Thor Annual Vol 1 8

Thor Annual Vol 1 #8 Published November, 1979 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Keith Pollard Bob Layton "Thunder over Troy" Writer Roy Thomas Penciler John Buscema Inker Tony DeZuniga Colorist George Roussos Letterer Joe Rosen Editor Roy Thomas Jim Shooter "A Few Ounces of Troy" Writer Roy Thomas Previous Issue Next Issue Thor Annual #7 Thor Annual #9

I come to say farewell...yet somehow, I feel that, whate'er may be the fate of this city thou dost defend... ...we two shall meet again.

-- Thor to Aeneas

Appearing in "Thunder over Troy"

Featured Characters:

•  Thor 

Supporting Characters:

• Olympians
  • Zeus
  • Aphrodite (Support Troy)
  • Hera (Support the Argives)
  • Ares (Support Troy)
  • Athena (Support the Argives)
  • Bacchus
  • Hermes
  • Hercules (Only in flashback)
  • Apollo (Mentioned)

Argives:

• High King Agamemmnon of the Argives (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• King Menelaus of Sparta (Main story and flashback)
• Odysseus of Ithaca (Main story and flashback)
• Achilles' troops (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Achilles  (First appearance) (Death) (Main story and flashback)
  • Patroclus (First appearance) (Death)
• Diomedes of Argos (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
• Philoctetes (First appearance)

Troy and its allies:

• Trojans
  • Prince Paris (Main story and flashback) (Death)
  • Cassandra (Main story and flashback)
  • Hector (Main story and flashback) (Death)
  • King Priam (Main story and flashback)
  • Helen of Troy (Main story and flashback)
• Dardanus
  • Prince Aeneas of Dardanus
  • Anchises (Mentioned)
• Lycia
  • Pandarus of Lycia (Death)

Antagonists:

• Loki
• Storm Giants

Other Characters:

• Asgardians
  • Volla (Mentioned)
  • All-Father Odin (Mentioned)
• Hela (Mentioned)
• Tyndareus (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Asgardians
• Storm Giants
• Human-Olympian Hybrids
• Olympians
• Humans
• Mares of "divine breed"

Locations:

• Jotunheim
• Olympus
  • City of Olympus
• Midgard (Earth)
  • Anatolia
    • Troy / Illium (Main story and flashback) (Destruction)
    • Mount Ida
    • Dardanus (Mentioned)
    • Lycia (Mentioned)
  • Hyperborea (Mentioned)
  • Ancient Greece (Main story and flashback)
    • Mount Olympus
    • Sparta (Only in flashback)
    • Ithaca (Mentioned)
    • Argos (Mentioned)
    • Aulis (Mentioned)
    • Lemnos (Mentioned)

Items:

• Mjolnir
• Achilles' armor (First appearance)
• Achilles' second armor (First appearance)
• Wooden horse

Vehicles:

• Chariot of Aeneas

Events:

• Trojan War
• Ragnarök (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Thunder over Troy"

While battling some Storm Giants, Thor and Loki discover the crack in the ground that once led to Olympus. This time, strange mists rob Thor of his memory as he and Loki get seperated in the cavern. Once through, he meets Aeneas and finds himself involved in the Trojan War. After his adventures, and a battle with Zeus after regaining his memory, Thor returns to the cavern where he meets Loki. Loki tells him that he had lost his memory as well, but contributed to the war in his own way by telling Odysseus of Ithaca about an astute, leading to the creation of a wooden horse.

Appearing in "A Few Ounces of Troy"

• Appearances not yet listed
  
  

Synopsis for "A Few Ounces of Troy"

Instead of a letters' page, The Hammer Strikes page features a full page essay on the making of this annual.

Featured Characters:

• Apollo (Impersonates Thor)

Supporting Characters:

• Olympians
  • Zeus
  • Hera

Other Characters:

• Argives
  • Achilles
  • High King Agamemmnon of the Argives
  • Diomedes of Argos
  • Menelaus of Sparta
• Trojans
  • Hector of Troy
  • Paris of Troy

Locations:

• Earth
  • Troy

Items:

• Wooden horse
  

Notes

• This issue is a tale of a much younger Thor as noted in the story by the text, When the Eternal Realm was Young. However, it does take place after the first meeting of Thor and Hercules in Journey into Mystery Annual #1.

• A plot assist for this annual is noted on page one to Don Thompson and Maggie Thompson.

• The last panel of the story promises that next year's annual will be about the founding of Rome by Aeneas. The essay "A Few Ounces of Troy" by Roy Thomas also indicates that the following year's annual will feature the second meeting of Aeneas and Thor. Yet Thor Annual #9 was a completely different story written by Chris Claremont instead.

See Also

• 19 Image(s) from Thor Annual Vol 1 8
• 1 Reprints of Thor Annual Vol 1 8
  

Recommended Reading

Journey into Mystery Annual #1

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