Appearing in "The Menace of the Molten Man!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Molten Man (Mark Raxton) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Anna Watson
- Charlie Murphy
- Principal Davis
- Wilson Allan
- Doris Allan (First appearance)
- NYPD Officers
- Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Mentioned)
- Betty Brant (Mentioned)
- Mary Jane Watson (Mentioned)
- Uncle Ben (Mentioned)
- Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Realities:
Locations:
Items:
Synopsis for "The Menace of the Molten Man!"
Raxton leaves for a hospital and, lost in thought, is almost hit by a car. When he lashes out, he realizes his strength and decides on a life of crime. Spider-Man confronts Raxton and begins to battle him, taking extremely hard blows due to Raxton’s new body of metal. Spider-Man knocks the lights out, and in the dark ties up Raxton’s hands and feet with super-thick webbing and leaves him for the police. Peter Parker attends his graduation and unfortunately J. Jonah Jameson is the guest speaker.
After a tedious speech, Peter decides to catch up with Liz Allan as Jameson butters up Aunt May to retain Parker’s photographic skills. Liz professes her feelings to Peter and says she felt she was seen as a ditzy blonde and that she never had a chance with Betty or Mary Jane around. Liz says it’s time for that part of her to graduate and leave behind and leaves before Peter can say a thing.Appearing in "Giants Walk the Earth"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Odin
- Balder
- Jane Foster
- Heimdall
- Odin's Winged Horse
Antagonists:
- Loki
- Enchantress
- Executioner
- Skagg (Storm Giant) (First appearance)
- Surtur the Fire Demon
Races and Species:
- Asgardians
- Frost Giants
- Fire Giants
- Humans
- Storm Giants
- Vanir (Unnamed)
- Winged Horses / Pegasi
- Fleas (Mentioned)
- Trolls (Mentioned)
Locations:
Items:
- Mjolnir
- Raven's Eye (First appearance)
- Twilight Sword
- Skagg's Club
Synopsis for "Giants Walk the Earth"
On Earth, Dr. Blake sends his nurse Jane Foster home, to rest, because she is very tired after the encounter with the Enchantress and Executioner[1]. After she leaves, Blake notices that is too quiet, and does a quick patrol of the city, for any more "telltale signs of danger."
In Asgard, Loki is relishing in his new power and vowing that he will never give up Odin's throne. In an effort to keep Odin from returning to Asgard, he uses his new power to free Odin's two most fearsome enemies ("they shall defeat Odin for me!"), Skagg (Storm Giant), and Surtur the Fire Demon. The loyal Heimdall hears the incantations, but since he cannot and will not leave his post, guarding the Rainbow Bridge, he sends for Balder the Brave, to go to Earth and alert Odin.
Balder quickly reaches Earth and finds Thor, giving him the message about Odin. Thor realizes that the only reason for his visit is to see his mortal, alter-ego of Dr. Don Blake. Thor enters Blake's office through the window and alerts his father to the danger that Loki has set loose. "Then, at a gesture from the monarch of Asgard's hand, the very fabric of time itself stands still, as the entire human race, under an irresistible spell is instantly transported to a dimension beyond the ken of the human mind!"
At the next moment, the foes that Loki summoned appear on Earth. Balder the Brave is the first to charge forth on his winged steed at the Storm Giant, and makes quick work of the ten-ton club with his Asgardian sword. Just as Thor is about to help, a firebolt strikes his hammer, throwing him off balance, and out of the fight for a moment. Odin steps in, saying, "no longer can I remain merely a witness . . . ", and causes the seabed beneath the Storm Giant's feet to soften, and Skagg starts to sink, calling on Surtur for help.
Once Skagg is saved from sinking, Surtur moves to destroy the deserted Earth by melting the polar ice caps, while Skagg creates a storm to distract the heroes. Thor begins the battle with Skagg while Odin, on his winged Battle Steed, places a protective barrier over the deserted city. Thor's attack weakens and stuns the Storm Giant, allowing Odin to use the magic of his "Shining Sword" to drain the evil power from him. Even though Loki tries to support Skagg from Asgard by replenishing his power, Odin is finally defeats him.
This effort weakens the Wise One, leaving Thor and Balder to take care of Surtur. Thor realizes that they "cannot reach him in time, [and] there are other ways to stop him!!" Since Surtur is an older immortal than Thor, and his hammer Mjolnir "might not prevail", he takes his father's magic sword, since "it is older than all" and "only his son can wield it!" Using the Odin-Force, he draws Surtur away from the ice caps and Earth itself, toward a special asteroid made of "magnetic particles!" This holds Surtur in a magnetic pull "which will last for ages to come!"
With the threats to Earth neutralized, Odin leaves for Asgard once again, bidding Balder and Thor to join him for a well deserved rest. Thor declines, saying that Earth is his home now, and he shall remain there always. Once back in Asgard, Odin punishes the tricky Loki, sending him to "serve the trolls" until Odin sets him free. Odin muses over a foreboding of the future, that his son is the most worthy and brave in the universe, yet "his heart weakened by love!"