COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Thor 347 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3720437007
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Owner:
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Thorseface
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Thor no. 347: “Into the Realm of Faerie!”
Publication date: September 10, 1984
Census: As of 6/20/23, 42 copies in 9.8 (up by 3), with 3 signed (up by 1). No Canadian 9.8s yet.
Writer, penciler, inker: Simonson
Letterer: Workman
Colorist: Scheele
Favorite line(s) and some thoughts: "At last! The Casket of Ancient Winters is mine once more!"
-Malekith the Accursed, victorious.
"The Flesh, the Flesh!"
-Malekith's water demons, hungry for Thor, "Melodi," and probably anything else with a pulse.
This is a fantastic cover. The foregrounding of Malekith and "Melodi" with the desperate Thor in the distance is wonderful. The whole has an appropriate claustrophobic feel to it. Fun fact: Walt based Lorelei on Debbie Harry. Once you know that, you can't unsee it.
Though the recoloring of Walt's run met with some criticism this is an issue that benefits tremendously (at least in this author's humble opinion).
We learn at the end of the issue why Malekith is so desperate to reclaim the casket: he has conspired with his master, Surtur, to use the casket's powers to break down the barrier between Midgard and Muspelheim. The casket is the macguffin in Kenneth Branagh's Thor (2011), where it is a weapon of the Frost Giants.
This issue is more or less a brawl in the underworld of Faerie. Here Thor encounters Algrim the Strong for the first time, whom Malekith is all too ready to sacrifice if it means ridding himself of the Son of Odin. A bad play on Malekith's part, as we learn much later in Walt's run. In 9.8 this issue now tends to command at least $200, which is a bit more than some of the other issues in the run. This could be due to the fantastic cover but the first appearance of the character who will become Kurse is surely also a factor.
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