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Quote1 No matter how strong, or how sly evil may be, there will always be a champion to challenge and defeat it! A champion such as the Mighty Thor! Quote2
Odin Borson

Appearing in "Thor and Loki Attack the Human Race!"

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  •  Loki 
  • Dragon (Illusion or holographic simulation)

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Synopsis for "Thor and Loki Attack the Human Race!"

When a US missile base in the Pacific launches a test missile, it goes out of control. When the self destruct will not work, the general decides to broadcast a emergency call for Thor. In his office, Dr Don Blake hears the broadcast, and taps his cane, transforming into the mighty Thor.

As he rockets from his office, the god of mischief, Loki, watches from Asgard where he is bound with uru chains. It is he who magically caused the missile to go off course. When Thor throws his hammer to destroy the missile, Loki casts a second spell which makes an illusion of a dragon appear behind Thor. Distracted for a moment by the illusion, Thor turns his head and is struck by his own returning hammer. Momentarily stunned, Loki is able to take mental control of Thor, and brings him to Asgard. After assaulting Heimdall on the Rainbow Bridge, Thor frees Loki from his chains.

Alerted by Heimdall, Odin arrives and confronts Thor, who strikes his father forcing him back. Loki informs Odin that he intends to take over the throne of Asgard, and returns to earth with Thor to make mischief until Odin surrenders the throne. As the two depart, Odin ponders what could have caused the change in Thor.

Arriving on earth, Loki has Thor create thunderstorms and earthquakes. Thor destroys such monuments as the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower, pyramids, Golden Gate Bridge and Leaning Tower of Pisa. Meanwhile Loki through his magic creates a sea serpent, animates the Sphinx and the Empire State Building, and awakens prehistoric behemoths in museums.

Thor and Loki are finally approached by a UN delegation that asks why they are destroying everything. Thor and Loki accompany them back to the UN building, where Thor uses his hammer to destroy the emblem of the UN. But before his hammer can return to him, a trap door opens under Thor, and he falls through. His hammer hovers for a moment over the opening, and then falls onto the back of Thor's head. The second blow frees Thor from Loki's control. It is then that the UN delegation reveals that they are actually Odin and other Asgardian gods in disguise. Throwing his hammer, Thor stuns Loki and he is returned to his chains in Asgard.

Appearing in "Bird Talk"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #50

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Synopsis for "Bird Talk"

Reprint of the 5th story from
Journey Into Unknown Worlds #50

Tony Tipple wanted to have a parakeet, like many of his friends but couldn't afford it. After seeing the evolutions of his friend Toodles Murphy's parakeet, he went home sad but on the way he met a garishly dressed man. Asking him who he was and what he did, the man replied that he was taking a bird census but that of the earphones he used to listen to the birds, one had fallen off and he couldn't find it and the other wasn't working well. After chatting with Tony and giving him some information about birds, the strange man left and soon after Tony found the earpiece that he had lost. By wearing it he discovered that he really could listen to the birds and understand them to the point of being able to make pigeons listen to him, becoming the envy of the other inhabitants of the town. Thanks to this, Tony became a true expert and scholar of ornithology without anyone knowing that he could really talk to birds.

Appearing in "Dinner Time on Deimos!"

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  • Laird Benedict

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  • Deimosans (First appearance)

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  • Hostile Plants

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  • Humans
  • Deimosans (First appearance)

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  • Laird Benedict's Spacecraft

Synopsis for "Dinner Time on Deimos!"

In a possible future, Earth is overpopulated, which requires everyone to work a single day on a farm a week, even the very rich, to produce enough food. A wealthy man fed up with having to work leaves Earth and finds a sparsely-populated and fertile planet to live on. Just as he thinks he's struck paradise he discovers that the plants are actually predatory, and that the few peaceful inhabitants he meets are so short of food that he must work eight hours a day to feed themselves. The aliens being kind allow Laird to work his own bean plants in order to feed himself which makes him realize that everyone must earn rich or poor alike.

Appearing in "The Gentle Old Man!"

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  • Gregory "Greedy" Grundy

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  • Collector

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  • Collector's "Dolls"

Synopsis for "The Gentle Old Man!"

A greedy landlord is captured by a time traveler who maintains a collection of 'dolls' consisting of miniaturized heartless people from different eras.

Notes

  • Sequence 1 Thor and Loki Attack the Human Race! plot by Lee, script by Bernstein (credited as R. Berns).
  • For the first time since her introduction, Jane Foster does not appear.
  • "Dinner Time on Deimos!" is reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #10.
  • "The Gentle Old Man!" is reprinted in Fear #3.

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