875 – Thor, Time Traveller

While testing weapons with the United States Army in Journey into Mystery #86 (Sep 1962), Thor witnesses a time traveller from the future who steals a cobalt bomb and disappears in to the future, leaving only a fragment of strange metal. In desperation, Thor summons Odin, his father in Asgard, who appears and tells him […]

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870 – Loki, God of Mischief

Journey Into Mystery #85 (Aug 1962) begins to build out Thor’s mythology by introducing Asgard, the rainbow bridge Bifrost, and Thor’s biggest nemesis: Loki, god of mischief. Poor Loki has been trapped in a tree until someone sheds a tear. Along comes ol’ Heimdall, Bifrost’s Warder, and Loki is able to manipulate one of his […]

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