http://sequart.org advancing comics as art Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/30746/thor%e2%80%99s-early-identity-crisis/ http://sequart.org/magazine/30746/thor%e2%80%99s-early-identity-crisis/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:00:07 +0000 Mark Ginocchio http://sequart.org/?p=30746 Marvel’s introduction of Thor in Journey Into Mystery #83 (published in August 1962) ushered into the world a comic book character that transcended traditional superhero characteristics. Stan Lee, who created Thor, along with his brother… [more]]]> 1 http://sequart.org/magazine/30051/if-they-be-worthy-they-shall-possess-the-power-of-thor/ http://sequart.org/magazine/30051/if-they-be-worthy-they-shall-possess-the-power-of-thor/#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:00:24 +0000 Jeff Viaud http://sequart.org/?p=30051 “Whosever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of…Thor”. These are the words inscribed on the hammer of the Mighty Thor; on the mythological hammer Mjolnir itself. Thor, though himself a… [more]]]> 0 http://sequart.org/magazine/30252/how-tales-of-asgard-changed-everything/ http://sequart.org/magazine/30252/how-tales-of-asgard-changed-everything/#comments Mon, 04 Nov 2013 12:00:17 +0000 Julian Darius http://sequart.org/?p=30252 In Journey into Mystery #83 (Aug 1962), Donald Blake finds a magical walking stick that transforms him into Thor. It’s a rather inauspicious beginning. In that first story, Thor fights stone-skinned aliens, who simply land… [more]]]> 2