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Thor: Heaven and Earth (2011 series) #4

Nov 2011 on-sale: Sep 1, 2011

Paul Jenkins
writer
 |  Lan Medina
penciler

Thor: Heaven and Earth (2011 series) #4 cover

Story Name:

The Dragon of Dolgellau


Synopsis

Thor: Heaven and Earth (2011 series) #4 synopsis by reviewer Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

An American travel writer is stranded aboard a train in Wales by a sudden snowstorm. A local man tells him the country was originally called Gwynedd and offers to tell him a story:

Rhodri of Gwynedd stole the wife of a Norseman who came with his army to take her back. There was a skirmish but the Welsh men appealed to the Red Dragon of Dolgellau, Y Ddraig Goch. They supplied him with four young women as a sacrifice, asking him to fight for their people. So the Dragon ate the sacrifices and flew out to slaughter the Norsemen. They were all killed but one managed to send a prayer to his gods before he died….

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And so, the Norse gods arrived: Thor, Odin, Vidar, Balder, Heimdall, Hermod, and Agnar the Fierce. There is a battle occupying half the issue, ending with the Dragon defeated. But Odin stops Thor from killing such a cunning and mighty foe. Odin exacts a promise: the Dragon will stop requiring blood sacrifices and have Rhodri return the woman he stole….

The local man reaches his stop and gets up to leave. The American wants to know what happened next. The local says that Rhodri tasted better than the women. Stunned, the American rushes after him but only sees the dragon flying off into the distance….

 

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Characters
Good (or All)
BALDER  
Balder
(The Brave)
ODIN  
Odin
(All-Father)
THOR  
Thor
(Odinson)
Plus: Hermod the Swift (Hermod), Vidar Giant’s-Child (Vidar).


> Thor: Heaven and Earth (2011 series) comic book info and issue index



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Main/1st Story Full Credits

Lan Medina
Lan Medina
Chris Sotomayor
Stephane Perger (Cover Penciler)
Stephane Perger (Cover Inker)
Stephane Perger (Cover Colorist)
Additional Credits
Letterer: Dave Sharpe.



Review / Commentaries


reviewer
Thor: Heaven and Earth (2011 series) #4 Review by (October 29, 2024)

Review: The most entertaining issue of the miniseries abandons the philosophical issues of the previous three and presents an offbeat bit of Welsh folklore that just happens to include Thor and some of his supporting cast. Quite entertaining and not at all pretentious.

Comments: Y Ddraig Goch, the Red Dragon, was first seen in WISDOM #3, from Marvel’s Max imprint; this is the dragon’s second and last appearance to date. 





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