Juggernaut, have you read Doctor Strange/Doctor Doom: Triumph and Torment by Roger Stern and Mike Mignola? For my money, its the best single Doom story ever. I think Byrne wrote the most great Doom stories, but that one is still my favorite.

No, I haven't ... it's interesting that Marvel puts Strange and Doom together in a story line. Sounds intriguing.

My LCS have that in a paperback format and they will send me a copy to my house in a week and I'm very interested in reading this because any novel that pairs up Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom has to be very intriguing and an unusual one indeed.

I will let you know how I like it.

3 in 1 - Thor 126, 127, and 128 Review - My Favorite Thor Adventure Ever





Combined Story of all three Thor's Books

STARTING WITH THOR'S 126

This is the first battle with Thor wrestling with Hercules a clash of two titans over the romance of Jane Foster and this result a jealous Thunder God to do battle with Hercules and this cause some friction with Odin and he was angry enough to reveal his identity to Jane Foster and among all that.



When, Hercules defeated in a series of battles across the city and when it’s all over Hercules was approached by a talent agent to convince him to go to Hollywood and star in his own movie and while all of this is going on Odin strikes down Thor with a mystical bolt that takes away half of his powers for his punishment of disobeying Odin.



This resulted his loss to Hercules and having known that Jane Foster went to lunch with Hercules to make Thor jealous and that alone was primarily a fault of Jane Foster and Jane tried to amend it by telepathically summons Odin all the problems that Thor is having and having him lost honor with his Father, Odin.



This made Jane upset and that alone causes a great deal of frustrations of Thor.



Thor fought like a true Asgardian … and this move on to issue 127.



ISSUE 127



In issue 127, Hercules in California working with the film people and the man that recruited him was J.P. and in effect was really Pluto in disguise – the God of Death and ruler of Hades awaiting the arrival of Hercules.



While J.P. waited for Hercules, Thor has to go to Asgard to find that Odin is having a series of problems and feeling somewhat rotten and all that and without warning he is being struck down by Seldring.



Before he meets Seldring, he discovered that Hemidall was encased by some unknown force (can’t remember it) and rushed to the palace and discovered that Seldring taken over and placed Thor in a ring of fire and demanded that Thor takes allegiance to him. Thor refuses and knowing that he managed to escape the chamber of Oversword and grab the Sword and threaten Seldring.



Seldring doesn’t want to suffer the wrath of the Thunder God and rightfully restore Odin’s power back to him and he managed to restore order and picked up Odin who is exhausted and that’s lead to issue 128.



Odin was concerned about his son’s health and banished Seldring to the rock world to be their King



ISSUE 128



Then, back in California as Hercules signed an Olympian Pact – both Pluto and Hippolyta tricked him into it and force Hercules into a battle that he later regrets. Before that he fought a Mechanical Giant and P.J. gave him a big feast as his reward.



 While back in Asgard – Thor is still in rest and recovering nicely and sent on a boat with Balder to fight a giant sea-beast and Balder fled the scene after that attack.



Then in horror of horrors – P.J. reveals that he is truly Pluto and Hippolyta and with overwhelming odds he was forced to fight the minions of Pluto and later on he was assisted by Thor who recovers and sent to California by his blessing of his father – Odin and somehow Hercules did not sent to Hades because both Pluto and Hippolyta were teleported away after Thor joined Hercules in the fight and both of them stood at truce and battle with the minions just fade away.




The End



My favorite Panel





Great Splash Page 

Moving onto #20 ... in a few days from now ...



Correction ... Not 21 ... but 20!

20 SHAZAM & ISIS HOUR - Mid 70's Action Series on CBS


Shazam

Narrator: Chosen from among all others by the immortal elders - Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, Mercury - Billy Batson and his mentor travel the highways and byways of the land on a neverending mission: to right wrongs, to develop understanding, and to seek justice for all! In time of dire need, young Billy has been granted the power by the immortals to summon awesome forces at the utterance of a single word!

Billy Batson: SHAZAM!


Isis

When an archaeology teacher unearthed an ancient Egyptian amulet, she learns that the item was a magic piece of great power. Researching the amulet's past, she decides to use that for its original purpose. Now whenever there is trouble, she dons the amulet and chants, "Oh Mighty Isis". With that, she transforms into the Egyptian goddess, Isis, and battles evil with the power of that deity.




Shazam Season 1 Intro and Closing Segments




Isis Introduction




Shazam Isis Hour Introduction


John Davey and Joanna Cameron




Jackson Bostwick and Joanna Cameron



With Micheal Grey as Billy Baston


Starting Now ...


In my remaining top 20 these heroes and television shows (one left) has shaped me immensely over the past 50 years of watching countless hours and reruns in syndication and most of these heroes has television series and movies that been associated with their monikers (names) and they had a lasting impact on my life.

When, Shazam Isis Hour came on - it was from Noon to 1pm every Saturday and I usually watch it in the Television Room while eating my lunch and got permission from my parents to watch it every Saturday and I had a crush on Joanna Cameron who played Isis.

It was a great show in the mid-70's and I will be spending 2-3 days discussing it and sharing my thoughts on this show that shaped my life. It was a decent show with morals and understanding and that attracted me in the first place. I wished this show had better special effects but it was an action packed show with little bit of everything thrown into it.

I will share the differences of the two Captain Marvels - John Davey and Jackson Bostwick tomorrow and later on my thoughts on Joanne Cameron who played Isis as well. I will get to that sometimes tomorrow and proceed from there.