otoboke's Journey into Mystery #99 - The Mysterious Mister Hyde! review

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    The Mysterious Mister Hyde!

    Boy, for a Norse God, Thor sure does like the nurses. He even goes so far as to raise his hammer to his father. He apologises, of course, but still gets a blast of lightning to the crotch. There goes the family. On the other side of existence however, his beloved Jane Foster (who is portrayed here as much more attractive by Don Heck) is harassed by a deranged criminal called Dr. Hyde who seeks revenge for Blake rejecting his job application, or something. Okay, so, it's hokey. But it's Journey into Mystery, so we're used to that. What we're not used to though, is Blake falling out windows, a much more dark, sinister art style from Don Heck and a pretty decent cliffhanger ending. Hey, it's certainly not perfect by any means, but it feels like it's going somewhere, which is far more than you can say for the majority of Thor's stories. I just hope the story does continue forward and doesn't make a last minute U-turn.

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