Journey Into Mystery #123, Story B

Featuring: Tales of Asgard
Release: October 5, 1965
Cover: December 1965
12 cents
Writer: Stan Lee
Penciller: JacK Kirby
Inker: Vince Colletta
Letterer: Artie Simek
5 pages

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I’ve lost track of how many issues we’ve been caught in this storm headed for these deadly Pillars, which turn out to be the claws of the Utgard Dragon. But we finally seem to resolve that.

I’m willing to forgive the story pacing this time because I think the shots of the coming Ragnarok are pretty cool. Gods locked in final combat but depicted in shadowy clouds. Even Colletta’s random lines everywhere seem to create a good effect here.

Anyways, remember about 100 posts ago in April of last year when Reed proposed to Sue and we’ve been repeatedly teasing an imminent wedding ever since.

I forget where I was going with that.

Rating: ★★★☆☆, 52/100
Significance: ★★★☆☆

I read this story in Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor vol. 4.

Characters:

• Odin
• Balder
• Hogun
• Volstagg
• Thor
• Utgard Dragon

Story notes:

• Odin sees omens of Ragnarok: a giant dark cloud with shadowy figures locked in endless combat.
• Balder’s horn destroys stone dragon.

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