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creator: derec aucoin, creator: ty templeton, title: thor

Years ago, Marvel published a series of one-shots with a quirky premise: These were comics purportedly published within the Marvel Universe, the comics that the people living in the Marvel Universe read. I hadn't thought about them for a long time, but wizardru's recent entry on the line's X-Men one-shot reminded me.

Each of the one-shots took the concept in a somewhat different direction. The Thor one-shot is premised on the idea that most people in the Marvel Universe don't believe he's really a god. So, naturally, Thor comic books in the Marvel Universe are about a hero who uses technology to pretend to be a magic deity.



The story begins with Thor thwarting a gang of would-be muggers.



Thor flies back to his holographically disguised HQ, where his supporting cast is waiting. Team Thor is a three-person operation, as it turns out: 1) Don Jolson, a.k.a. Thor, 2) Uru, a woman who serves the Oracle/BATMAN BEYOND's Bruce Wayne role as the behind-the-scenes partner who monitors the hero from a computer, and 3) Owen Jolson, Don's father and the original Thor. There's also a surprise visitor on this day: Don's twin brother Len, back from a long absence.

Everyone's concerned because the Mjolnir technology's been acting wonky recently. It almost killed one of the muggers earlier.









The Destroyer goes after Thor, whose tech malfunctions as a result of the scrambler Len snuck onto the hammer. Still, he manages to triumph in the end and uncover his brother's treachery.





And, of course, there's a letter column.



Writing by Ty Templeton, pencils by Derec Aucoin