Thor’s Day 24: Into the Valley of Death!

Thor's enemy looks like he's ready for the next Grateful Dead reunion.

Thor 360 picks up with the return of the Asgardian warriors back to their home realm. He immediately sets them up to go to war again, this time in the land of the dead to rescue some mortal souls. But before they can depart he, Sif, and Heimdall have a discussion of domestic abuse.

 

I can only think of the many, more entertaining, ways that Idris Elba would handle this.

Thor doesn’t really have a good entrance to Hel, so he instead turns to the goddess Angerboda.

Angerboda doesn't just have a cool name, she looks pretty cool and enjoys have circles drawn around her eye.

Angerboda quickly gets argumentative with Thor about giving him information before turning in to the rock and roll icon seen on the cover. She nearly overcomes Thor, but he uses his hammer to shatter the runes that summon her and send her back to Hel.

Even as that fight occurs the Enchantress (apparently on the side of the angels) has a confrontation with Skurge the Executioner (a former villain that also helped out the Asgardians in their fight with the dark elves).

Balder eventually answers Thor’s summons of him earlier in this issue (and has the adventures described in the Balder the Brave limited series) with a warning for Thor not to enter Hel. He recounts the tale of his own harrowing escape from the pit.

When all is done, not even Balder’s tale can stop Thor from his quest. Alongside Skurge and a small army, he races off to find his path to Hel.

...and has to look bad@$$ doing it.

Thor’s Day 9: That Was No Lady!

Thor vs the world’s creepiest mime!

We open Mighty Thor 345 in the office of Doctor Willis. The good doctor ties up his assistant Sheila Ordway and forces a burger down her throat. When the police arrive, Sheila’s vanished and Willis is the prime suspect.

Another woman approached him at the police station and it becomes quickly apparent that neither Doctor Willis or the two women are what they appear to be. And in the world of Thor, that means they could be anyone or anything.

Meanwhile, Thor continues to play second fiddle in his own title as Melodi/Lorelei continues to seduce him in to her plans.

Willis’s disappearance leads to packages being sent out, one to a mystery man on Long Island. We learn the older man is named Roger but still somehow Willis’s son.

A phone call to Jarvis brings Sigurd Jarlsen’s level of concern up as he learns that something has happened to the Casket of Ancient Winters. He runs out on Melodi again before she can give him her enchanted mead. (Where’s Michael Scott, when you need someone to say, “That’s what she said.”)

The people after him nearly corner him, but a raven-haired beauty named Angel drives up to his rescue at the last moment. She seduces and enchants him. Willis passes out, but first…

We didn’t forget this guy!

Seriously, Dr. Doom should sue.

Anyway, Angle gets out of the car and transforms in to his true form that of Malekith the Accursed! He leaves Willis dead and goes in search of the Casket of Ancient Winters, but as mentioned many times in this issue another threat looms.

A threat known as …

The problem with an issue like this and a run like Simonson’s on Thor 20+ years ago, is you can never be sure what you are supposed to know. Had Willis and the Casket appeared in previous issues? It is never mentioned in the editorially star comments, but that isn’t necessarily a mark that it didn’t happen. Still, the mystery adds a bit to the tale, only we are left unaware of whether or not the mystery will be explained to us.

Thor’s Day 9: That Was No Lady!

Thor vs the world’s creepiest mime!

We open Mighty Thor 345 in the office of Doctor Willis. The good doctor ties up his assistant Sheila Ordway and forces a burger down her throat. When the police arrive, Sheila’s vanished and Willis is the prime suspect.

Another woman approached him at the police station and it becomes quickly apparent that neither Doctor Willis or the two women are what they appear to be. And in the world of Thor, that means they could be anyone or anything.

Meanwhile, Thor continues to play second fiddle in his own title as Melodi/Lorelei continues to seduce him in to her plans.
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