Reading Room: BARBARELLA 1.1

While most are familiar with the psychedelic movie starring Jane Fonda, few are those who read the entire Barbarella saga, much less the four stories that comprise the translated graphic novel that introduced her to English-speaking fans in 1966 after becoming a smash hit in Europe.
Now, jump in, the way readers in the '60s had to, and try to keep up...

Tune in tomorrow for both the conclusion to Part 1, and some more background on...Barbarella!

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Barbarella Collectible Corner

Cover Preview: WARLORD OF MARS: FALL OF BARSOOM #1

While most of the Dynamite John Carter of Mars material has been decent, but not spectacular, discovering Francesco Francavilla will be doing alternate covers for a new mini-series indicates they're taking the character in a pulp-oriented vein, at least this go-round.
Well-done guys!

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Collectibles Corner

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