One Perfect Moment: The Mighty Thor

[althechi]

Hello one and all! This is my first post to scans_daily, so I hope I don't mess this up too much. =\

For One Perfect Moment week, I remembered one such moment of Thor in particular, where the man has no more than thirty seconds to save the day - and does so, with style.

For your consideration, Journey into Mystery (with The Mighty Thor), no. 113, "told with gusto by" Stan Lee and "drawn with grandeur" by Jack Kirby.

It all begins when Don Blake reveals himself as Thor to Jane Foster...or at least tries to.


Odin, who has been against this from the very beginning, takes action!


Unfortunately for Don and Jane, they get attacked by the Grey Gargoyle, a villain who can turn people to stone by the touch of his bare palm, and himself into a super-strong rock monster thing by that same power.



All looks hopeless, until...







Naturally, he gets back in good graces with Odin a few issues from then, gets his full power back and (almost) gets his relationship accepted by Odin, but that's a story for another day. Nonetheless, never has so much been achieved in so little time.

It's 5 and 1/6 pages out of an 16-page issue, incidentally.

Comments

[hyperactivator]

I like Jane Foster more every time I see her.

[icon_uk]

When the Grey Gargoyles powers wear off and he reverts to flesh and blood, that... is NOT something I'd want to see...

Great choice for a first post BTW, can't go wrong with a little Lee and Kirby!

[althechi]

Many thanks! =)

Luckily for the Grey Gargoyle, he remains bound in stone. Wait, that might be even worse...

[ormardu.blogspot.com]

I wonder how things would be if Loki was the first born son and Thor the 2nd adopted one?

[falseaesop]

Odin, didn't anyone ever tell you that the key to being a good parent is to NOT tell them who your favorite is (if you have one) especially not to remind him EVERY TIME YOU TALK TO HIM that he's not your favorite.

"Oh Loki, my number 2 lesser son, whom I do not favor most. Get me a beer."

[cmic]

That ART. It's so clean and fun and active . . .

I mean, just look at those gorgeous, confident lines and compare them to the crosshatching epidemic that overtook comics in the 1990s. There's so much depth and movement and expression. And Dr. Don looks like Thor without being a dead ringer—you can really buy the secret identity. Great work.

Sigh.