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Thor Annual #1999

Mar 1999
Dan Jurgens, Dan Jurgens

Story Name:

Tears of a God


Synopsis

Thor Annual #1999 synopsis by Peter Silvestro
Rating: 4 stars

Thor is summoned to the Baxter Building and he enters to discover it is a surprise party thrown by the Fantastic Four to thank him for saving Franklin from Doctor Doom during the Heroes Reborn event. Thor realized that the only way to ensure the boy’s safety was to spin Mjolnir, trapping himself and Doom in a rift between realities, willing to be trapped forever if it would prevent Doom from wrecking the world. But then an event occurred and the two were transported somewhere else and Thor has no memory of those days….

Then we’re made privy to the mystery: Thor landed on a desert planet Balatraan where he is rescued by a woman named Ceranda, a sorceress who was banished to the planet’s arid surface for her crimes of magic. After Thor was healed from his wounds, he tried to depart from the planet using Mjolnir but he kept encountering a barrier, preventing him from leaving. Ceranda advised him to make the best of things so he settled down with her, creating a home and a farm….

Meanwhile, Doctor Doom had landed in the technnopolis at the heart of the planet; he first created a scanner so that he learned where Thor was because only the Thunder God’s hammer could get him off the planet. Doom then manipulated the citizens so that he first repowered his armor, then repaired the armor, followed by conquering the city. Then he was ready to confront Thor, backed by a small army of citizens forced to follow Doom by his threates to their families. Doom demanded Thor’s hammer, warning him that he has a device that would flood the world with poison gas, should Thor refuse. The God of Thunder overwhelmed Doom and his army, then located the gas weapon, disabling it. He was hailed as a hero and he returned to the surface where he discovered the Doom he had defeated was an imposter. Then he learned the truth: Doom’s target was Ceranda and she was now dying because Doom had drained her of her magic power. Doom made her confess to Thor that she was the one who brought Thor and Doom to the planet and kept Thor from leaving, manipulating him into being her companion as she was lonely. Doom departed and the dying Ceranda told Thor she had only enough magic to send him back to his own world but he would then forget all about her….

And now Thor tells the FF that he has no memory of his whereabouts in the time when he and Doom were missing. Thor opens Franklin’s gift and it is a toy hammer, expressing the friendship of the FF and the boy toward his hero Thor….



 

Review / Commentaries


Thor Annual #1999 Review by (September 26, 2024)

Review: A nice little story, tied into an event we could have done without, HEROES REBORN. Thor and Doctor Doom are stranded on an alien planet and for a very interesting take on things, Thor’s adventures are narrated by Doom. Dan Jurgens' art has a nice solidity to it, avoiding all the shortcomings of 90s art. The story is a bit poignant though no classic. And the FF is an offbeat guest for a Thor comic.

Comments: Story follows HEROES REBORN: THE RETURN. First appearance of Ceranda, who returns in THOR (Vol. 2) #19-20, though in not quite the same form. Letters credited to Richard Starkings, Comicraft, and Wes Abbott.




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Characters

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Human Torch

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Mr. Fantastic

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Thing
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