Thor #149

Feb 1968

Stan Lee, Jack Kirby

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Story Name:

When Falls a Hero!

Synopsis

Thor #149 synopsis by Marvelite Indexer

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Imbued with Asgardian power, the Wrecker defeats Thor. Observing this in the mystic Crystal of Eternal View, Balder and Sif return to the All-Father to plead Thor's case. Soon after, Loki steals the Crystal to prevent Odin from learning Thor's fate.

The Wrecker robs a bank but Thor recovers and confronts him again, wresting away his crowbar.

In Asgard, Balder and Sif convince Odin to look in the Crystal but, arriving at the Chamber of Visions, they find it gone. Suspecting Loki has taken it to the Norn Forest, Balder asks permission to pursue.

On Earth, the Wrecker regains his crowbar and topples a condemned tenement onto Thor.

Balder and Sif enter the Norn Forest with Balder warning Sif that those who fall to the power of the Norn lose their souls.

Meanwhile, the Wrecker sifts through the tenement rubble and finds Thor, apparently dead.

Story #2

Silence or Death!

Synopsis

By Julio Molina-Muscara
Rating: 4 stars

King Agon lets his son, Black Bolt, free on his 19th birthday from the soundproof chamber he lived since childhood. Bolt knows he must not speak, or else he would cause tremendous harm as when he was a baby.

Bolt’s cousins Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, and Crystal welcome him nicely. But Bolt’s brother, Maximus, doesn’t trust him. Believing he should be the heir to the throne, Maximus attacks Bolt with a beam, hoping he would scream in pain, causing a catastrophe and proving an unworthy leader. But Bolt escapes without uttering a word.

His cousins defend Bolt by defeating Maximus.