I Say Thee Neigh
Thor 382

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Thor #382 Signature
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 3855569003
Owner: Thorseface

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: I Say Thee Neigh
Date Added: 6/19/2022
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

Thor no. 382: "Journey into Mystery”

Publication date: …

Signed by Walt Simonson with remarque on 8/25/21.

Census: As of 6/19/22, 16 copies in 9.8, of which only 2 are currently signed. There is no Canadian variant listed.

Writer: Simonson
Penciller, Inker: Sal Buscema
Letterer: Workman
Colorist: Scheele

Synopsis for “Journey into Mystery”:*

In Hel, Loki is visiting his daughter, discussing the recent events with Thor. The Destroyer, inhabited by Thor, blasts his way into Hel. In Asgard, Balder and the others are discussing the pending attack by the Frost Giants when a deafening roar heralds that they have already arrived. Balder tries to bluff the Giants into making them think that he can still generate his light powers, but he is still too weak and they call his bluff. Kurse, Volstagg, and the children help fight the Giants but there are just too many of them. In Hel, the Destroyer has finally overcome Thor's control and begins to destroy indiscriminately. Hela fails to fight him off, and tries one last desperate gambit. She brings Thor's body to Hel and restores him completely in the hopes of killing him to stop the rampage. The Destroyer grabs the body, and laughs out loud in joy. Thor never lost control, and he's taught Hela a lesson. Thor returns to his own body and simultaneously encases the Destroyer in a giant unbreakable crystal so no one can get near it again. Thor then heads to Asgard to stop the Giants. Meanwhile, Hela releases Skurge to Valhalla, impressed with his nobility. Thor arrives and smashes through the Frost Giants easily. He stays his hand, however, when Utgard-Loki promises to use his magics to restore the Asgardians, in return for safe passage back to Jotunheim. Later, Thor visits a brooding Loki in his castle, to discuss debts to each other. But to teach the trickster a lesson, Thor breaks his arm.

*Synopsis from marvel.fandom.com

Favorite line and some thoughts:

"So be it!" - Thor, happily soaring through the skies of New York once more.

This book is not only the final installment in Walt's run but marks the 300th issue since Thor first appeared in 1962's Journey into Mystery no. 83 (the title of JIM was changed to "The Mighty Thor" with issue 126). Walt was aware of the upcoming anniversary and decided to finish his run with an aptly titled super-sized story that sees Thor wrap up his business with Hela and Loki and return to Midgard.

It has been 35 years since the conclusion of Walt's run. Since then he has returned on a number of occasions to draw the character for Marvel, but never in the big, sweeping fashion of his famous run of the '80s. For many years he puzzled over how to return to Thor and Norse mythology in a fresh and innovative fashion. That idea finally came to him in the form of "Ragnarok," which Walt has written and pencilled since 2014 and published with IDW. John Workman, of course, is on letters. The premise of the story is that Thor--somehow, and for some reason that is not yet clear--survived the twilight of the Gods. Walt's new Thor is rather like an animated corpse, kept alive by what's left of the food of the Gods. If you haven't read this book yet you haven't lived. I think of it as the spiritual successor to Walt's Marvel Thor run, and for that reason asked if Walt could add his new Thor here to his old.

 
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