tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post437732537017899085..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Reign of the Supermen #218: Marvel's Clark Kent (and the Thor Question)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-30240682685962126442011-07-10T09:20:46.639-03:002011-07-10T09:20:46.639-03:00Even if I did trust Stan Lee's stories about t...Even if I did trust Stan Lee's stories about the origins of his characters (which I don't, they all sound like he's creating his own apocrypha), Thor has his roots first and foremost in Norse myth. I am loathe to actually call him an analog. (But it's the best of both words here at the SBG... I still wrote an article about him, right?)Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-72062248912226421642011-07-10T00:26:11.910-03:002011-07-10T00:26:11.910-03:00I don't know much, but I understand Thor was c...I don't know much, but I understand Thor was created as a sorta counterpart of Superman, I read somewhere that Stan Lee wanted Thor to be more, so instead of making him a man he made him a GodMaricruz Villalobos Zamorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03040512817272365588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-56009226771678365802011-05-26T17:35:59.314-03:002011-05-26T17:35:59.314-03:00That someone was me, I believe... and yeah, not an...That someone was me, I believe... and yeah, not an analogue, but having some non-mythic analogu-y elements, which later writers tended to build away from.Craig Oxbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-9320016951864110742011-05-26T11:50:05.952-03:002011-05-26T11:50:05.952-03:00You're right! After a little internet research...You're right! After a little internet research, I found a Scans Daily page that chronicles their many appearances! See update.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-79625204991447067722011-05-26T11:28:28.564-03:002011-05-26T11:28:28.564-03:00I could have sworn that Lois & Clark made appe...I could have sworn that Lois & Clark made appearances earlier than Thor #341. However, I guess that's not really important since this was to be posted on Thursday.Dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10132196355430345167noreply@blogger.com