Last issue, Thor returned to life, along with his alter-ego Don Blake. In his human form, Don Blake begins to meet the local townspeople including the owner of the local diner, bill Cobb.
This is his first appearance, but he’ll be a warrior in the future so I’m tagging him. I recognize that my tagging of nonpowered civilians is inconsistent because I only tag Betty Ross when she’s in her MODAM form and I haven’t tagged Flash Thompson yet but he’ll become Venom in the future. My rule is that if they spend more time as civilians than heroes, I only tag their hero forms. It’s my site, my rules. And I probably would have done it differently if I’d had the foresight back when I started this blog but I didn’t and I’m not going backward. Maybe when I retire I’ll go back, but not now.
But I digress.
So, what about Thor? In this issue, he brings back his kingdom of Asgard.
He then has to deal with practical realities. The cops tell him he needs a permit and can’t build on someone else’s land, so he buys the farmland.
Once the land is legal, it is still empty. Thor laments not having his fellow Asgardians with him, but Don Blake advises that Asgardians exist in the minds and hearts of mortals. So, just as Blake brought Thor back, Thor can find his fellow Gods on Earth.
He resolves to go find them.
These first couple issues have no real “villains” and no big threats–it’s just a well-paced development of a new normal. I love this. It’s actual storytelling, not just an event where a whole bunch of stuff is constantly happening.
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