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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 Find us on Twitter @ArtifactsOfI and ArtifactsOfInfinity.com