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    Journey into Mystery #102

    Journey into Mystery » Journey into Mystery #102 - Slave Of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man! released by Marvel on March 1964.

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    Slave Of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man! last edited by deactivated-62e5b6c75b65e on 07/27/22 11:28AM View full history

    With his powers halved by an angry Odin, Thor is left defenseless and distraught. In an attempt to please Odin and regain his abilities, Thor accepts a dangerous mission from the 23rd century. Will Thor be able to save 20th century earth, by destroying Arthur Zarrko of the future?

    1. The Mighty Thor! "Slave of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man!" - Enslaved by the Tomorrow Man, Thor has no choice but to aid in the subjugation of the entire populace of the 23rd Century.
    2. The Green Hat (text story) - George has seen what most people don't believe, take it from him.
    3. The Menace
    4. Tales of Asgard: Death Comes to Thor! - When the goddess Sif is kidnapped by the Storm Giants, Thor wields Mjolnir for the first time in his quest to rescue her!
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    Anticlimactic 0

    This story begins with the statement: You are about to enter the world of the future, where the mighty Thor must do the bidding of a master villain!!  Another Marvel Triumph!! The same message appears on the cover, which leads me to wonder, how exactly is Thor being enslaved a Marvel Triumph?  Yes, I know, typical Stan Lee hyperbole - you know damn well it refers not to the Tomorrow Man's triumph, but to the triumph of the Marvel Age of Comics, the writers (Stan) who are telling us this fantasti...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    Back to the Future 0

    Reeling from the draining of his power by Odin Thor lost in battle to the Tomorrow Man and his slave robot. Now Thor is under oath to conquer the 23rd century for the nefarious villain. Can Thor save the future and himself without breaking his word?Stan Lee sets out to resolve Thor's issues with the Tomorrow Man and he succeeds for the most part. Thor's actions while under the thrall of the villain are uncharacteristic of our hero and his solutions to avoid bloodshed are clever albeit typical of...

    1 out of 1 found this review helpful.

    Slave Of Zarrko, The Tomorrow Man! 0

    Thor ditches the melodrama this month as the stunning climax of part 1's cliffhanger comes to a full on action-packed close. Okay so, I'm making it sound better than it actually is; simply because much like the issue before it, the action on display here is incredibly dull and simplistic. From silly elaborations on the supposed utopian 23rd century, to the usual Journey into Mystery Thor can do anything deus ex machina, this second part which I was actually optimistic about, fails to keep the tr...

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