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I like that Thor can pull authority with law Enforcement by using his membership with he Avengers. It indicates that they Have a status of a law enforcement themselves. It doesn't get into the nasty elements like they do in the 80's and beyond where they to do what the Government wants them to do. 




I found this choice of coloring to be garish. This is the digital version but it's faithful to the original coloring.

Totally gratuitis  showing of Wanda and Pietroi, but I like it. 




Why did they throw in a splash page of Galactus?



There's a scene when the HE first see's Thor that he doesn't know who he is. I thought these big cosmic beings kept tabs on each other ? Maybe he's too wrapped up in his own affairs? Also, the splash shows that Kirby recycled the animal as humans in Kamandi.



There final page shows the HE losing control of the Man Beast. He seems to make a lot of mistakes.

Tales of Asgard

They introduce Fafnir. His image is spectacular.




Other stuff

"Let's make Galactus wear a pink and orange short-sleeved shirt. It's summer after all!" 

I agree about Fafnir; he looks awesome. I always loved the Kirby monsters that looked sort of humanoid but not quite.

The High Evolutionary was another amazing creation. Probably just dreamed up by Jack because we needed someone for Thor to fight for an issue or two and nothing more, he would nevertheless have a career spanning several decades. Kirby was a modern myth-maker.

It was the story arc in Tales to Astonish, mentioned earlier in this thread.

Not to sidetrack things but this does beg the question of just who qualifies as a "cosmic" being within the Marvel pantheon? I never actually considered the High Evolutionary, or Thor for that matter, to be cosmic type beings, unless you're simply categorizing as cosmic high power characters who can freely roam the cosmos and are sometimes involved in cosmic type affairs. But to me, a cosmic being in Marvel was one that had some level of cosmic awareness beyond what was happening in their own general locale and also some level of ability to alter reality (a power I always hated because it makes no sense to me). Galactus, the Celestials and various entities like Eternity and the Living Tribunal I would all consider cosmic beings. Odin, at least at times, I do think could be categorized that way, though not Thor or the HE. But I'll admit, my knowledge of the HE is limited so feel free to correct me if he's more "cosmic" than in the appearances I've seen.

I'll also mention, while I'm not really much of a silver age fan, I've always been a Thor fan and this thread is one of the things that finally inspired me to join the site after lurking for a long time. Keep it up.

I'm going to have to check out some of the earlier Warlocks. I only really read the last few with Thanos. The High Evolutionary was always strange to me because he was one of those figures whose importance in Marvel seemed out of all proportion to his appearances, at least in the bronze age. I recall him being mentioned quite a bit and things associated with him, like Wundagore, popped up a lot but I never really saw him in many comics. And the only time I ever saw him actually use his powers was a very brief fight with Galactus in Fantastic Four.