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Episode 8 - Colonize This!

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Episode 8: Colonize This!

Today we’ll be covering Thor 131-134

Preface:

  • We Love Thor
  • Jonathan started reading Thor constantly at Thor: God of Thunder #1, though he also read Simonson’s whole run
  • Everett started reading Thor with the Sif Journey Into Mystery run and then at Thor: God of Thunder #1
  • The numbering on Thor is so high because Thor initially takes over Journey Into Mystery with issue 83 and then becomes its own series at issue 126

    • Thor 131: They Strike from Space!

    • We aren’t covering the Thor and Hercules adventure, but we freaking should!
    • Jane is currently on a cross country bus, why?
    • Tana Nile, Jane’s roommate bursts into crackling energy and transforms into an alien!
    • She contacts Rigel, her homeworld, and stakes a claim on Earth as her first colony
    • They send an inspection team, then FORESHADOWING HAPPENS warning of the Black Galaxy
    • Some of the colonizers appear to have resemblence to racist caricatures of Asian people and there are some “Yellow Peril” overtones. Remember though, Stan Lee says DON’T BE A BIGOT!
    • Thor demands that Odin allow him to marry Jane Foster, Odin agrees, and Thor takes off to propose (Awwwww!)
    • Thor arrives at Jane’s apartment and gets immediately blasted out the room by Nile
    • Nile monologues about how she’s now the Empress of Earth and threatens to used the Space Lock to move Earth out of orbit if the people don’t listen to her
    • When Thor is attacked with a psionic Mind Thrust, he overcomes it only to be captured by the Coagulant Ray. These Colonizers sure have some gross sounding attacks
    • Thor gets fed up and gives them The Hammer
    • As they travel to Rigel the Rigelians increase their density and attack Thor again, but he knocks them out cold

      • Thor 132: Where Gods May Fear To Tread

      • Thor gets stopped by a Space Toll Booth which looks rad.
      • Thor just wants the Space Lock removed, Rigelians attack, but Thor is too strong
      • The thing you have to understand is, Mjolnir is a heck of a weapon
      • On Earth Tana Nile tries to convince the police that she’s now Empress of Earth. They humor her by taking her to their leader… the Police Chief. It’s COMEDY GOLD!
      • Thor gets attacked by robot of the week, an “Indestructable” They fight, Thor wins
      • A deadly space beam destroys a Rigelien Space Cruiser, it’s an attack from the dreaded Black Galaxy
      • The Grand Commissioner of Rigel is very tired you guys… he’s not here for this
      • The Grand Commish makes a deal with Thor, if Thor will stop the threat of The Black Galaxy then they will leave Earth alone and never come back
      • Jane’s continuing story isn’t covered because it doesn’t relate to the Cosmic stuff but it continues into 134
      • The Rigelians give Thor a humanoid android named Recorder so they can learn more about The Black Galaxy. Recorder is cool. Big Recorder fans around here!
      • Thor heads to The Black Galaxy and discovers…
      • Ego, the Living Planet!!!

        • Thor 133: They Strike from Space!

        • Thor and Recorder go to Ego and it looks STUNNING
        • Ego claims to be the largest and most powerful intelligence in all of Infinity! He reads Thor’s mind and creates a simulacrum of Asgard, some horses, and gives himself a humanoid body to more easily interact with Thor and Recorder
        • Ego announces that he’s going to leave The Black Galaxy and conquer all of space
        • Ego and Thor smack talk each other
        • Ego clones Thor and forms a being called an Anti-Body (good pun? Bad pun? You decide!)
        • Ego doesn’t need Thor anymore since he cloned Thor and thus whisks them away.
        • Then the Anti-Bodies attack!
        • Back on Earth our girl Tana can’t convince anyone that she’s THE BOSS but she still looks fly as heck!
        • Thor and Ego tussle
        • With Ego bested, Thor heads back to Rigel. Rigel and Earth are saved

          • Thor 134: The People Breeders!

          • The bulk of this story isn’t covered because it has to do with The High Evolutionary but it’s BONKERS and this is where Jane continues her story.
          • The Rigellians praise Thor for his handling of business
          • There’s a huge energy reading
          • OH MAH GHAWD IT’S GALACTUS!!!
          • GALACTUS IS GONNA MONCH EGO
          • Tana Nile returns to Rigel to… marry the High Commissioner??? Grats???
          • Thor and Recorder will have more Buddy Adventures and We Can’t Wait!

            • If you want to read the issues we covered today you can find them collected in:

            • Essential Thor Vol. 2
            • Marvel Masterworks Thor Mighty Thor Vol 5
            • Thor Epic Collections Vol 3
            • The Mighty Thor Omnibus vol.2
            • Comixology and Marvel Unlimited
            • Ask your local library

              • If you would like to know more about Thor:

              • The Lightning and the Storm podcast covers Simonson Thor and is PERFECT
              • Jason Aaron’s Thor run begins with Thor: God of Thunder #1 and is EXCELLENT
              • Stay Tuned! We’ll cover lots of Thor

                • If you would like to know more about Ego:

                • Thor (1966) 228
                • Nova (2007) 20-28 Nu-Xandar

                  • Creators of these issues:

                  Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Vince Colletta, Artie Simek, Sam Rosen, and Irving Forbush

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                  Artifacts of InfinityBy Everett Christensen and Jonathan Hutson