Descrizione
IL MITICO THOR EDITORIALE CORNO
ALBO ORIGINALE DEL 1971
questo numero contiene 2 storie complete di Thor, alla faccia di tutte le iatture e di tutte le scarogne del mondo nella prima compare brevemente l’ allora ancora in carica presidente Kennedy con la figlia Caroline che dopo neanche un paio di mesi rimarrà puntualmente orfana di padre proprio grazie al malocchio del sottovalutato negromante Merlino, il perfido cattivone del racconto (e anche della realtà ? non sarà mica davvero lui che ha armato la mano e plagiato il cervello del sicario materiale di Dallas Lee Harvey Oswald, perchè poi altrimenti chi poteva mai volere male ad un uomo buono, onesto, retto e generoso come JFK ?)
contiene inoltre il secondo episodio de : I VENDICATORI
CONDIZIONI BUONISSIME, DI RESA, no adesivi
GRANDISSIMA DISPONIBILITA’ DI TUTTI I SUPEREROI CORNO E NON
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“Defying the Magic of Mad Merlin” / IL MITICO THOR CONTRO LA MAGIA DI… MERLINO !
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Mad Merlin (Maha Yogi) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- Caroline Kennedy
- King Arthur (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- New York City, New York
- a museum
- Cape D’or missle base
- Washington, D.C.
- Washington Monument
- Lincoln Memorial
- White House
- Pentagon
- a police station
- Asgard
Items:
- Mjolnir – Thor’s Enchanted Hammer
Synopsis
Thor overheard a shore crew state that they are unloading the sarcophagus of the legendary Merlin. He wonders what it would be like if Merlin were alive today. Then entering his office window, Thor returns to his identity of Dr Don Blake. He emerges from his office to be scolded by his nurse Jane Foster because he has been ignoring his patients for over an hour. He can not tell her he was busy saving a busload of people who fell off a bridge into the river.
At the museum, Merlin’s sarcophagus is opened to reveal his body still in perfect condition. As soon as the workers leave, Merlin awakens and recalls how he use to use his mutant powers of telepathy, levitation and teleportation to fake magic. Reading a newspaper he learns of missile test at Cape D’or and uses his powers to send the missile off course.
Alerted by a radio broadcast, Thor arrives and corrects the missile’s course. He then goes to Asgard to see if the imprisoned Loki is behind the mishap. Loki reveals that Merlin is the one responsible. Thor heads to the museum to check out Loki’s claim.
But Merlin has teleported himself to Washington DC, where enters the White House to try to take the country from President Kennedy. Thor arrives, and a battle follows with Merlin using the Washington Monument as a super-lance and animated the statue from the Lincoln Memorial.
Their powers evenly matched, Thor decides to take a gamble. He strikes his hammer, returning to the form of Blake. He then convinces Merlin that he is a shape shifter and able to became thousands of more powerful forms. He orders Merlin to return to his sarcophagus for another 1000 years.
Later, in the operating room, Jane comments that when it comes to the operating table, Dr Blake is a magician.
Notes
- Despite his claims in the issue, the “Merlin” featured here is later revealed not the legendary wizard who served in Arthur’s court. He is instead a mutated human who later reappears under the name Maha Yogi. He possesses a fragment of the Bloodgem, which grants the wearer immorality. He appears next in X-Men#30 (in Italy in CAP Corno # 32). The real Merlin first appeared in Young Allies #11 in 1944 (unpublished in Italy).
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“The Lava Man” / IL MITICO THOR CONTRO… L’ UOMO DI LAVA
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Molto, the Lava Man (First appearance)
- Loki
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Asgard
- New York City
- Dr. Blake’s office
Items:
Vehicles:
- jet fighter
Synopsis
After saving a jet pilot, Thor returns to his office as Dr. Don Blake to speak to his nurse Jane Foster. He wants to confess his love for her, but realizes he can not until he reveals his identity as Thor. So he goes to Odin asking permission, and it denied.
As news of the approaching Lava Man spreads through the city, Loki (watching from Asgard) laughs because it is he who release the volcanic creature.
Meanwhile, Jane informs Blake that she is leaving and taking a job elsewhere. She can not remain were her feelings are rejected. Forbidden by Odin, Blake is unable to stop her.
As the Lava Man finally reaches the city, he claims the city for his Lava Men tribe. But Thor appears ready to stop him. The Lava Man melts his way into the tunnels underground, and causes eruptions all around Thor. But the Thunder God uses his thrown hammer to drive the Lava Man back above ground. The Lava Man encases Thor in lava, but he is able to break free by summoning a lightning blast from his hammer.
When the Lava Man converts himself to a pillar of stone to try to crush Thor, Thor conjures a whirlwind with his hammer and sweeps the Lava Man to distance volcano and drops him in. He then seals the top to imprison the Lava Man and end his threat.
Back at his office as Blake, he finds Jane and her new employer, Dr Bruce Andrews, waiting for him. She is angry that while the Lava Man was menacing the area, Blake had not even bothered to check on her safety. She leaves with Dr Andrews, as Blake laments as Thor must live out his days alone.
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“The Space Phantom” / IL FANTASMA DELLO SPAZIO
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Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Bill (First appearance)
Villains:
- Space Phantom (First appearance)
Locations:
- Limbo (First appearance)
- New York City
Items:
Synopsis
The Avengers are having a meeting in Stark’s library when the Space Phantom lands on Earth and assumes the figure of a random civilian and proceeds to enter Stark’s mansion.The Hulk proceeds to investigate but the Space Phantom takes his form, and then proceeds to fight among The Avengers. He then leaves and meets up with Rick Jones who is suspicious of the ‘Hulk’, and so The Space Phantom reveals his true identity and abandons Rick.
The ‘Hulk’ the destroys a new gun that Tony Stark had just invented, triggering the device in the process and causing Tony to suit up as Iron Man and proceed to fight. However the The Space Phantom changes into a Wasp without Iron Man realizing with the Hulk reappearing and Iron Man fighting the real Hulk.
Meanwhile Rick Jones finds a member of his Teen Brigade and proceeds to call Giant Man and The Wasp and explain what has happened to his teammate.
Giant Man finds Iron Man and The Hulk fighting and separates them. But the Space Phantom as a wasp attacks The Wasp, who alerts Giant Man of the danger via his cybernetic helmet. They then head to Stark’s factory where The Space Phantom impersonates Giant Man. However this change is observed by The Wasp and Hulk, who proceed to battle ‘Giant Man’. In the process one of Stark’s Inventions temporarily stuns Iron Man and The Phantom then turns into Iron Man, again The Hulk sees this change and prepares to battle.
Meanwhile, The Wasp goes to see Don Blake in order to contact Thor. Both return to find The Hulk and Giant Man being trapped by Iron Man’s air jets. So The Wasp enters Iron Man’s suit and shuts off the Air Jets, while Thor throws his Hammer, which Iron Man repulses, so Thor unleashes the elements upon him, causing the suit to rust, so The Space Phantom attempts to impersonate Thor. However,the Space Phantom is cast into Limbo, as immortal beings cannot be assumed.
Hulk then leaves the Avengers because he feels they dislike him.
Notes
- The Hulk did not have a title of his own, and did not appear in anything after Avengers #1, additionally this is his last issue as a member of the Avengers team.
- This marks the first appearance of the Space Phantom. He next appears in Avengers #106 (in Italy in THC 116).
- The Limbo that Space Phantom shunts his victims into is later revealed as the same place that is home to Immortus. Space Phantom’s entire race is revealed to be trapped in limbo, and Space Phantom himself an agent of Immortus.
- Hulk continues to appear in the following issue of the Avengers, and the other members continue to appear in solo adventures in their regular titles until they next team up in Avengers #3.
- This story is Job # X-435.
Trivia
- The Hulk has only three toes in this issue. He normally has five.
- Rick Jones mistakenly says that The Hulk’s secret identity is Don Blake instead of Bruce Banner
