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Walt Simonson is killing it on the Thor comic. This annual is not by him.
I want to say, “But at least it has art by John Buscema,” but his art isn’t great here. And he’s inking himself, so…No excuses.
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Mephisto kidnaps Ulik’s brother to get him to fight Thor.
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Thor fights Ulik. Thor then goes to rescue Ulik’s brother, because Thor is such a cool guy.
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There is a nice twist in the end: Mephisto kills Ulik’s brother rather than let Thor save him.