Appearing in "The Lava Man"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
Loki
- Molto, the Lava Man
(First appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Asgard
- United States Of America
- New York State
- New York City
- Donald Blake's Medical Practice
- New York City
- New York State
Items:
Vehicles:
- Jet Fighter
Synopsis for "The Lava Man"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "Tales of Asgard"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Buri (First appearance)
- Bor (First appearance)
- Vili (First appearance)
- Ve (First appearance)
- Bestla (First appearance)
Adversaries:
- Ice Giants (First appearance)
- Surtur (First appearance)
- Ymir
Other Characters
- Audumla (First appearance)
- unnamed Asgardians
Locations:
- Asgard
- Jotunheim (First appearance)
- Muspelheim (First appearance)
Items
- Yggdrasill (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Tales of Asgard"
- Synopsis not yet written
Appearing in "The Perfect Defense"
Not available
Synopsis for "The Perfect Defense"
Not available
Notes
- First appearance of the Lava Man, later named Molto. Molto and his race, the Lava Men, appear next in Avengers #5.
- The Tales of Asgard series, which reveals the Norse history of Thor and the other Asgardian gods, begins this issue. It continues up to Thor #145
- Tales of Asgard introduces several characters and concepts for the first time in the series: Buri, Bor, Vili, Ve, Bestla, Ice Giants, Ymir, Surtur, Audumla, Jotunheim, Muspelheim, and Yggdrasill.
- The unnamed members of Odin's family seen here are
- The "Thor" story is reprinted in Essential Thor 1, Journey into Mystery Annual 1, Marvel Collector's Item Classics 1, Marvel Masterworks: Mighty Thor 1
- The Tales of Asgard story is reprinted in Thor:Tales of Asgard #1