perch in Valhalla. Thor decided to bestow powers on a mortal, and spied Grant, a meek man who lost his girlfriend Glenda at a nightclub. Thor picked Grant up and brought him to Valhalla, where he was trained in using the powers of lightning and Mjolnir, Thor's magic hammer. Grant returns to Earth dressed in a revealing costume — just trunks, a cape and a helmet. He rescues Glenda from a group of spies, and decides to devote his life to heroic deeds. He goes on to fight spies and Germans. That character lasted for five issues, and was then rebooted in issue #6 as a new character, Peter "Dynamite" Thor, with different powers, but the same girlfriend. Dynamite Thor was a demolitions expert who was immune to the effect of explosives. He used dynamite to propel himself through the air. He used his abilities to fight spies, mad scientists and the devious War Maniac. Dynamite Thor appeared in Weird Comics #6 and 7, and then moved to Blue Beetle #6-8. Thor, along with the other Norse gods, appears in David Brin's comic, The Life Eaters.Thôrr-Sverd: The Sword of Thor #1-3, published ca. 1987 by Vincent Creations, began the telling of the story of the impact of the gods on the Proto-Indo-European people. It suggested that perhaps, contrary to canonical mythology, the giants were the good guys and the gods were the villains. Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon has its own version of Thor, a red-headed villainous thunder god. A villainous Thor appeared in Rob Liefeld's comic book Youngblood. El Cazador de Aventuras from Argentina included in its 32-34 issues a remake of the Ragnarok, with Cazador in the middle of it. In Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, the antagonist Beatrice Flowerchild uses the Berserker Class Card to gain Thor's powers and his hammer, Mjolnir. Thor and other Asgards appears in various Disney comic stories most nobly in Carl Barks's Uncle Scrooge story Mythtic Mystery first published by Dell Comics in Uncle Scrooge"#34, june, 1961Other characters by the name of Thor in comics Other characters by the name of Thor include: Johnny Hart's comic strip BC'' also features a caveman named Thor. The Quality Comics version of Manhunter had a dog named Thor that assisted him. References DC Comics deities Fictional gods Mythology in comics Thor