar, Rongor, Loki, Mangog

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Odin sends Thor and the Warriors Three in search of Kartag and the Twilight Well.  He then sends Sif and Hildegarde to Blackworld.  He then calls upon four warriors to fight the creature that Loki has released - Mangog, who is now breaking through the walls of Asgard.

Thor #196               February 1972
"Within the Realm of Kartag"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Vince Colletta
Letters: Jon Costa

Appearances: 

Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Satrina, Odin, Hela, Mangog, Hildegarde, Sif, Kartag

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  On Blackworld, Sif and Hildegarde come upon a town, and people in blind terror of someone that is coming.  They only refer to it as "he".  Meanwhile, Thor and the Warriors Three continue their quest for Kartag and the Twilight Well, only to be beset by his minions.

Thor #197           March 1972
"The Well at the Edge of the World!"

Writer:  Stan Lee
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Vince Colletta
Letters:   Artie Simek

Appearances: 

Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Kartag, Satrina, Norns, Sif, Hildegarde, Silas Grant, Mangog, Odin

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Thor is defeated by Kartag, but the Norns intervene, and grant Thor his request of water from the Twilight Well, and command Kartag to accompnay the Asgardians back to fight Mangog.  They arrive just in time, as Mangog is about to kill Odin.

Thor #198           April 1972
"...And Odin Dies!"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Vince Colletta
Letters:  Jon Costa

Appearances: 

Odin, Mangog, Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Vizier, Rongor, Bulwar, Whitemane, Silas Grant, Sif, Hildegarde, Tana Nile

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Odin defeats Mangog, but casting a spell that seperates him from the hate that feeds him, but the result is not only Mangog's demise, but Odin's as well, as he was not strong enough to keep going after casting such a strong spell.  Thor causes time to stand still around Odin so that when Asgard is returned to it's rightful dimension, Hela cannot claim him.

Thor #199                May 1972
"If This Be Death"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Vince Colletta
Letters: Sam Rosen

Appearances: 

Keeper, Vizier, Hela, Odin, Pluto, Tana Nile, Sif, Hildegarde, Silas Grant, Balder, Karnilla, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Ego-Prime

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Hela has come for the soul of Odin, but so has Pluto and his minions.  Hela fights at Thor's side for a time until she is force to flee.  Pluto then defeats Thor, and is poised to kill him.

Thor #200                June 1972
"Beware!  If This Be Ragnarok"

Writer:  Stan Lee
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  J. Verpoorten
Letters: Artie Simek

Appearances: 

Three Fates (Klothos, Laecius), Heimdall, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Balder, Odin, Loki, Volla, Jormungand (midgard serpent), Surtur

Significant Events:  story of Ragnarok

Synopsis:  The Norns see that Thor is about to die at the hand of Pluto, and recall that Thor is destined for another death.  They recall the tale of Ragnarok, and save Thor from Pluto and for his destiny.