Thor #379 - the chat before the big fight

[sherkahn]

A little bit of the humor of #379, the discussion before the big showdown as Thor meets Fing Fang Foom for the first time. The formalities must be followed.

*Again, not my scans.


The Frost Giants try to summon Jormungand, the Midgard Serpent, but get Fing Fang Foom instead. He hears about a weak Thor and goes to NYC to challenge the Thunder God, based on his past look.

Funny happens.




Is it me or do I hear Ian McShane's Deadwood formality as I read Fing Fang in discourse?

I do so love how all the mannerisms and personality traits are interpreted in the art, and how Thor craftily plays the part of "common NYC super hero at your service" instead of challenging him outright.

suggested tags:
character: Thor Odinson/Thor God of Thunder/Donald Blake
character: Fing Fang Foom
title: The Mighty Thor

creator: Walt Simonson

Comments

[tanetris]

Off-topic, and apologies if someone has brought this up before, but are you putting some odd html on your preview image there? I've noticed it on a few entries this past week, but I don't think it's just you, so I'm not exactly certain what's up with that.

Anyway, it's doing this floating thing that covers your opening text on the entry that's kinda bothersome, and on my friends page it's sorta encroaching on the next entry down

[icon_uk]

how Thor craftily plays the part of "common NYC super hero at your service" instead of challenging him outright.

See, I'm not quite getting that from this. For starters why does Fin Fang Foom think that it's NOT Thor? What is different enough from his usual appearance (aside from a difference in clothing which I'd be surprised Fin cares about) is the apparent absence of Mjolnir?

And Thor pretending to be someone other than Thor to avoid a fight? That just doesn't seem like the Marvel Thor to me.

[digicom]

Nah, Thor's just messing with him. Sorta like Yoda in ESB

[alexanderlucard]

Well, Thor has just converted to a new battle armour right before this issue (and grew a beard) due to a curse from hell that made his bones super brittle so F to the three didn't recognize the costume.

As well, Thor and the Midgard Serpent (iIn Fang Foom. The OP says they accidentally summoned him but in truth this issue was meant to imply they were one and the same.) are destined to kill each other if they ever do battle (with no resurrection possible) and due to Thor's condition at that time, if they fought, fate/destiny would actually have been changed, the Serpent would have won and Ragnarok would have a drastically different (and horribly negative) outcome for gods and humans. So Thor is basically, "I can't win in my condition and my eventual slayer will kill me if we fight at this moment instead of it being a draw."

[icon_uk]

Wasn't part of the curse that Thor couldn't die, but couldn't heal either? So Fin wouldn't KILL him, just render him into the approximate consistency of crunchy peanut butter.

[sherkahn]

before or after digestion?


...ducks flying debris

[halloweenjack]

I remember this meeting mostly for the awesome splash-page issue that followed, but the "Custer and the Alamo excepted" line made me giggle like a schoolgirl trapped in the body of a middle-aged man.

[crabby_lioness]

Simonson wrote and drew the best Thor.

[btravage]

Where are Fin Fang Foom's pants?