Thor Odinson: God of Thunder Appreciation 2020

[Steroid]

Have to say I loved this latest issue, and I'm especially loving Klein's art.

[legion_quest]

Another epic issue today.

Though another incident of Thor being way too over powered. I guess they need him to be so he can play a part in the story, rather than it just be a back drop to Galactus saving everything. Still, makes me grumble at how OP he is nowadays

[Immortal Hulk]

Loving this book! Thor is Thor again, it seems.

And the design of the Black Winter is amazing.

[Steroid]

Loving this book! Thor is Thor again, it seems.

And the design of the Black Winter is amazing.

Yeah i want a poster of that last page. Such an amazing design.

[Immortal Hulk]

Yeah i want a poster of that last page. Such an amazing design.

Very Lovecraftian, which is always a great thing, imo.

[Sunny]

Have to say I loved this latest issue, and I'm especially loving Klein's art.

Same. I loved the issue and that last page and the "next issue" page is the background and lock screen to my tablet. I remember seeing the wordless previews with Sif on Twitter but now seeing what she said makes me love those panels even more.

[Frontier]

Same. I loved the issue and that last page and the "next issue" page is the background and lock screen to my tablet. I remember seeing the wordless previews with Sif on Twitter but now seeing what she said makes me love those panels even more.

I hope Thor doesn't come off too badly in those scenes...

[Wildling]

Agree. Corrupt CEOs are Iron Man's thing, not Thor's. Aside for his ability to turn into a mythological monster, Agger feels like a rejected Captain Planet villain.

Agger was fine as a smaller-scale villain but he was no Big Bad.

I agree. I enjoyed Agger for what he was when he debuted, but Thor showed twice he could waste him when dead serious and then Agger was relegated to tag along with Malekith and held prisoner by Dominatrix.

But a savvy, corrupt billionaire with access to Hulk strength would be one hell of a villain for Iron Man for at least a year.

[TheCape]

I hope Thor doesn't come off too badly in those scenes...

I thought that he come across as good as he could be during that scene.

[Frontier]

I thought that he come across as good as he could be during that scene.

That at least sounds better then the alternative.

[CaptainMar-Vell92 of the Kree]

I agree. I enjoyed Agger for what he was when he debuted, but Thor showed twice he could waste him when dead serious and then Agger was relegated to tag along with Malekith and held prisoner by Dominatrix.

But a savvy, corrupt billionaire with access to Hulk strength would be one hell of a villain for Iron Man for at least a year.

I think Mangog would make a Hel of a Hulk villain.


Really enjoyed this latest issue, i liked Sif giving Thor a ''get hold of yourself man'' speech. The usual ending splash page was pretty scary this time.


I hope Cates gives Thor some character development issues after the Black Winter is done.

[CaptainMar-Vell92 of the Kree]

Another epic issue today.

Though another incident of Thor being way too over powered. I guess they need him to be so he can play a part in the story, rather than it just be a back drop to Galactus saving everything. Still, makes me grumble at how OP he is nowadays

After five years of being a drunken moron playing second fiddle to Aaron's waifu, i am happy Thor Is OP again.

[616MarvelYear is LeapYear]

Thor #174 Mar 1970
"The Carnage of the Crypto Man!"
While patrolling the skies, Thor spots three strange lights in the sky and goes to investigate them.
He is struck by a stun ray created by inventor Jasper Whyte.
Whyte then uses a device to steal half of Thor's strength

and flees the scene before Thor can come around.
Returning to his lab, Whyte transfers the stolen strength into his creation: A robot known as the Crypto-Man.
With the robot activated and the power transfer a complete success, Whyte begins the next part of his plans.

Meanwhile, a weakened Thor returns to his office and sees that there is a patient inside waiting for him.
Thor instead goes to the roof to change back into his mortal
form of Donald Blake before entering his office conventionally.
Blake recognizes the patient as Mrs. Whyte, and she explains that her son Jasper has gone missing.
She explains to Blake that Jasper was a brilliant scientist that made his colleagues jealous.
She asks for Blake's help in trying to find him.

While elsewhere in the city, Jasper Whyte has sent his Crypto-Man out
on a rampage, terrorizing the city, which the police cannot deal with.
When Blake hears of the robots rampage, he changes into Thor to stop it,
wondering if there is a connection between the robot and Jasper.
Finding the robot, Thor goes into battle against it,

but finds that their equal strength makes them an even match.
The Crypto-Man manages to defeat Thor and escape.

As Thor pulls himself out of the rubble of their battle, Jasper Whyte approaches the Thunder God and boasts over his creations defeat.
Undaunted Thor continues after the creature, with Whyte trailing behind mocking the Thunder God the whole way.
Traveling in the sewers, Jasper tells Thor that he instructed the Crypto-Man to destroy an atomic power plant.
Thor finds that the Crypto-Man has made it to his location, and Jasper boasts that he will succeed.
However, when Thor tells Jasper that the Crypto-Man may cause an explosion that will harm thousands of people,
including Whyte's own mother, Jasper reconsiders his revenge and goes in after the Crypto-Man.

Turning his control beam device to maximum power, Jasper attempts to stop the Crypto-Man before Thor can fight it.
This causes an explosion that ends the Crypto-Man's menace and seemingly kills Jasper in the process.
Later, after resuming his Donald Blake guise, Thor breaks the bad news to Mrs. Whyte.
However, instead of telling her the whole story, he tells it in
such a way to suggest that Jasper had died a hero saving the city.
With his recounting done, Blake leaves the woman to grieve the loss of her son privately.

Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Bill Everett

[GodThor]

it's about time someone told Thor to get his s*** together.

[CaptainMar-Vell92 of the Kree]

it's about time someone told Thor to get his s*** together.

Sif is one bad viking girl you don't wanna mess with.