The Mighty Thor #197 Marvel (1972) 7.0 FN/VF John Romita cover | Stan Lee

Writers: Gerry Conway

Artists: John Buscema, John Romita, Vince Colletta

Characters: Fandral, Hela, Hildegarde, Hogun, Kartag, Mangog, Odin, Satrina, Sif, Silas Grant

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Who could possibly smash Thor, Odin, and all the hosts of Asgard? No one but Mangog! The Warriors Three provide necessary backup.Thor faces Kartag, the guardian of the Twilight Well, so that he can return to Asgard with some of its water. Meanwhile his homeland is being ravaged by Mangog.SynopsisSatrina leads Thor and the Warriors Three to the Twilight Well at the Edge of the World. She hopes that the well’s keeper, Kartag, will crush Thor. This giant guardian of the well boasts that he has guarded the well for “two thousand centuries” and no one has approached the well and lived.The Warriors Three attempt to intervene on the thunder-god’s behalf, but the sorceress Satrina causes hands of rock to scoop them up.Thor and his adversary plummet to the cave floor near the well, but even this fall does not kill the giant. He rises and drags Thor into the well. As Thor loses consciousness he sees visions of what is really going on in Asgard — Odin and all of the members of the realm eternal…