Thor #9 THE RETURN OF DONALD BLAKE

[superfangirl1]

Donald ends up going crazy. Because he did not know how much time passed in this realm and Thor was unable to hear his pleas for help in his mind a Hellish prison. Instead of thinking the realm as a paradise.




Donald then proclaims to Loki that he will never transform back into Thor and the proceeds to breaks the cane used for the transformation over his knee.

Comments

[shakalooloo]

Hmm, maybe time for that Thor Odinson/Donald Blake tag to be split into two . :)

[cygnia]

Be curious how Jane reacts to this...

[super_fly]

Maybe something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i9Fa2UrDAk

[nyadnar17]

While this is a fucked up thing to happen to Donald Blake, I do love the concept that a human given basically infinity time is goin to become a badass of almost unimaginable proportions.

A human given infinity is not going to respond the same as an elf or god born with infinity.

[starwolf_oakley]

Is Donald Blake going Full Superboy Prime? You *never* go Full Superboy Prime! (As a result of getting "Trapped in Paradise." At least Blake isn't angry over the Marvel Universe getting "grim and gritty.")

Are we getting another "new" origin for Donald Blake? Admittedly, "Odin created Donald Blake using human Doctor Keith Kincaid, who Jane Foster later met and fell in love with" is weird enough. Oh, and Dr. Kincaid worked with the Avengers for a while. Comic books are weird.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2c/2a/7a/2c2a7a31c2bea29d41812641dece50aa.jpg

[silverhammerman]

Shades of Miracleman/Mickey Moran in this, could be interesting. I mean, I think I'd be more interested in a smaller scale story that involves Thor and Don Blake trying to negotiate their shared existence, but at least this looks like it doesn't involve Knull or the Black Winter.

Always weird when Don Blake shows up though, given how much Thor as a character has evolved past him.

[locuatico]

He and Thor have like the reverse Banner/Hulk dynamic. Thor has become the somewhat consistent part of the character while Donald is the one who is constantly re-introduced and his status of... existence... explored every few years or so.

I will wait and see, but I don't know how I feel of this take on Donald so far.

[beyondthefringe]

I feel bad every time they bring back Don Blake as some sort of monster/killer/villain, given that he was a perfectly decent person back when he was still bonded with Thor, and deserves better.

Also, holy shit, I realized that Thor basically hasn't been bonded/incarnated as Blake since the early '80s (when Odin transferred the enchantment to Beta Ray Bill). He's spent more time without him, than he did with him, in terms of real world publication. Where did the time go.

I like seeing Thor and Loki work together, especially since Loki was much more direct in repudiating his "God of Lies" mantle in favor of something more nuanced and positive, as per his most recent series.

[locuatico]

He returned post-Civil War with JMS's run and he and Thor had pretty good working relationship there IIRC.

[bruinsfan]

Don Blake came back for the JMS Thor series. The last I saw of him, he was making some deal with the Enchantress and she cut his head off.

[gnarll]

Well, so far its better than what happened to Blake the last time we saw him.

Don Blake has always been a more interesting character than Thor to me. The mortal who walked with Gods.

Blake was created by Odin, but not in the way all men were. He was made bespoke. And -he was made to be humbled. Small where Thor was large, lame where Thor was hale.

I wonder what he would think when he walked past a church, seeing people worship a loving god that he knew for a cold fact had no hand in his own creation? Looked for friends that turned out to never have existed?

At the start, after he found Mjølne in the cave in Norway. Thor was not there. The realization that he was Thor and did not just wield the power came later. He shared the mind of a God for a while. What old knowledge and inhuman memories of ancient nights sublimated into his brain? Stygian nights in ages when men were small, terrified and scarce?

Finally, Blake is pretty smart. It normally takes some brains to get through medical school. I always though that was why, after he returned, Loki failed to trick Thor like he had in the old days. After a mortal lifetime shaped around being physically inadequate and having to make his way on brains alone, Thor was far more intellectually fit than before Odin incarnated him.

[nyadnar17]

"I wonder what he would think when he walked past a church, seeing people worship a loving god that he knew for a cold fact had no hand in his own creation? Looked for friends that turned out to never have existed?"

I honestly wish the theological implications of stuff like this was explored more. From a Christian point of view , Blake isn't a descendant of Adam. Does Original Sin apply to him? He isn't a descendant of Eve. Does the promise of Christ redemption apply to him? Blade fulfill his purpose in creation. He succeeded in the task Odin created him for, is he not owed paradise?

[donnblake]

Marvel 1602 presents a Don Blake who is a devout Christian- and as such, deeply unhappy about the fact that he shares his body with a pagan god.

[beoweasel]

Is...is Thor's clasps MEANT to be off center like that? Because if it is, that placement is driving me up the wall.

[bruinsfan]

His new outfit was designed by a guy who thought this was a good look.

[icon_uk]

Galactus would have you know that his summer armour was seen as being very stylish amongst cosmic entities back in the 60's.

[zachbeacon]

Still not clear how Blake exists as a person.

That's one impressive beat down considering Don is a disabled guy and Loki can lift 50 tons.

When Don Blake and Jake Olson team up they'd be unstoppable. Sorry, typed that wrong; they should be very stoppable.