Compare And Contrast

From Thor #143 (1967):

And from Thor #28 (2000):

Hey, wait a minute--the "Asgard Special" was a different color last time!! What are you tryin' to pull, mister?

Still, nice to see the guy's still in business after all these years!!

The Best Cover You've Never Seen--Thor #26 (2000)

Because some mornings, you need to see Mike Mignola draw Thor vs. Crusher Creel.

Friday Night Fights--Toom Toom Toom Style!!

Sometimes Friday Night Fights takes us to stupid, better-off-forgotten alternate universes.

Like the Heroes Reborn universe, where someone is knocking at the door of Avengers Mansion...

Oh, sucker punch!!

Spacebooger is fairly sure that no matter what reality, Wonder Man's costume will always be terrible.

Marvel leased out it's legacy in Avengers #7 (1997), by Rob Liefeld (plot), Jeph Loeb (plot & script), Ian Churchill (pencils) and Lary Stucker & Jon Sibal & Norm Rapmund (inks)

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? Well, actually, you probably shouldn't. I mean, Heroes Reborn--what was I thinking? Still, go and vote!!

Manic Monday--Thor's B.R.S. (Beast Retrieval System)!!

The Guardians of The Galaxy have, without warning, bopped their massive space station back in time, to 1978!

The Avengers go to investigate! The Beast and the (classic) Guardians don't recognize each other, so fighting ensues!!

How to stop this?!?

Whoop indeed!!

That was one heck of a bit of aim there, Thor--throwing Mjolnir so that it would perfectly ensnare Hank's foot (while he was in motion!) in it's handle!

I wonder if he could do that to, say, fetch the remote control from the other side of the room...

From Avengers #167 (1978)

Manic Monday Bonus--Ask Sif Before You Kill Yourself, Thor!

Uh-oh...Thor's getting broody again!

Mjolnir has been captured by Ulik!!

So what?

So, A) Thor's just a few seconds from reverting to powerless Don Blake, and being stuck on Earth forever; and B) the trolls are attacking Asgard, and just might win if Thor can't get his butt up there!

Goldilocks's solution?

Thor, that is one fucked up plan.

I mean, it's a good question--what happens if you die as Don Blake? Do you even get into Valhalla?

But this is probably not the right time or place for such queries.

Especially since maybe you should have remembered that your companion has the power to teleport your ass to Asgard?

D'oh!

So, while Thor contemplates his suicidal stupidity, let's enjoy some Kirby teleportation!

Duuuudes...

From Thor #139 (1967)

Why Captain Marvel Is The Best! No, Not *That* Captain Marvel. No, Not *That* Captain Marvel, Either!

Long story short--Annihilus has taken over the Baxter Building, and is sending out an ever-expanding and impenetrable "null field" from there in a bid to destroy two universes!

How impenetrable? Let's ask Thor!

Oh, dear.

1980s punch line: "Don't worry, Thor, it happens to all of us sometimes!"
2017 punch line: "Wow, you really are unworthy!"

The Vision doesn't have much more luck:

D'oh!!

So who you gonna call? How about the one, the only Monica Rambeau--CAPTAIN MARVEL!!

I'm just sayin', Marvel picked the wrong Captain Marvel for their Captain Marvel movie.

From Avengers #233 (1983)

Manic Monday--The Most Metal Monday Wake-up Call Ever!

Got the Mondays? Having trouble jump-starting the week?

Try this:

Volstagg, transformed by the hammer of the Ultimate Universe Thor into the War Thor, battling fire-breathing sharks in a lave sea in Muspleheim.

If that doesn't wake you up, I don't know what will...

From Mighty Thor #22 (2017), art by Valerio Schiti

Manic Monday--That Time Green Lantern Fought Thor!!

An evil alien has come to Earth, and he's giving advanced technology akin to magic to crooks. Why? He's insane, that's why!!

Anyway, Green Lantern is investigating some robberies that involved the use of impossible strength. And what does he find?

Wow!!

And so...

The battle is on!!

Time for scientific exposition!!

Sure, that makes sense!!

From All-Star Comics #31 (1946)

Someone Give snell A Valium!

I look at these panels, and I have questions:

Why does Thor continue to speak in "Asgardian font," while Hercules doesn't?

What, Norse gods talk funny, but Greek gods don't?

Why does Marvel continue to insist of having Thor and Odin and all other Asgardians speak in the harder-to-read Asgardian font?

After 40-odd years of being perfectly content with perfectly cromulent stories all giving Thor and most other Asgardians the same speech as everyone else, why in the name of Yggdrasil would you change to the abomination that is Asgard font?

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME, MARVEL?!?!?!?!?!

[Editor's note: snell has been sedated. Please forgive his ravings.]

Panels from Avengers #7 (2017)

Why You're Feeling Kind Of Out Of Sorts Today!

Long story short--Odin has come to Midgard to have a chat with Thor. Loki has taken the opportunity to try and murder Thor and Odin:

Well, it's battle royale time (see this morning's earlier post), but it's far too intense for we mere mortals to witness. So:

OK, Odin, that was an awesome feat, indeed!

And after the fight is over [SPOILER ALERT: Thor and Odin won], it's back to normal!

So, if you're feeling out of sorts this morning, like you've awoken in a world you never made, well, it's probably because Odin once again froze time and teleported us all to another dimension for godly reasons!

From Journey Into Mystery #104 (1964)