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Weird Comics
Date | Number: 1 | Lang: English (en)
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What I find really remarkable here is how little difference there is between the Fox Thor and the later Marvel Thor. Sure, it's a public domain mythological character, and Jack Kirby could sure draw rings around Pierce Rice (even in 1940), but consider... Fox's Thor has a mortal identity of a blond-haired young man who transforms into a caped, helmeted, clean-shaven Thor who has *long* blond hair. There are hints of a 'love-triangle' between the hero's girlfriend and his alter-ego. I'll admit Stan Lee brought a little more panache to the dialogue, but the basic blueprint here in the Fox version is very close to the Silver Age Marvel hero as initially conceived (at least before Kirby took the character back much closer to his mythological roots in the mid-to-later '60s).
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Blond Grant Farrel loses the helmet, the cape and the long hair after the third issue, but retains the power of Thor. Thor would only last five issues whose place in the roster is taken by a more earthbound character named 'Dynamite' Thor in issue 6.
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Thought I’d take a look at this as people were commenting and I’m a die-hard rubbernecker. Art was…ummm….can’t think of a polite way to put it….but I did quite like the Sorceress of Zoom and her flying kingdom, some mileage in that idea - and Dr Mortal held a surprising amount of menace. The Voodoo Man had the makings of a decent plot and the monster in Typhon was most unexpected – very original…I like the idea of living seaweed (always been a bit suspicious of that stuff waving away beneath my feet – don’t tell me the fronds don’t follow you as you move, reaching up to you in an eldritch kind of way – yeeuch!)
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' sure, it's a public domain mythological character' Like Hercules and Mercury, my memory tells me that there was more than one Golden Age Thor. Interestingly, there are three features here ('Sorceress of Doom','Dr Mortal' and 'The Voodoo Man' where the title characters ae villains. Are Fu Manchu and Dracula the archetypes for th Villain as central character. (Or Shakespeare's Richard the Third? he art on 'The Bird Man' is excellent.
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Sadly missing the second and third page of the 'Sorceress of Zoom' feature.
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Knock it off with that "Stan Lee" NONSENSE. Jack Kirby conceived, wrote & illustrated those early THOR comics entirely on his own. The first 9 issues list Larry Lieber for dialogue, but I'd bet Kirby rejected anything he did. The next 5 issues after that list Robert Bernstein. At least he was an actual professional. After that, "ye editor" barged in so he could steal the full writing credit and pay for himself. Although, these days, it's become more uncertain whether he actually wrote most of the dialogue or got someone in Martin Goodman's magazine division to do it for him, uncredited. Either way, Kirby was writing the stories. And on those few handful of issues illustrated by Al Hartley, Joe Sinnott or Don Heck, those 3 guys did the story writing-- BASED on Kirby's story IDEAS. It's a general rule of thumb in the 60s. if Kirby did the cover, Kirby supplied the villain and the story idea. L**'s contributions tended to consist of mutilated stories, mutilated characterization, plot holes & continuity errors.
  
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NameWeird Comics 1 (fiche) | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly
NotesThe on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 2.
 
CoverBrent's Gun Blazed Away and Stopped the Fiend / 1 page
GenreAdventure
CharactersGary Brent; Dr. Mortal
PencilsGeorge Tuska
InksGeorge Tuska
NotesUpdated pencil and ink credit from Jon B (February 25, 2006). Credit for both originally given to Lou Fine.
 
Comic StoryThe Origin of Thor / Thor (12 pages)
SynopsisThor, the son of Odin, chooses a mortal, Grant Farrel, and imbues him with the God of Thunder's powers and abilities. Thereafter, Grant is known as Thor when he changes shape and assumes the form and powers of the Thunder God.
GenreAdventure; Fantasy
CharactersThor; Grant Farrel [Thor]; Glenda
PencilsPierce Rice
First LineGrant Farrel, an ordinary mortal is suddenly invested with the supernatural powers...
NotesInks credit from Jerry Bails via the GCD Main List (21 March 2006); the original indexer credited Pierce Rice.

Grant can change forms between his human self and that of the Thunder God at will. Thor is also referred to as the mighty Thor within the story.
 
Comic StoryThe Coming of the Sorceress / The Sorceress of Zoom (8 pages)
GenreFantasy
CharactersSorceress of Zoom; Tom; Janice; The Stranger
PencilsDon Rico
InksDon Rico
First LineZoom, a magical city that appears and disappears at the will of the powerful sorceress...
 
StorySolar Plexis (2 pages)
SynopsisSolar is tasked with delivering a message to Mars.
GenreHumor
CharactersSolar Plexis
Script
PencilsFred Schwab
InksFred Schwab
LettersFred Schwab
First LineBoy! Special delivery to Mars!
 
Comic StoryThe Pirates and the Meteor / Blast Bennett (8 pages)
SynopsisBlast and Red explore a meteor that crosses their path.
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersBlast Bennett; Red
PencilsDon Rico
InksDon Rico
First LineIn their fast spaceship, Blast Bennett and his companion, Red, speed through the spaceways in search of adventure.
 
Comic StoryThe Man Who Made Monsters / Dr. Mortal (8 pages)
SynopsisDr. Mortal is about to operate on his niece, Marlene, but is stopped in the nick of time by Gary Brent.
GenreAdventure
CharactersDr. Mortal; Marlene Mortal; Gary Brent
Script
PencilsBert Whitman
InksBert Whitman
First LineCreator of inhuman monstrosities, Dr. Mortal has kept his deadly secret from the world until
 
Comic StoryThe Voodoo Man Cometh / The Voodoo Man (8 pages)
SynopsisBob frees Petro and Lana from the clutches of the Voodoo Man.
Pencils? [as Alan Spectre]
GenreAdventure
CharactersThe Voodoo Man; Bob Warren; Petro; Lana
First LineTo Haiti, island of mystic voodooism, where black magic reigns and dead men walk as zombies...
 
Text StoryThe Invisible Planet (2 pages)
Letterstypeset
GenreScience Fiction
CharactersBill Swift; Victor; Nadine
Script
First LineWhen a fella discovers something, he'd at least like to know what he's discovered.
 
Comic StoryIntroducing the Bird Man / Bird Man (8 pages)
SynopsisBird Man helps a father find his missing daughter in Lone Canyon.
Pencils? [as Arnold Inagos]
GenreAdventure
CharactersThe Bird Man; The Stone Man
First LineOver the vast wilderness of the great western canyons, swoops the Birdman - winged hunter of the plains.
NotesThe protagonist of the story is referred to as Bird Man and Birdman.
 
Comic StoryMaster of the Serpent-Men / Typhon (8 pages)
SynopsisExploring the ocean depths, Typhon fights off a giant electric eel and a many-headed sea monster.
Pencils? [as Phillips Judge]
GenreAdventure
CharactersTyphon; Master of the Serpent-Men
First LineAt a private dock, a new super-submarine is ready to be launched
 
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