Eric Masterson broods over his new connection to Thor, God
of Thunder. He discovers he can access Thor’s memories so he looks in on the
last time the Norse deity was bonded to a human….
Thor, defying a truce between Asgard and Niffleheim, entered
the giant’s realm pursuing a deadly Birdbeast which he killed; storm giants
objected to his presence and he fought them. Balder found him and took him back
to Odin who had been looking for him. The All-Father was outraged that Thor
violated the truce with the storm giants and wished to humble the arrogant deity.
Odin created a duplicate version of medical student Keith Kincaid and, wiping
his son’s memory, put his self into the body of Don Blake, lame med student.
Don became a doctor, hired nurse Jane Foster and they fell in love. Then Odin
spied an alien Kronan ship coming to invade Earth; he diverted the aliens to Norway
and gave Don a sudden desire to visit that country. On a hike, Don discovered
the invaders and fled to a cave where he was trapped. There, he found a stick
which, when struck, became the enchanted hammer Mjolnir and Don was transformed
into Thor, God of Thunder. He defeated the Kronans, returned to Asgard and was
eventually given all of his memories back….
And now Eric, pondering the whims of fate, decides he doesn’t
understand how all of this works but he is bound to Thor who is now equally
bound to the human race as guardian and protector….
“The Way of the Warrior!”
Writer: Tom DeFalco. Pencils: Herb Trimpe. Inks: Herb Trimpe.
Colors: Nel Yomtov. Letters: Michael Heiser.
Synopsis: Hogun the Grim is fighting a band of brigands when
he discovers a young man, son of a tree-shaper, desiring to become a warrior’s
apprentice. Hogun shows him the hard path a warrior must take but it isn’t
until the hero tells the kid that a warrior must have no mercy or compassion
that the boy is fed up and leaves. Hogun smiles in victory.