<P> The five - page featurette "Tales of Asgard" was added in Journey into Mystery #97 (Oct. 1963), followed by "The Mighty Thor" becoming the dominant cover logo with issue #104 (May 1964). The feature itself expanded to 18 pages in #105, which eliminated the remaining anthological story from each issue; it was reduced to 16 pages five issues later . Comics historian Les Daniels noted that "the adventures of Thor were gradually transformed from stories about a strange - looking superhero into a spectacular saga ." Artist Chic Stone, who inked several early Thor stories, observed that "Kirby could just lead you through all these different worlds . The readers would follow him anywhere ." </P> <P> Journey into Mystery was retitled Thor (per the indicia, or The Mighty Thor per most covers) with issue #126 (March 1966). "Tales of Asgard" was replaced by a five - page featurette starring the Inhumans from #146--152 (Nov. 1967--May 1968), after which featurettes were dropped and the Thor stories expanded to Marvel's then - standard 20 - page length . Marvel filed for a trademark for "The Mighty Thor" in 1967 and the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the registration in 1970 . </P> <P> After Kirby left the title, Neal Adams penciled issues #180--181 (Sept. - Oct. 1970). John Buscema then became the regular artist the following issue . Buscema continued to draw the book almost without interruption until #278 (Dec. 1978). Lee stopped scripting soon after Kirby left, and during Buscema's long stint on the book, the stories were mostly written by Gerry Conway, Len Wein, or Roy Thomas . Thomas continued to write the title after Buscema's departure, working much of the time with the artist Keith Pollard; during this period Thomas integrated many elements of traditional Norse mythology into the title, with specific stories translated into comics form . Following Thomas's tenure, Thor had a changing creative team . </P> <P> In the mid-1970s, Marvel considered giving the character a second series as part of parent company Magazine Management's line of black - and - white comics magazines . A story written by Steve Englehart for the aborted project appeared in Thor Annual #5 (1976). A black - and - white Thor story appeared in Marvel Preview #10 (Winter 1977). </P>

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