![]() STRANGE (Marvel Ent./Lions Gate Home Video, 2007), a direct to video TV Animation. STRANGE (Universal, CBS, 1978), a Made for TV Movie and DR. Oh yeah, by the way we were wondering if THOR played on his own day of the week! C'mon, Schultz, I'm referring to 'Thursday' which is, after all, named after Thor, himself! NOTE: * There have been 2 adaptations of the this Marvel Feature: DR. With respect to the "MIGHTY THOR" animations, they are just like their 4 other counterparts on "THE MARVEL SUPERHEROES" being beautifully voiced & musically endowed, with beautiful straight-from-the comics artwork being topped off with very limited animation work.**** All shortcomings considered, "THE MIGHTY THOR" is a beautiful, exciting and most memorable series of ½ hours TV Animation. Hmmmm, all of this line of thought sure makes a pretty convincing case for calling Thor a "Christ figure". This is meant as an object lesson for Odin's son who will learn from serving the poor and pitiful mortals who occupy our World. AS for his Marvel Origin, Thor is given a case of Norse God Amnesia by papa Odin and sent to Earth in the guise of physically frail and semi-crippled Dr. Their great acceptance was a bi-media phenomenon for just the same as the other four comics adaptations to TV Animation, the stories are nearly verbatim transcriptions of the adventures from the printed page. Oddly enough, other than a few expressions of surprise that we personally heard there was no public outcry and the Thor feature was generally warmly and widely embraced. There were many stories in Marvels's Journey Into Mystery Comic (title later changed to The Mighty Thor) which depicted the Thunder God's traveling from mother Earth to Asgard and father Odin's Palace of Fallen Heroes, Valhalla (almost sounds like "Hallowed Halls", no?). In addition to Norse Mythological characters and their own conflicts the stories very often depict scenes of Life in Asgard (the Mythic Homeland of the Norse deities). If one considers the Pagan God origin of the character, his constant references to Odin & his endless conflict with brother, Loki, we see an Ancient World's Eye view of a modern, technologically marvelous sort of anachronism. (Or is it "round hole" and "square peg"?) Material displayed in the Comics Page could well have brought them a good deal of heat from various Cultural, Civic and Religious groups. The age-old axiom of the "square hole" and the "round peg" would certainly fit most appropriately right here. With regards to their bringing the Mythological Norse Thunder God into a Marvel Universe, one would perhaps, think that it would have trouble fitting-in. Instead of Science, or the Supernatural, the Thor saga is derived from the Germanic/Norse Mythology with Thor being their God of Thunder and Battle. "CAPTAIN America" had huge elements grounded in this Sci-Fi but was largely more akin to a character & feature like BATMAN, lacking any true Super Powers.** And that, Schultz, leaves only the "MIGHTY THOR", which has no pretenses of any scientific basis whatsoever. That leaves the last one as being outside of Sci Fi but inside of what? ANSWERS: "HULK", "IRON MAN" and "THE SUB-MARINER" are all conceived scientifically and fictitiously, albeit in a somewhat Global Warming-like junk science. One is somewhat grounded in the Science Fiction world, at least in "Origin" and "Rebirth". Indeed, when one scrutinizes "THE MARVEL SUPERHEROES" TV Show, we find that 60% of the feature characters are Sci Fi all the way. STRANGE* just about every major Marvel feature with Super Heroes had roots in Science Fiction. Other than that dabbler in Black Magic and Sorcery, DR.
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