![]() Sixty years later, Thor is still going strong. Lee and Kirby (as well as scripter Larry Lieber) made clear that mythology in the Marvel universe would be a mix of fantasy and science fiction, which would give Kirby, and artists to come, the freedom to create the grandest, most opulent new worlds in the entire Marvel lineup. Thor may have been a Norse myth, but his first villain wasn’t some ancient sea serpent, they were aliens who flew in a futuristic spacecraft. The story also set the stage for what Marvel’s unique brand of mythology would look like. The inscription on Mjolnir - “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of… Thor!” - was there as well. ![]() Jack Kirby’s grandiose costume design for Thor was already in place, as was the look of his hammer. While Thor’s origin would change over time and Donald Blake would eventually become less important, the very first Thor story contained many of the elements still with the character today. When he strikes the stick against a surface, he transforms into the Mighty Thor! It is there that he finds a stick, which turns out to be Mjolnir in disguise. Blake hides from them by fleeing into the hills and taking shelter in a cave. In his first story, the American doctor is visiting Norway when a spaceship lands, revealing several stone men from the planet Saturn. ![]() ![]() Journey into Mystery #83, art by Jack Kirby. ![]()
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