"In the '60s and the early '70s, I read a lot of SF, so I'm fairly well-versed in that material. And I had an interest in fantasy starting with the Lord of the Rings, I read a lot of fantasy in the '70s. Classic stuff: Lord Dunsany, E.R. Eddison, Mervyn Peake. Later work by Michael Moorcock. Besides Tolkien, Ballantine published about 60 or 70 volumes of an Adult Fantasy series, and I read that entire series. So I have a real interest in what Tolkien called secondary world creation, one of the things we do in comics. Because mainstream comics has this large shared universe-even though we all curse continuity under our breaths and sometimes, deservedly so, as far as I'm concerned. I like part of what it bestows-a rich complexity in the material that you can really mine and work. In a way, that helps to create stories worth re-reading because it enlarges them. It depends on the writer of course and the way you use the material, but it's such a fertile field for the imagination, I think it's one of the reasons I've stayed with mainstream comics for a long time."

Walt Simonson quote from his interview in COMIC BOOK ARTIST #10

What's more racist - a Thor Shrine or a statue of a Confederate General?

(It's a trick question. Inanimate objects can't be racist, only people's perceptions of them based upon their own learned subjective biases.)

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From PPW. The Thor Wood Warriors Action Figure stands 8-inches tall! Packaged in faux-organic window box packaging, this solid wood hand-painted action figure comes fully articulated to sit, stand, flex, and fight anywhere toys go on adventures.

JACK KIRBY DOES JOHN BUSCEMA A FAVOR

Just before leaving Marvel to work exclusively for DC, Kirby had Surtur burn down Asgard making it possible for John Buscema to design his own Realm Eternal when he took over the art chores on THOR.

THE PERFECT THOR COMIC TO GIVE SOMEONE WHO HAS NEVER READ A THOR COMIC

THOR GOD OF THUNDER #18 features a self-contained story that you don't have to have any prior knowledge of Thor or Marvel Universe History to appreciate. It takes place over one week's time in 894 in a Viking village and Asgard. The cover is by Esad Ribic. 

The  impressive interior art is by Das Pastoras.

The caption gives the impression that Lee did not mention an Asgard Sky Ship in the plot that he supplied Kirby with.

This splash page is from December 1964. The movie THE LONG SHIPS was released 8 months earlier.

Have you met Thor's trio of good-looking grandaughters?

from THOR GOD OF THUNDER #22 

(art by Esad Ribic)

How many of their inherited weapons do you recognize?