Appearances:  Ulik, Geirrodur, Fandral, Hogun, Volstagg, Silas Grant, Tana Nile

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Thor manages to gram Mjolnir before 60 seconds are up.  Meanwhile, Ulik and his army of trolls attack the surface.  Thor and the other earth-bound heroes try to stop them.  They manage to defeat them and send them back to their caves, but Fandral tells Thor that Balder has gone mad.

Thor #212                June 1973
"Journey To the Golden Star"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Don Perlin
Letters: D. Vladimer

Appearances: 

Fandral, Hogun, Balder, Hildegarde, Volstagg, Tana Nile, Silas Grant, Sssthgar, Odin

Significant Events:  1st appearance of Sssthgar

Synopsis:  Thor returns to Avengers Mansion to find Balder gone mad.  So he and the rest of his party, save Volstagg, return to Asgard to confront Odin.  They arrive in Asgard, only to find the Asgardians gone, and it overrun with lizardmen.  They tell Thor a tale of them being former slaves of the Vrellnexians, but after the Asgardians travel to the Golden Star and defeat them, the lizardmen turn on them.

Thor #213           July 1973
"The Demon Brigade!"

Writer:  Gerry Conway & Len Wein
Artist:  John Buscema & D. Perlin
Inker:  Vince Colletta
Letters:  C. Jetter

Appearances: 

Odin, Fandral, Hildegarde, Silas Grant, Hogun, Sssthgar, Tana Nile

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  The battle is great, but the Asgardians are defeated.  Thor awakens in a dungeon, and discovers that the food is drugged, keeping the rest of the Asgardians enthralled.  Thor breaks free, and frees Hildegarde and Tana Nile who have yet to be drugged.  They meet up with Gregor and his resistance and agree to help them overthrow Sssthgar and the Vrellnexians.  They destroy the drug factories and abandon Sssthgar to the former slaves of Golden Star, but not before he tells Thor that Sif was sold to some miners in the Dark Nebula

Thor #214           August 1973
"Into the Dark Nebula!"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  Sal Buscema
Inker:  Jim Mooney
Letters:  John Costanza

Appearances: 

Heimdall, Odin, Fandral, Hogun, Hildegarde, Tana Nile, Silas Grant, Kagg, Quellor, Rothgar, Mercurio, Sif, Karnilla

Significant Events:  1st appearance of Kagg, 1st appearance of Quellor, 1st appearance of Rothgar, 1st appearance of Xorr, the God-Jewel

Synopsis:  The Asgardians travel to the Dark Nebula, there they are attacked by the miners, who think that they are raiders coming to attack again.  Once they are defeated and realize who they are, they offer to help.  They begin to check with the Alterian miners who deal in slaves, when they are attacked by Mercurio and his army.  While they are fighting, the three miners surrender themselves to a gigantic jewel in their mine.  The jewel then erupts from the surface and Thor sees that Sif and Karnilla are trapped within the jewel.  The voice of the jewel tells them that if they come any closer, they will die.

Thor #215           September 1973
"The God in the Jewel"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Jim Mooney
Letters:  John Costanza

Appearances: 

Mercurio, Odin, Heimdall, Hogun, Hildegarde, Tana Nile, Fandral, Silas Grant, Sif, Karnilla, God-Jewel, Rothgar, Quellor, Kagg

Significant Events:  Origin of Xorr

Synopsis:  Xorr causes a vibration that knocks everyone out.  When they awake, they are deep underground.  Meanwhile, Xorr tells Sif and Karnilla his origin.  It then blasts off the asteroid, with the Asgardians and Mercurians in hot pursuit.  They board their vessel and defeat the miners, but when Thor goes to rescue Sif, he realizes he cannot free her from the jewel without killing her.

Thor #216           October 1973
"Where Chaos Rules!"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Jim Mooney
Letters:  John Costanza

Appearances: 

Hogun, Heimdall, Fandral, Mercurio, Hildegarde, Odin, Sif, Karnilla, Tana Nile, Colonizers, Silas Grant, Xorr (god-jewel), Volstagg, Balder

Significant Events:  death of Xorr

Synopsis:  Thor tells everyone to back off, and the Mercurians are driven off.  Back in Avengers Mansion on Earth, Balder has come to his senses, and he and Volstagg return to Asgard.  Back in space, Xorr has begun consuming a star, but it is too much and he explodes, and the Mercurians begin collecting the debris.

Thor #217            November 1973
"All Swords Against Them!"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Sal Buscema
Letters:   J. Costanza

Appearances: 

Odin, Sif, Fandral, Hogun, Heimdall, Hildegarde, Tana Nile, Krista, Volstagg, Balder, Igron, Silas Grant

Significant Events:  1st appearance of Krista, 1st appearance of the Black Stars

Synopsis:  The Asgardians return home, only to find imposters in their place.  As they battle, Thor knocks the false Heimdall from Bifrost, where he changes image to an unknown man, then vanishes.  Thor returns to Asgard, where he and Sif are trapped by the false Balder, who then reveals himself as Igron.  Balder comes from behind and knocks Igron out, and the spell fades, as does the false gods.  After the true Asgardians are revealed, Odin tells Thor about a menace that approaches from space.

Thor #218           December 1973
"Where Pass the Black Stars There Also Passes...Death!"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Jim Mooney
Letters:  Artie Simek

Appearances:  Tana Nile, Sif, Silas Grant, Balder, Odin, Vizier, Krista

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Odin has commanded that Thor go to Rigel, and with him shall go Balder, Sif, Tana Nile, and Silas Grant.  Meanwhile, Krista finds a glowing stone and seems to be possessed by it.  The Asgardians arrive on Rigel, only to find it abandoned.  The Colonizers have all fled before the arrival of the Black Stars.  Only the mutant class remains, and they attack.  The Asgardians defeat the mutants, and upon hearing their tale, take them all aboard their ship.  Just then, the Black Stars arrive, and destroy Rigel.  The Asgardians catch up to the Colonizer fleet where they learn the origin of the Black Stars.

Thor #219            January 1974
"A Galaxy Consumed!"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  M. Esposity
Letters:  L.P. Gregory

Appearances: 

Balder, Silas Grant, Tana Nile, Sif, Colonizers, Avalon, Hildegarde, Krista, Protector

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Thor and his group go to the Black Stars, where they are attacked by Avalon, who then tells Thor that he was just testing them, that his people are robotic slaves to the masters of the Black Stars..  They all begin to talk, when they are attacked by the Protector, but it is destroyed by Thor.  They then see the masters of the Black Stars, against which, Thor is microscopic.

Thor #220           February 1974
"Behold!  The Land of Doom!"

Writer:  Gerry Conway
Artist:  John Buscema
Inker:  Mike Esposito
Letters:  John Costanza

Appearances: 

Avalon, Kragonn, Sif, Balder, Dracus, Protector, Hildegarde, Odin, Vizier

Significant Events:  none

Synopsis:  Thor goes to attack Kragonn, but is swatted away easily.  Kragonn then orders Dracus to determine what is wrong, and he sends Exterminators.  The Exterminators are defeated, while the Rigellian outcasts eavesdrop on the giant masters of the Black Stars.  They learn that Rhun is the only living planet of the Black Stars, the other four have died off without Rhun's knowledge.  When the truth is revealed, the Caretakers are free to go.