May 1973 |
Thor retrieves his hammer and discovers that the Ulik and the trolls have already begun their assault on the surface world. Thor makes his way to the surface and defeats Ulik. The trolls retreat to their subterranean world. Thor learns of Balder's madness. |
June 1973 |
Thor and company defy their exile and return to Asgard. They find Asgard inhabited by humanoid lizards and learn from them the fate of Asgard. The lizards were attacked on their home planet and taken captive by insect creatures that enslaved them. The insect creatures did the same to Asgard and took the inhabitants of Asgard to the Golden Star. Thor and company join the lizards and travel to the Golden Star. They free Odin from the insect creatures, but the lizards have tricked them and want to use them as slaves. |
July 1973 |
Thor and his companions battle valiantly against the legions of alien lizards, but are defeated. They eventually free themselves and band together with an underground slave resistance to destroy the alien lizards' drug factories which kept the planet's population in order. Thor defeats their leader, Sssthgar, and learns that Sif and Karnilla have been sold to miners of the Dark Nebular. |
August 1973 |
Thor and his companions enter the Dark Nebula in search of Sif and Karnilla. They are attacked by miners who mistake them for raiders. After a brief battle, they clear up the misunderstanding, but they are attacked by Mercurio the Fourth Dimensional Man. He and his forces have their sights set on the power that lies deep within the miners' planet. The powers source is a massive living diamond with Sif and Karnilla as its prisoners. |
September 1973 |
Thor and his companions are helpless as long as Sif and Karnilla are the Jewel's prisoners. They're forced deep into the asteroid and expected to mine it. However, Thor and Mercurio strike an uneasy alliance and they escape only to discover that the Jewel and its prisoners have left the asteroid. Thor, Mercurio and company board the Starjammer in pursuit. They attack the Jewel, but unfortunately, the Jewel God has awoken. |
October 1973 |
Thor successful defends Xorr from Mercurio, with Sif and Karnilla trapped his alien body. Xorr begins to devour a solar system and Mercurio attacks to gain Xorr's body in hopes of using it to save his home world. They battle but decide to work together. The star goes nova destroying Xorr, and Mercurio collects enough fragments of Xorr's body to save his world. |
November 1973 |
Thor and his fellows Asgardians return to Asgard and expect a celebration, but are welcomed by impostors. A battle ensues and Thor discovers that it is Igron the sorcerer who has seized control of Asgard in their absence. Balder defeats Igron, and the impostors fade away and order is restored to Asgard. |
December 1973 |
Odin dispatches Thor and his companions to Rigel only to discover that the Colonizers have fled their homeworld. Rigel is destroyed by the Black Stars. Thor rejoins the Colonizers and begins to prepare their defenses against the oncoming attack of the Black Stars.. |
January 1974 |
Thor and his companions travel to the Black Stars and are "welcomed" by a powerful robot who calls himself Avalon. Avalon and his robot race are the slaves of the Masters of the Black Stars and they desire to be free. Together they make their way to one of the Black Stars and are attacked by the Protector. Fortunately, Thor triumphs over the Protector and they continue their journey to the Black Star. |
February 1974 |
Thor and company finally reach the world of the Masters of the Black Star and learn that they are giants, and that their presence goes unnoticed. They defeat the Exterminators, the Masters' robot guardians, and they rally the Knights of the Inner Realm against the Masters. The Masters decide to let the Inner Realm leave in peace and stop their expansion. |