From: djyoung@carina.unm.edu (Danny Young)
Subject: Re: MARVEL: Thor
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 17:24:26 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Summary: Summary of Recent Thor 
Keywords: Thor Thor and Thor 

In article <1992Nov12.012445.23513@seq.uncwil.edu> klein@seq.uncwil.edu (Tony Klein) writes:
>On a different note, could some kind soul summarize what has been going
>on lately with Thor for those of us who don't want to be seen buying the
>book :)
>
>                                   
Sure, I'll try and do a little bit of quick summarizing for you.

I'll start with issue #433, which is the one after Thor is banished for 
supposedly killing Loki.  I would think most people would have gotten issue
#432.  

Okay now Eric Masterson is the new Thunder God and he tries to have an attitude
and be nice to. Doesn't work though. Here's who he fights in those issues
and he really doesn't do anything else, well Eric does lose his kid, job, and
about every other personal life he could have.  Well anyway.

#433- Eric (Thor) vs. Ulik  (I use the name Eric for Thor because he doesn't
				deserve to be called Thor.)
#434- Eric vs. Asgard: tries to find Thor, but Heimdall tells him to leave
#435- Eric vs. Annihilus
#436- Eric vs. Absorbing Man-Titania: this is some sick love story
#437- Eric vs. Quasar
#438- Eric vs. Stellaris: this begins the Thor Corps storyline
#439- Eric vs. Dargo the future Thor
#440- Eric, Dargo, and Beta Ray Bill vs. Zarrko
#441- Thor Corps vs. Loki:  Ok this is an important issue. Now Zarrko in his
	quest to control the time lines brings back Loki to battle the Thors
	and Loki kicks some butt, and then Eric, the idiot, tells him Thor is 
	going to kill him--so Loki leaves to fix that situation.  Hey but 
	Beta Ray Bill was great in these issues.
#442- Mephisto gets Mjolnir away from Eric
#443- Eric vs. Mephisto: Eric gets the Hammer back
#444- Eric vs. Groonk: pretty cool Christmas story- I liked it.
#445- Eric vs. Gladiator: Galactic War,pt 7. This issue was a keeper, because 
	there was an awesome fight between Eric and Gladiator.
#446- Galactic War, pt 14: Nuff said.
#447- Eric & Absorbing Man: back to that sick love story.
#448- Eric vs. Spider-Man: love story out of control.
#449- Eric vs. Ulik & Uroc: we start to find out that Odin is pretty screwed up.#450- Heimdall is banished by Odin, but saved by the Enchantress
#451- Bloodaxe is introduced: first they rip off a Simonson cover and then 
	make the Executioner's Axe a weapon equal to Thor's Hammer. What's up?
#452- Eric vs. Bloodaxe
#453- Eric vs. Savage Sif: Ok!@! the story is heating up now. Thor meets up 
	with Balder and Sif in Hell. They are battling Mephisto for the 
	nifty soul shroud, bag, whatever! They think Thor's spirit is in 
	there,
#454- We find out Odin is possessed by Loki's spirit! Not surprised, been
	getting hints for a while. Well all hell's going to break lose.   
#455- Odin vs. Loki: Now we hear Loki's story. Ok after Eric told him he was 
	going to die Loki made a deal with Mephisto. So when Thor drained 
	Loki's spirit it went into Odin's body while he was in the OdinSleep
	and Odin's spirit was captured by Mephisto.  Now at the end of this 
	issue Loki is given to Mephisto for torture by Odin--yeah right.
	Well at least Loki is alive.
#456- Eric decides to look for Thor in this issue. Now where is Thor? According
	to Odin, Thor has been in Eric's body all along, but unlike Donald
	Blake, Odin can't just take Thor out because Eric is a real mortal,
	not some magic creation.  Trying to get Thor free might kill them 
	both-- Ya I know it's heavy.  So Odin tells Eric he has to fight the
	Grey Guardian or something to achieve separation.  That's where we
	stand now, the battle for Thor is next issue.

Well that's the summary.  I hope it filled in all you Thor fans.  Some importantissues were the Thor Corps storyline (#438-41) and the last couple (#454-), 
but issue #444 and #445 were sort of fun.  Basically the rest were just 
fights with DeFalco trying to ruin Eric's life because he was Thor. I mean 
the guy lost his business, his son, his girlfriend (or friends) and ends up
living in the Avengers mansion. 

Well I hope this helps a little

Mighty Joe Young

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