How do you against fight a giant metallic killing machine whose sole purpose was to destroy you? That’s the situation Thor found himself in when once again he was pitted against The Destroyer.
The metallic monstrosity’s sole purpose was to destroy Thor.
Back when Marvel Comics premiered (it was Timely Comics before Stan Lee introduced The Fantastic Four and The Marvel Age of Comics) the publisher was restricted to putting out only eight titles per month.
It’s distributor (owned by the same company that owned DC Comics) placed the restrictions on Marvel Comics so it would not take away readers from DC Comics.
Nonetheless Marvel Comics began selling like hotcakes which placed Stan Lee in a precarious position.
How could he publish comic book stories starring his blossoming popular hero cast?
The solution was to take his anthology comic books and split them into two stories-one each for Marvel's most popular characters-the exception being Journey Into Mystery title.
Lee and Kirby introduced Thor in Tales Of Mystery and soon dedicated the entire comic book to Thor renaming it: Tales Of Mystery With The Mighty Thor.
Soon Thor would get his own sell-named title once the distribution problem was straightened out.
In the Journey Of Mystery Thor tales Stan Lee and especially artist Jack Kirby let their imaginations run wild.
It was during this period (and in The Fantastic Four) that Kirby refined his art style, introducing such things as the Kirby Krackle, fantastic machines, awe-inspiring landscapes and alien worlds and incredible creature and character designs.
In Journey Into Mystery With The Mighty Thor #119, Kirby delivered some incredible art featuring Loki, Odin, Asgard, Thor and The Destroyer and backed it all up with a spectacular Tales Of Asgard second story. Thor’s battle against the destroyer alone was worth the price of admission.
In the follow-up Tales Of Asgard The Warriors Three are introduced: Hogun, Fandal and Volstagg.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." — Galatians 5:22-23
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