Thor Vol 1 281

Thor Vol 1 #281 Published March, 1979 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artist Irv Watanabe "This Hammer Lost!" Writer Mark Gruenwald Ralph Macchio Peter Gillis Mike Catron Penciler Keith Pollard Inker Pablo Marcos Colourist Ben Sean Letterer Jim Novak Editor Roy Thomas Jim Shooter Previous Issue Next Issue Thor #280 Thor #282

Appearing in "This Hammer Lost!"

Featured Characters:

• Thor

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

•  Space Phantom 

Other Characters:

• Mimir (Only in flashback)
• Eternals (Only in flashback)
  • Virako (Only in flashback)
  • Valkin (Only in flashback)
  • Ajak (Only in flashback)
  • Druig (Only in flashback)
• Celestials (Only in flashback)
  • Arishem the Judge (Only in flashback)
• Deviants (Only in flashback)
  • Thunder (Only in flashback)
  • Dromedan (Only in flashback)
• Fantastic Four (Vision)
  • Reed Richards (Vision)
  • Susan Storm (Vision)
  • Ben Grimm (Vision)
  • Johnny Storm (Vision)
• Avengers (Only in flashback)
  • Iron Man (Only in flashback)
  • Giant Man (Only in flashback)
  • Wasp (Only in flashback)
  • Hawkeye (Only in flashback)
  • Black Panther (Only in flashback)
  • Scarlet Witch (Only in flashback)
• Grim Reaper (Only in flashback)
• Spider-Man (Vision)
• Captain America (Vision)
• Dr. Doom (Vision)
• Immortus (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Limbo
  • Phantus (First appearance)

Items:

• Mjolnir

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "This Hammer Lost!"

Thor dwells upon what he has learned about the Eternals and the Celestials^[1]. He decides that he will travel back in time to when the Celestials first appeared on Earth. But once in the time stream, Mjolnir vanishes from his grasp and Thor is left in a land of fog and shadows. He is then confronted by the Space Phantom, who tells him he is in Limbo. He tells Thor of his planet, Phantus, and that his hammer is probably at it's core. Thor agrees to help him save his planet, if he will help find Mjolnir. Once on the surface, they are repeatedly attacked by the warring Phantoms. The Phantom leads Thor to a complex containing a shaft that leads to the core. Thor leaps in, but it was a trap. The Phantom planned on using Thor's immortal body like a cork to keep Phantus from slipping completely into Limbo. What he didn't know is that for half of Thor, 60 seconds have past, so one half of his body is Thor, the other half is Don Blake.

Notes

• Plot assist by Gillis and Catron.

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