We’re about a year into the no Stan Lee/no Jack Kirby run on Thor-the first run since those two titanic creators took it over.
It’s a very different book, but it’s still one of Marvel’s best. After a long arc in which Odin died and Thor fought not one but two Gods of Death to save his soul, Odin exiles Thor and his friends to Earth (again).
Seriously?
Odin is just a dick.It does make for some good stories, though. Fun comedy on Earth until Mephisto literally starts snatching the Warriors Three off the face of the Earth.
Mephisto apparently has mind-control powers, because he pits Thor against the three of them-as well as conjuring the souls of lots of evil people (including Hitler and Rasputin–the latter of which will be revealed much later to be Colossus’ great grandpa).
At first, Mephisto seems more powerful than Thor.
But then Thor THROWS HIM IN A POOL OF LAVA AND SUPER COOLS IT.
Awesome comics.