“The Meaning Of… Ragnarok” (k003)

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“The Meaning Of… Ragnarok” is a 5-page Jack Kirby story that appeared as a back-up in THOR #127 [1966], part of a 49-part series of “Tales of Asgard” that were published in JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY and THOR from 1963 to 1967.  It was inked by Vincent Colletta.

In the previous year, Odin had sent Thor and his fellow Asgardians were sent on a mission to find the source of a threat to Asgard which could bring about Ragnarok, the end of days. In this issue they’re summoned back to Asgard to witness the first half of a prophecy by the priestess Volla of what will happen in Ragnarok, from the endless storm to in-fighting and invasion, the destruction of the Rainbow Bridge and the ultimate battle of Thor and Loki, all just prelude to the emergence of the Midgard Serpent.

This is some pretty spectacular stuff, and it’s remarkable to think it’s just a prelude to the even more imaginative stuff in the next chapter.

https://www.comics.org/issue/19990/#147583

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