Reading Room: "The Hammer of Thor"

In 1959, three years before Mighty Thor's debut in Journey into Mystery #83,  Out of This World #11 ran a tale, drawn by Steve Ditko, about a young man with a hammer named Thor.

While he does have a beard, this Thor, like Marvel's Mighty Thor, was blonde, not red-headed as described in the myths.
Ditko was the co-creator of Spider-Man and Dr Strange at Marvel, and was considered the #2 artist behind Jack Kirby during the Silver Age of Comics.
Considering Jack Kirby had drawn a pretty-accurate version of Thor, albeit as a villain wearing a disguise...

...why did he go with a blonde, beardless version when he designed the Marvel character?

Could Stan Lee have been influenced by seeing Ditko's version?

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Thor Movie WallPapers

Thor

From the Official Movie WebSite, the 1280 x 1024 series of wallpapers for your computer, including a couple you can't access thru the site.
There's also a "widescreen" series, but you'll have to go to the site for them.

Loki

Jane Foster

Odin

Heimdall

Asgard

Odin on the Throne

Jane Foster and the terminal point for Bifrost

Thor attempts to lift Mjolnir

Mjolnir, awaiting one who is worthy

Heimdall activating Bifrost

Thor

Thor

Mighty Thor by Jack Kirby

Marvelmania poster from 1970, inked by Chic Stone.

 The original art (or a 1st generation photostat)

YouTube Wednesday: Thor vs the Destroyer!

 Since one of the main "set pieces" in the new Thor movie is a battle with The Destroyer, let's look at it as dramatized using Jack Kirby's art on the Marvel Super Heroes Show...

C'mon admit it, it's KOOL!