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Thor (1998 series) #67

Oct 2003 on-sale: Aug 6, 2003

Dan Jurgens
writer
 |  Max Fiumara
penciler

Thor (1998 series) #67 cover

Story Name:

The Gates of Hell


Synopsis

Thor (1998 series) #67 synopsis by reviewer Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

New York City is in chaos, Jake Olson sees paramilitary troops fighting Heimdall in the streets and it takes a bazooka to knock him down. Jake rushes to tend to him but he is restrained by the soldiers. He explains that a paramedic must treat everyone and do they have any idea what Thor will do? They tell him Thor is dead….

The Consortium of Nations gets word that the bomb went off as planned and then radio communication is cut off. They assume it was interference from the blast….

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Zarrko, the Tomorrow Man, dashes through the ruins of Asgard, seeking to recover his pocket navigator which enables him to travel through time. He discovers an armory and finds his device inside. As he tries to reset it, he is bowled over by Thialfi and threatened with a return to his cell; Zarrko responds that he is the best friend they have….

Thor breaks into the Consortium of Nations’s meeting room, calling down lightning to strike them all down. And then he blows apart the mountain their hideout was concealed in….

In Asgard, the heroes battle the invaders and the soldiers have finished mining the city and teleport out as the charges are detonated. Asgard is blown apart, Zarrko interrupted in his attempts to save the city; he tries to open a time portal but Thialfi is hurled into it instead. Jake Olson watches from the ground as the city is broken into pieces which drop from the sky, destroying Manhattan. Thor arrives to take on the Consortium’s army, stopping cannon shells with Mjolnir. Jake realizes that Thor will never let humanity have its world back so he must now force Thor to accept that he and Thor are one: he seizes Mjolnir in flight, proving himself worthy. He beats Thor with his own hammer but Thor, lacking all humanity, blasts Jake with lightning from his eyes and hands, killing him. He kneels by Jake’s body, telling him that he wanted only to help but he underestimated the pettiness of mortal man. Surveying the ruins of New York, Thor blames the human race for wanting to retain power. He decides he did not go far enough in ruling Earth and he tries to lift Mjolnir but can’t…so he erupts in anger….

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Characters
Good (or All)
BALDER  
Balder
(The Brave)
JAKEODUP  
Jake Olson
(duplicate)
SIF  
THOR  
Thor
(Odinson)

Antagonists
ZARRKO  
Zarrko
(Artur Zarrko)

> Thor (1998 series) comic book info and issue index



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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Max Fiumara
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Brian Reber
Ben Lai (Cover Penciler)
Ben Lai (Cover Inker)
Brian Reber (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Randolph Gentile.
Editor: Tom Brevoort. Editor-in-chief: Joe Quesada.



Review / Commentaries


reviewer
Thor (1998 series) #67 Review by (September 9, 2026)

Review: And here’s how it ends: For the Consortium’s scheme to work, Thor had to be dead. But he wasn’t. And here’s how it begins: Thor decides he was too lenient and chooses to become a dictator. Kudos to Jake Olson, generally annoying since he split from Thor but this is what it was leading to: Jake confronting Thor over his lost humanity. The final confrontation is surprising and could have been a lot more intense with Jake picking up Mjolnir and Thor unable to, though the final page with Thor’s fit of anger permeating the universe certainly gets the idea across. 

Comments: “Spiral Part 8”—Cover. Thalfi’s fate is revealed in issue #69. The Consortium of Nations returns one last time in issue #79. Rich Perrotta contributed to the inking, SotoColor to the coloring, and Virtual Calligraphy to the lettering. Ben and Ray Lai drew the cover. 





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