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Thor #356Issue(s): Thor #356 Review/plot: It's a cute story about Hercules regaling a kid with a tale about a fight he had with Thor, and of course the story is extremely implausible and one sided. ![]() ![]() ![]() The kid has bully problems, which oddly hinge on whether Thor or Hercules wins the fight in the story, so when Jarvis clues Hercules in to that fact... ![]() ...Hercules modifies the story accordingly and also gives the bully some friendly advice. ![]() Cute fun. Quality Rating: C+ Chronological Placement Considerations: Hercules is wearing his original costume, placing this prior to Avengers #252. Which does mean that this issue is placed out of order for the Thor series, but this is a fill-in that Thor doesn't even appear in, so that's not a problem. There's no sense in trying to determine where any actual Thor/Herc fight might have taken place; it's clearly just a tall tale. irh13 notes in the comments that someone that looks kind of like Debra Whitman appears in this issue, and even mentions a boyfriend named "Biff". ![]() References: N/A Crossover: N/A Continuity Insert? N My Reprint: N/A Inbound References (1): showCharacters Appearing: Hercules, Jarvis CommentsHerc smacking Thor with the isle of Manhattan is probably a reference on that issue where Herc seemingly towed the island back in place. Posted by: Berend | March 4, 2014 12:20 PM Ironic that it's not by Simonson in the middle of the Simonson run (and thus, of course, not included in the Simonson collections), because it's my favorite non-Simonson issue of Thor by far. A nice fun issue - especially for the moment where Herc hits Thor over the head with Manhattan (though Herc getting hit by Mjolnir and having it just irritate him is pretty good as well) - a great issue of fan given that it stars two characters I was never that fond of. Posted by: Erik Beck | May 26, 2015 12:43 PM Wasn't Hercules' "costume" destroyed. You've got it placed at a time when he was between costumes. Posted by: Scott | December 25, 2015 4:38 PM You're right. Thanks Scott. Posted by: fnord12 | January 5, 2016 12:49 PM There's an odd sequence I remember where a girl who looks A LOT like Debra Whitman bumps into Hercules when chasing down a frisbee (I think). Hercules, ever the ladies man, puts the moves on her, asking her to dinner, I believe. She says she'd have to discuss it with her boyfriend, Biff. Is that a reference to Biff Rifkin? I know Deb left NYC after the events of PPSSM #74, but what were the odds? Was it an inside joke? Posted by: irh13 | June 12, 2016 5:40 PM By the way, is tne Bob Harris's first work at Marvel? It's funy, but I always thought he didn't join the company until the late 80s/early 90s (the era I usually associate him with.) Posted by: Jon Dubya | June 13, 2016 11:25 AM No, this isn't Bob Harras's first work at Marvel- his first work was Iron Man 178. Posted by: Michael | June 13, 2016 8:05 PM irh13, i've added a scan of "Debra" in the Considerations. I'm not sure if she looks that much like Debra, and Biff is a stereotypical Big Dumb Boyfriend name, so it might just be a coincidence. But maybe the idea was that Debra has divorced her abusive husband and returned to New York to try out a relationship with Biff. A fill-in issue of Thor would be a weird place to show that, though, and the Marvel Indexes (and the MCP) never listed Debra as appearing here, so i haven't either. Posted by: fnord12 | June 20, 2016 1:21 PM Comments are now closed. |
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