Appearing in "Trapped by Loki, The God of Mischief"
Journey Into Mystery #85
(originally printed as Trapped by Loki, the God of Mischief!)
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Villains:
- Loki (First appearance)
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Locations:
- Nine Worlds
- Asgard (First appearance)
- Bifrost (First appearance)
- City of Asgard (First appearance)
- Earth
- Asgard (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Trapped by Loki, The God of Mischief"
Journey Into Mystery #85
(originally printed as Trapped by Loki, the God of Mischief!)
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 "When Titans Clash!"
Journey Into Mystery Annual #1When Titans Clash!
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Other Characters:
- Thor's Horse
- Centaurs
- Olympians (First appearance)
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Items:
- Mjolnir
- Golden Mace (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "When Titans Clash!"
Journey Into Mystery Annual #1When 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 "...The Revolution's Fine!"
Avengers #83
(originally printed as Come on in... the Revolution's Fine!)
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Supporting Characters:
- Lady Liberators (First appearance)
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Other Characters:
- Odin (Only in flashback)
- The Executioner (Only in flashback)
- Queen Casiolena (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "...The Revolution's Fine!"
Avengers #83
(originally printed as Come on in... the Revolution's Fine!)
The Wasp returns to Avengers mansion and discovers that a new team has taken over the mansion - the Liberators. Led by Valkyrie, they include Medusa, Black Widow and the Scarlet Witch, and they seek to overcome male dominated society. The Wasp agrees to join them and they first seek to attack the Avengers. But "Valkyrie" eventually gives herself away and reveals herself to really be The Enchantress. She tells them what happened to her and the Executioner after they tried to conquer Asgard.[1] But the Scarlet Witch reveals that she was suspicious and uses a hex bolt to reflect her spell back at the Enchantress, causing her to vanish.
Appearing in "Doom!"
Thor #337Doom!
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Villains:
- Surtur
- Beta Ray Bill (First appearance)
- Loki
- Lorelei (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- John (Kid playing frisbee)
- Various Asgardians
- Helgi (First appearance)
- Unnamed Troll
Locations:
- Burning Galaxy (First appearance) (Destruction)
- Korbin (First appearance) (Destruction)
- Earth
- Asgard
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Vehicles:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Flying Car
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
- Skuttlebutt (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Doom!"
Thor #337Doom!
In space, we see the core of an ancient galaxy explode. Amazingly though, gigantic tongs grab the leftover starstuff, and an equally gigantic figure begins to mold it. In Grant Park in Chicago, Don Blake is out for a stroll, thinking about how sometimes he wishes he could set aside his godly heritage and be just a man, when he is struck in the back with a frisbee. Blake gives it back to John, when he is grabbed by two men, who hustle him to a car and shove him in. Inside is Nick Fury, who tells Blake he needs his help, or more to the point, Thor's help. They arrive at the SHIELD Helicarrier where Jasper Sitwell gives a briefing about the trouble they have. Using an advanced warp driven probe, they have discovered an alien ship. As the ship passes by a star, it flared to life and was sucked in by the ship, refueling it. The ship is now headed towards Earth at several times the speed of light. Thor agrees to help and begins his journey. In Asgard, Sif arrives to find Volstagg with Balder feasting. Balder is morose after his sojourn in Hela's realm, and has visibly gained weight. He has sworn to never fight again. Sif was wanting company since Thor has forsaken her for Earth, but she will not find it here. She goes to Heimdall and asks him to find her a battle to ease her emptiness, but he cannot help her either. In space, Thor has met up with the ship, and as he closes in on it, it's automated weapons open fire. Thor destroys the gun battery and rips his way through the hull. Inside, he finds a large figure encased in crystal, that suddenly breaks free. In Asgard, Loki is bored, when he hears a noise. Outside, he sees warriors engaged in a forbidden Troll hunt. The Troll is hiding when it sees a beautiful woman offering to help hide it, when she gets close, she grabs it and hoists it up. Lorelei has won the hunt. Loki invites her back to his castle and she agrees. Back aboard the ship, the gigantic alien tosses Thor aside and introduces himself as Beta Ray Bill. Bill believes Thor is some sort of demon that has been harassing his people, and plans on killing him. As they battle back and forth, Thor has dropped Mjolnir. Thor knows he must stop them and begins trying to tear the ship apart. Skuttlebutt sets for Earth to set down for repairs, while Bill attacks anew. But before Thor can do anything else, he changes back to Blake, and Bill is upon him fast. Bill forms a stasis egg around himself to survive the crash, and the unconscious form of Blake is inside as well. Nick Fury arrives at the ship's crash site just seconds after impact. Bill looks for Thor's hammer to use as a weapon, but finds only a stick. he strikes a wall in frustration and is transformed into an alien version of Thor. Outside, Bill throws the hammer and destroys one of the SHIELD vehicles, and catches Mjolnir when it returns to him. Astonishingly, Bill is worthy! He is about to strike again, when the skies open up, and an image of Odin appears. He mistakes Bill for Thor, and takes him to Asgard. Nick Fury and SHIELD are starting to move in, when Blake crawls out of Skuttlebutt, and realizes what's happened. The alien was worthy enough to wield Mjolnir, and he's stuck on Earth as a mortal.
Solicit Synopsis
Journey into mystery with the Mighty Thor as we celebrate the 80th anniversary of the House of Ideas with the era-spanning MARVEL TALES! This anthology series shines a spotlight on fan-favorite characters, features timeless stories and highlights some of Marvel’s most impressive talent from the past eight decades. Reprinting the dastardly debut of the eternal thorn in Thor’s side — his devious stepbrother Loki — in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) #85! Titans clash as the Thunder God faces Hercules, the Lion of Olympus, in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY ANNUAL #1! The Avengers are taught a mighty lesson by the Asgardian Valkyrie and her Lady Liberators in AVENGERS (1963) #83! And Walter Simonson’s legendary run begins with the status quo-smashing arrival of Beta Ray Bill in THOR (1966) #337!
See Also
- 2 image(s) from Marvel Tales: Thor Vol 1 1
- Not on Marvel Unlimited.
- Not on Comixology.