The Mighty Thor
The Mighty Thor
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 Thor... defeated by Hercules...??? NEVER!!! 
—Thor

Appearing in "When Titans Clash!"

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Synopsis for "When Titans Clash!"

As Thor and Loki travel through Jotunheim, they come across two Storm Giants who have found the Lost Passage leading to Olympus. Thor scares them off, but accidentally triggers a landslide casting him into the passage. Finding himself in Olympus, Thor encounters Hercules. Both seek to cross a bridge at the same time, with neither yielding. They fight and discover each the equal of the other. Zeus stops the fight, congratulates Thor as a valiant warrior, instructs the two combatants to swear friendship to each other, sends Thor back through the passage and uses his powers to cover the passage with a mountain. concerned that Loki would use the knowledge of Olympus for evil, Thor tells him nothing of his experience. The two Asgardians head home.

Appearing in "Trapped by Loki, the God of Mischief!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #85

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  • Loki (First appearance)

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Synopsis for "Trapped by Loki, the God of Mischief!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #85

In Asgard, Loki is imprisoned within a tree until his plight causes someone to shed a tear. He magically makes a leaf fall in Heimdall's eye, causing a tear and breaking the enchantment. Seeking revenge on Thor, Loki takes a mortal guise and transforms people in Manhattan into "negatives" to draw Thor out. Thor appears and cures the victims. Loki reveals himself and eventually mesmerizes Thor, creating a duplicate image of the Thunder God to which Thor hands his hammer. However, Thor becomes Don Bake after 60 seconds, which breaks Loki's spell. He retrieves Mjolnir and finally defeats Loki by dumping him in the water where his magic powers are useless. Thor ties Loki to Mjolnir and hurls him to Asgard to be taken prisoner.

Appearing in "The Mysterious Radioactive Man!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #93

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Synopsis for "The Mysterious Radioactive Man!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #93

Thor helps the Indian army battle the Chinese at the Chogi Pass. In reaction, the Communist's "great leader" calls on his military strategists and scientists for a means to combat Thor. Chen Lu promises a solution and transforms himself into the Radioactive Man. A Chinese submarine ferries him to New York City where he draws out Thor, repelling Mjolnir with his radioactive aura. The Radioactive Man then hypnotizes Thor, instructing him to throw Mjolnir away. Thor complies but tosses his hammer so far that Chen Lu cannot retrieve it. Thor becomes Blake, shedding the hypnosis with the transformation and rigs a device to trace Mjolnir. Finding it in the Hudson, he retrieves it and engulfs Radioactive Man in a tornado vortex that whirls him back to China, striking him into a mountain with a resulting atomic explosion.

Appearing in "The Demon Duplicators!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #95

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Synopsis for "The Demon Duplicators!"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #95

Thor attends Professor Zaxton's demonstration of Don Blake's nearly indestructible genius robot. Suddenly, the android announces that he will self-destruct since Zaxton has twisted all the dials at once. Thor tosses the android into the air where it explodes. Later, Zaxton confronts Don in his office, revealing that he deliberately destroyed the android and has taken Jane Foster prisoner. He demands Blake's help in perfecting his duplicating machine so that it will copy living beings as well as inorganic objects. Don agrees and quickly succeeds, then slips away to become Thor. Zaxton witnesses his transformation, learning Blake's secret, and duplicates Thor, revealing that the duplicates have the opposite personality of the original. Thor and the duplicate battle, with Zaxton providing duplications of Mjolnir, a building, airplanes, and another Thor to aid his creation. The duplicate finally strikes Thor with 2 hammers but they have no effect because, Thor realizes, the duplicate is unworthy of the hammers. Witnessing his duplicate's defeat, a panicked Zaxton duplicates himself to confuse Thor but falls off a bridge and dies. Realizing the duplicate Zaxton is good where the original was evil, Thor allows him to surreptitiously take Zaxton's place.

Appearing in "The Mighty Thor Battles the Lava Man"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #97

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  • Jet

Synopsis for "The Mighty Thor Battles the Lava Man"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Journey Into Mystery #97

After rescuing a jet pilot as Thor, Don Blake tries to propose marriage to Jane but decides to ask permission of Odin first. Jane, knowing Don's feelings and frustrated at his hesitancy, takes a nursing position with Dr. Andrews. Odin tells Thor that marriage to a mortal is impossible. Meanwhile, New York panics at the approach of the Lava Man, who Loki brought to the surface from Subterranea through a volcano. The Lava Man decides humans are too weak to keep the surface world to themselves. When the National Guard fails to stop him, the city is evacuated. After a protracted battle, Thor defeats Molto by trapping him in a Mjolnir-created whirlwind and dropping him back into a volcano that he then seals up. Back at his office, Don finds Jane leaving with Dr. Andrews, who took care of her during the evacuation while Don was nowhere to be found. Don wonders if Thor is destined to live out his days alone.

Appearing in "Tales of Asgard"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Mystery #97

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Synopsis for "Tales of Asgard"

Reprint of the 2nd story from
Journey Into Mystery #97

The Frost Giant Ymir emerges above the Well of Life along with a gigantic magic cow. Sometime later, Buri, the first of the Aesir, forms from the ice. he has a son, Bor, who has three sons including Odin who slays the Frost Giants. With his brothers, Odin ensures that the world tree Yggdrasil protects Earth and awaits the coming of humankind.

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Includes Pinup of Asgard

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