Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 104

Journey Into Mystery #104
LGY:Thor #104

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Appearing in "Giants Walk the Earth"

Featured Characters:

• ⏴ Thor ⏵
• Dr. Donald Blake

Supporting Characters:

• ⏴ Odin ⏵
• ⏴ Balder ⏵
• ⏴ Jane Foster ⏵
• ⏴ Heimdall ⏵
• Odin's Winged Horse

Antagonists:

• ⏴ Loki ⏵
• ⏴ Enchantress ⏵
• ⏴ Executioner ⏵
• Skagg (Storm Giant)(First appearance)
• Surtur the Fire Demon ⏵

Races and Species:

• Asgardians
• Frost Giants
• Fire Giants
• Humans
• Storm Giants
• Vanir(Unnamed)
• Winged Horses /Pegasi
• Fleas(Mentioned)
• Trolls(Mentioned)

Locations:

• Asgard
  • City of Asgard
  • Bifrost
• Earth
  • North America
    • United States of America
      • New York (State)
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Donald Blake's Medical Practice
  • Arctic Circle
  • Ocean
• Limbo
• Another galaxy
  • Magnetic asteroid

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Raven's Eye(First appearance)
• Twilight Sword
• Skagg's Club

Synopsis for "Giants Walk the Earth"

This story starts out with Loki berating his underlings, theEnchantress and theExecutioner, for not defeating Thor, claiming that his plan was "perfect." After he dismisses them, he talks toOdin, who is feeling troubled about his son Thor, who has fallen in love with a mortal,Jane Foster. Loki's advice to the Allfather is to go to Midgard and "assert your authority in person." This idea appeals to him, so he instills a little of the Odin Power into Loki, leaves him in charge of Asgard, and leaves for Earth.

On Earth, Dr. Blake sends his nurse Jane Foster home, to rest, because she is very tired after the encounter with the Enchantress and Executioner^[1]. After she leaves, Blake notices that is too quiet, and does a quick patrol of the city, for any more "telltale signs of danger."

In Asgard, Loki is relishing in his new power and vowing that he will never give up Odin's throne. In an effort to keep Odin from returning to Asgard, he uses his new power to free Odin's two most fearsome enemies ("they shall defeat Odin for me!"),Skagg (Storm Giant), andSurtur the Fire Demon. The loyal Heimdall hears the incantations, but since he cannot and will not leave his post, guarding the Rainbow Bridge, he sends forBalder the Brave, to go to Earth and alert Odin.

Balder quickly reaches Earth and finds Thor, giving him the message about Odin. Thor realizes that the only reason for his visit is to see his mortal, alter-ego of Dr. Don Blake. Thor enters Blake's office through the window and alerts his father to the danger that Loki has set loose. "Then, at a gesture from the monarch of Asgard's hand, the very fabric oftime itself stands still, as the entire human race, under an irresistible spell is instantly transported to a dimension beyond the ken of the human mind!"

At the next moment, the foes that Loki summoned appear on Earth. Balder the Brave is the first to charge forth on his winged steed at the Storm Giant, and makes quick work of the ten-ton club with his Asgardian sword. Just as Thor is about to help, a firebolt strikes his hammer, throwing him off balance, and out of the fight for a moment. Odin steps in, saying, "no longer can I remain merely a witness . . . ", and causes the seabed beneath the Storm Giant's feet to soften, and Skagg starts to sink, calling on Surtur for help.

Once Skagg is saved from sinking, Surtur moves to destroy the deserted Earth by melting the polar ice caps, while Skagg creates a storm to distract the heroes. Thor begins the battle with Skagg while Odin, on his winged Battle Steed, places a protective barrier over the deserted city. Thor's attack weakens and stuns the Storm Giant, allowing Odin to use the magic of his "Shining Sword" to drain the evil power from him. Even though Loki tries to support Skagg from Asgard by replenishing his power, Odin is finally defeats him.

This effort weakens the Wise One, leaving Thor and Balder to take care of Surtur. Thor realizes that they "cannot reach him in time, [and] there areother ways to stop him!!" Since Surtur is an older immortal than Thor, and his hammerMjolnir "might not prevail", he takes his father's magic sword, since "it is older than all" and "only hisson can wield it!" Using theOdin-Force, he draws Surtur away from the ice caps and Earth itself, toward a special asteroid made of "magnetic particles!" This holds Surtur in a magnetic pull "which will last for ages to come!"

With the threats to Earth neutralized, Odin leaves for Asgard once again, bidding Balder and Thor to join him for a well deserved rest. Thor declines, saying that Earth is his home now, and he shall remain there always. Once back in Asgard, Odin punishes the tricky Loki, sending him to "serve the trolls" until Odin sets him free. Odin muses over a foreboding of the future, that his son is the most worthy and brave in the universe, yet "his heart weakened by love!"

Appearing in "Revenge"

Featured Characters

• Kirn
• Lycia Welles

Antagonists

• Dorr Rathko

Other Characters

• Venusian meteorologist

Synopsis for "Revenge"

Krin and Dorr's mining operation on a lonely asteroid is going so well, they decide to employ an bookkeeper. Dorr hires one on his next trip to Earth, but for her looks rather than her skills. When he makes a pass at her, she rejects him and develops feelings for Kirn instead. Dorr accuses Krin of stealing his girl and attacks him, but Krin knocks him down. After Krin and Lycia are married and go on their honeymoon, Dorr changes the asteroid's orbit so that Krin will be unable to find it. Krin is told that a huge meteor shower is approaching the sector their asteroid in in and attempts to contact Dorr, but Dorr sabotages the radio and doesn't receive the message. As the giant meteor shower approaches the asteroid, Dorr realises that he has doomed himself.

Appearing in "Tales of Asgard: Heimdall the Guardian of the Rainbow Bridge!"

Featured Characters:

• Heimdall The Faithful

Supporting Characters:

• Odin
• Agnar the Fierce(First appearance)
• Gotron the Agile(First appearance)(Main story and flashback)
• Odin's Gardener

Antagonists:

• Storm Giants
  • King Brimer(First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Trolls
• Thor(Mentioned)
• unnamed Asgardian soldiers

Races and Species:

• Vanir(Unnamed)
• Asgardians
• Rock Trolls
• Storm Giants(Main story and flashback)
• Horses
• Asgardian Dragons(Mentioned)
• Hawks(Mentioned)
• Antelope(Mentioned)

Locations:

• Asgard
  • City of Asgard
    • Garden
  • Rainbow Bridge
• Midgard(Mentioned)

Items:

• Gjallahorn(First appearance)
• Hofund
• Mjolnir(Mentioned)

Synopsis for "Tales of Asgard: Heimdall the Guardian of the Rainbow Bridge!"

This is the story of how Heimdall came to be the guardian ofBifrost the rainbow bridge.Odin holds a sort of try-out, summoning Heimdall and two other worthy candidates. Agnar the Fierce is the first, and offers himself as having the mightiest chest, the strongest lungs, and that none but he has the power to sound the horn warning,Gjallahorn. As he demonstrates this ability, the "roar reaches to infinity." The second is Gotron the Agile, who claims that his deeds speak for themselves, and that he wass nimble enough to defeat seven frost giants at once, when they attacked Asgard "only last year."

The last isHeimdall The Faithful, who shows that he has useful abilities other than strength "that is a match for any." He proves this by stepping out into Odin's garden and, by placing his ear on the grass, hears the tiniest plant growing in the heart of a place known as the "Hidden Hills," which was scorched by the fiery breath of a dragon. After Odin dispatches his gardener to verify the tiny new plant just blossoming into life, Heimdall proves himself further. He says that his eyesight is so keen that he "can see acrosstime as well as space!!" He then informs Odin of a "savage band of Storm Giants" marching towards the rainbow bridge, still two days away. Odin then dispatches a heavily-armed war party to meet the Storm Giants. The war party returns in days, with the King of the Storm Giants as prisoner. These demonstrations of abilities and noble character earn Heimdall the position of "Guardian of the Rainbow Bridge - -FOREVER!"

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See Also

• 7 image(s) from Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 104
• 16 reprint(s) of Journey Into Mystery Vol 1 104

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