Appearing in "Thunder in the Netherworld!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Pluto
- Cerberus (First appearance)
- Tana Nile
- Legion of the Netherworld
- Crusher (First appearance)
- Numerous unnamed members
Other Characters:
Races and Species:
- Asgardians
- Olympians
- Hellhounds
- Rigellians
- Humans
- Human-Olympian Hybrids
- Horses (Referenced)
Realities:
Locations:
- Olympus
- Hades
- Earthspace
- Asgard (Mentioned)
- City of Asgard (Mentioned)
- Rainbow Bridge (Mentioned)
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Cosmic Cannon
Synopsis for "Thunder in the Netherworld!"
Continued from last issue...
Thor has been transported to Olympus to fight on the behalf of Hercules, who has been caught in an Olympian Pact to take over rule of Hades from Pluto. Accepting the challenge, Pluto transports the Thunder God to Hades where he is to fight Pluto's hordes and prevent Pluto himself from crowning Hercules with the Crown of Hades, which would consummate their pact. Travelling through Hades, Thor is confronted with the first of many battles: With the being known as Cerberus. This a battle easily won by Thor who manages to over power the giant.
While on Earth, Jane Foster worries about Thor and fears the worst. When her roommate Tana Nile hears of her situation, she suddenly is able to hypnotize Jane and commands her to go on a long journey and not return.
Back in Hades, Hercules is brought before Pluto who is about to crown the Prince of Power with the Crown of Hades when Thor suddenly bursts in to stop the ceremony. When Hercules breaks free and tries to aid, he is struck down by Zeus who orders Hercules to let his chosen champion determine his fate. Thor battles Pluto's forces, defeating every obstacle in his way until he is caught in a Turbulence Chamber which threatens to destroy him.
Meanwhile on Earth, still under Tana Nile's control, Jane packs her things and leaves New York City. This prompts Tana, who is really an alien invader to begin her preparations for an Earth invasion. Back in Hades, Thor withstands the Turbulence Chamber and manages to break free. He continues fighting Pluto's warriors, including the super strong Crusher. Thor keeps up the fight through these armies, causing massive damages to the realm. Seeing the destruction of the empire that he took centuries to build up, Pluto calls an end to the combat and agrees to cancel the Pact that Hercules signed. Witnessing Pluto tearing up the contract causes Hercules to rejoice a little too much and he almost causes the room to fall on their head.
When Hercules is about to start a fight with Pluto, Thor stops him and convinces the Prince of Power that to battle Pluto would be to act as a weaker man. Hercules thanks Thor for his aid, and the two Gods leave Hades as comrades.Appearing in "They Strike from Space!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Ares
- Various Rigellians (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Jane Foster's neighbor
Locations:
- Asgard
- Olympia
- New York City
- Rigel-3 (First appearance)
- Earth-66381
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Warlock's Eye (First appearance)
- Colonizing Master Computer
- Proton Coagulant Ray (First appearance)
- Wrist Computoscope (First appearance)
- Gravity Nullifier (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- Rigellian Spacecraft
- Space Lock (First appearance)
Synopsis for "They Strike from Space!"
Following their battle against Pluto in Hades, Thor and Hercules return to Olympus, where a joyous Hercules announces that he broke his Pact with Pluto to rule Hades in the Death God's place, much to the chagrin of Ares. Thor leaves Hercules to return to Earth so that he may be reunited with Jane Foster. What Thor doesn't know is that Jane Foster, under the hypnotic suggestion of her roommate Tana Nile, is leaving New York City to points unknown so that she does not get in the way of Tana's plans for Thor.
Tana Nile changes into her true form, that of a member of the alien Rigellian race, who plan on attempting to colonize the Earth. Now in her true form, Tana calls in her Colonizer Commander to claim full rights of the planet Earth. She tries to refuse the colonizer ship to come to Earth an inspect the planet because she fears a battle will occur, however the colonizers disagree, believing that other than their feared threat from the Black Galaxy, they are invincible to any other foes.
Thor meanwhile, arrives on Asgard to ask his father if he would be allowed to marry Jane Foster, willing to forsake his own godhood in order to do so. To Thor's surprise, Odin finally concedes and will allow for Thor to marry Jane, and still remain the God of Thunder. Filled with joy, Thor rushes to Earth, however when he goes to Jane Foster's apartment he is attacked by Rigeillian Colonizers led by Tana Nile. Tana explains that they have laid claim to the Earth and intend to colonize the planet. When Thor tries to strike, Tana Nile uses her vast mental powers to subdue him, however Thor attempts to resist. As he is being subdued, Tana Nile explains how they intend on taking over the Earth by threatening to use a device called a Space Lock to move the Earth closer or farther from the sun, and wiping out the human race with the extreme environmental changes.
Thor continues to resist, and the Colonizers are forced to use a "Proton Coagulant Ray", encasing the Thunder God in a block of solidified protons. They decide that since with the exception of the entity in the Black Galaxy, Thor is the only one able to resist their mind probes the Colonizers decide to take Thor back to their ship for examination. Before going they give Tana Nile a wrist-control device for the Space Lock and give her complete colonization rights to the Earth.
The Colonizers load Thor up into their ship and leave the Earth, however Thor manages to break free of the proton cube he's been sealed in. As the ship flies into space, Tana Nile activate the Space Lock device and encases the Earth in its energy. Thor meanwhile, confronts the Colonizers in the ship and find that they have strength that matches his own. However, Thor manages to best them in battle, easily knocking them out.
With the Colonizers on the ship knocked out, Thor decides to allow the ship to continue its course to the planet Rigel, so that he may stop the Rigellians from taking over the Earth.
This story is continued next issue....Appearing in "Rigel - Where Gods May Fear to Tread!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Recorder 211 (First appearance)
- Jane Foster
- Sir Porga (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Rigellians
- Tana Nile
- Grand Commissioner (First appearance)
- Indestructible (First appearance)
- Ego, the living planet (First appearance)
Realities:
Locations:
- Rigel-3
- New York City
- Black Galaxy (First appearance)
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Matter Transmitter (First appearance)
- Wrist Computoscope
Vehicles:
- Rigellian Space Cruiser (First appearance)
- Sky-Station (First appearance)
- Space Lock
Synopsis for "Rigel - Where Gods May Fear to Tread!"
Continued from last issue:
Rocketing towards the planet Rigel in a Rigellian ship, Thor hopes to stop the Rigellian colonization of Earth. He is intercepted by a Rigellian Sky-Station, which demands he identify himself. Thor demands that they release their Space Lock on the Earth. Instead, the Rigellians aboard the Sky-Station board his ship instead. The aliens rely on their superior forcefield technology to try and stop Thor, but he easily them in battle with his hammer. He then forces this crew to take him the rest of the way to Rigel.
While on Earth, the Rigellian colonizer Tana Nile uses her vast mental powers to get a police escort to the United Nations building.
Back on the planet Rigel, the Rigellian colonizers send a robot Indestructible to deal with Thor. The robot blasts its way aboard his ship and engages in battle against the Thunder God. As the fight rages, Thor turns its own disintegration device on itself, deactivating it. Thor demands the vessel go farther when the ship is struck from a bolt of energy from the Black Galaxy, destroying part of their vessel.
When the Rigellian colonization controller learns of Thor's progress, he decides goes to the Power Planet, the planetoid that controls their Space Lock, to ensure that it is protected. Thor arrives and makes short work of the Rigellians and is about to destroy their Space Lock device when he is stopped by the Grand Commissioner.
The Grand Commissioner explains that there is a far greater menace in the universe coming out of the Black Galaxy. The Grand Commissioner informs Thor that if he ventures into the Black Galaxy and eliminates this threat, they will free the Earth from their control. Thor agrees to do so, and the Rigellians ask that Thor take one of their recorder robots to document his travels.
Meanwhile, on Earth, Jane Foster (still acting on the hypnotic suggestion of Tana Nile) is on an airplane to Europe. She confides in her fellow passenger—a piggish-looking man named Porga—that she felt compelled to take this flight, a sensation that he himself can relate to.
While back in space, Thor and the recorder robot travel into the Black Galaxy and find that it is structured in an almost organic fashion, dubbed by the recorder a "Bio-Verse". Following their navigation they come before Ego the Living Planet, who tells the two that it has been waiting for them.
This story is continued in Thor #133....