COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Thor 358 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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0269830022
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Owner:
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Thorseface
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Thor no. 358: "When Dalliance was in Flower"
Publication date: August 10, 1985
Census: As of 6/20/23, 33 copies in 9.8 (up by 5), 3 signed (up by 2). No 9.8 representation for the Canadian print run as of yet.
Writer, penciler and inker: Simonson
Letterer: Workman
Colorist: Scheele
Favorite line and some thoughts:
"Captain, I didn't fight in Nam for three years to help some Commie shaft my own country!" ... "Neither did I, Corporal Blue. We may be thieves, robbers, and criminals! But by heaven we're American thieves, robbers, and criminals."
-Corporal Blue and Captain Black of the Green Liberation Front (GLF).
This might be the funniest issue in the whole of Walt's run, though I'm sure many would point instead (and with good reason) to the subsequent frog storyline. Here we learn that the GLF, who were teased in issue 354 and made their first full appearance in issue 357, are actually dupes for the Titanium Man, who is working with the KGB. The members of the GLF are all disaffected Vietnam veterans ready to steal to make up for the disrespect shown them, but they sure as hell aren't commies. As mentioned earlier, Walt has a soft spot for military and, it would seem, especially veterans. Closer to the beginning of this issue the Asgardians (Harokin, in particular) bivouacked in Central Park discuss M-16s with members of the National Guard called to defend New York against the flame demons. Indeed, in the final episode of this excellent podcast (https://thelightningandthestorm.com/), Walt discusses how he was almost drafted himself and lost at least one friend to the war. In the same podcast interview Walt mentions the same Captain Black quote I give above (I think he says that he was inspired by a war flick or something along those lines). In the end, the GLF departs with some wise words about "aliens" that we would do well to heed here in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The literary references continue: don't miss Volstagg paraphrasing Lewis Carroll before challenging a bully to a drinking contest in a Manhattan bar or Walt's quotation from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (seriously!) in the issue's subtitle.
All this AND it turns out Lorelei's preferred mode of transportation is a giant pelican. What the hell were YOU reading as a kid, I ask?
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