Thor Vol 1 197

	Published
	March, 1972
"The Well at the Edge of the World!"
	Writer Gerry Conway; Penciler John Buscema; Inker Vince Colletta; Letterer Artie Simek; Editor Stan Lee;

My father, what hast thou done to me? Hast thou stolen the privilege of fighting by thy side--? -- Hast thous stolen from me, thy dying words? Thy fatherly hand, thy fatherly smile?

-- Thor

Appearing in "The Well at the Edge of the World!"

Featured Characters:

Thor

Supporting Characters:

The Warriors Three
Kartag
Satrina
The Norns
Odin (Appears in mystic vision and main story)

Antagonists:

Mangog (Appears in mystic vision and main story)
unidentified Blackworld monster

Other Characters:

Hela (Appears in a mystic vision only)
Loki (Appears in a mystic vision only)
Sif (Appears in mystic vision and main story)
Hildegarde
Silas Grant (First appearance)
Khan (Deceased) (Appears in a mystic vision only)
unnamed Asgardians (Deceased)
unnamed Asgardians

Races and Species:

Asgardians
Frost Giants (Mystic Vision Only)

Locations:

normal enthropic universe
- World's End
  - Twilight Well
- Blackworld
somewhere outside the normal enthropic universe
- Asgard
  - City of Asgard
  - Bifrost
  - Cosmic Well (Mentioned)

Items:

Mjolnir
Water from the Twilight Well
Sif's magic sword

Vehicles:

Silas Grant's steamship & lifeboat

Synopsis for "The Well at the Edge of the World!"

Thor is defeated by Kartag, but the Norns intervene and grant Thor his request of water from the Twilight Well. They command Kartag to accompany the Asgardians back to fight Mangog. They arrive just in time, as Mangog is about to kill Odin. Meanwhile, Sif and Hildegarde fight off a monster on Blackworld before meeting Silas Grant, a native who promises to tell them who is responsible of the mysterious changes all around them.

Solicit Synopsis

(Mislabeled as THOR #196:) Who could possibly smash Thor, Odin, and all the hosts of Asgard? No one but - Mangog! With a climax that'll stun you!

Notes

Thor's image on this cover is recycled (flipped and a smile added to his face) and used for marketing and later cover image logos such as this one.

As seen on page one, this issue is Story#814-Z.

This issue contains a letters page, The Hammer Strikes. Letters are published from Virginia Seagate, Alfred Massi, and Jeff Freun.

Trivia

The Bifrost is shown "dissolved" this issue, but appears intact in Thor #199. Since Odin was extremely weakened and near death,,, I wonder who had the power and time to repair the Rainbow Bridge? (Thor was also preopccupied with his father's death and the coming of Hela for the All-Father.)

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