- "Verily, this alien's ethics sit poorly with mine own. Still, no planet shall perish if it be win the Odinson's power to save it."
- ―Thor Odinson
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| Thor | |
| Title: | "Rites of Passage" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 282 |
| Cover price: | .35 |
| Cover date: | April, 1979 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | Mark Gruenwald; Ralph Macchio |
| Pencilers: | Keith Pollard |
| Inkers: | Pablo Marcos |
| Cover artists: | Keith Pollard |
| Cover inker: | Pablo Marcos |
| Colorists: | Ben Sean |
| Letterers: | Jim Novak |
| Assistants: | Mark Gruenwald |
| Editors: | Jim Shooter; Roy Thomas |
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| Next: | Thor #283 |
"Rites of Passage" is the title to the 282nd issue of Thor, Volume 1, published by Marvel Comics. The story was co-written by Mark Gruenwald and Ralph Macchio with artwork by Keith Pollard and inks by Pablo Marcos. It was colored by Ben Sean and lettered by Jim Novak. Pollard and Marcos also rendered the cover art illustration. The story was edited by Jim Shooter and Roy Thomas with Mark Gruenwald as assistant editor. This issue shipped with an April, 1979 cover date and carries a cover price of .35 cents each.
"Rites of Passage"[]
Bereft of his hammer, Thor has been cast into Temporal Limbo. Because time moves differently in Limbo, he is caught in transitional transformation between his Asgardian form and his Donald Blake form. Arriving on the planet Phantus, he finds the Space Phantom, who helps him to stabilize. Space Phantom tells Thor that he can lead him to his hammer, Mjolnir, in exchange for helping his planet escape from Limbo.
Thor agrees, and the Space Phantom brings him to the castle of Immortus, who Thor erringly believed was deceased. The castle is well guarded however, and now Thor must contend with the suicidal quartz warrior known as Tempus. After a prolonged battle, Thor finally fells Tempus and makes his way deep into the castle.
Space Phantom and he finally find the throne room of Immortus. Immortus has Mjolnir, and has developed great interest in its chronal properties. He agrees to assist Thor and Space Phantom in returning Phantus back to its normal position. He give Mjolnir to Thor who harnesses its power to open a portal through spacetime, by which Phantus can now phase out of the Limbo realm and back to its original location. Doing so however, has exhausted all of Mjolnir's chronal capabilities however. Thor and Space Phantom take their leave.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Ast (In flashback only)
- Baron Zemo, Heinrich Zemo (In flashback only)
- Captain America, Steve Rogers (In flashback only)
- Enchantress, Amora (In flashback only)
- Executioner, Skurge (In flashback only)
- Frankenstein Monster (In flashback only)
- Giant-Man, Hank Pym (In flashback only)
- Iron Man, Tony Stark (In flashback only)
- Kang (In flashback only)
- Rama-Tut (In flashback only)
- Vorth (In flashback only)
- Zanth (In flashback only)
Organizations
- Avengers (In flashback only)
- Masters of Evil (In flashback only)
- Time-Keepers (In flashback only)
Races & Animals
- Altered humans (In flashback only)
- Asgardians
- Humans
- Space phantoms
Locations
- Africa (In flashback only)
Items
- Battle axe
- Captain America's shield (In flashback only)
- Computer
- Laser weapons
- Mjolnir
- Quartz club
- Power armor (In flashback only)
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
Notes & Trivia[]
- The comic book version of Thor was created by writers Stan Lee & Larry Lieber and artist Jack Kirby based on the figure from Norse mythology. He first appeared in Journey Into Mystery #83 in August, 1962.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue is cover copy number 02450.
- The tagline to this issue is "Behold the power of TEMPUS, the God-Killer!"
- Colorist Barry Grossman is credited as Ben Sean in this issue.
- One of the time ripple visions that Thor observes includes a battle he had against the Frankenstein Monster, which took place in Avengers #132.
- This issue includes a flashback to events from Giant-Size Fantastic Four #2, which was the first appearance of Tempus.
- This issue includes a flashback to Immortus first battle with the Avengers from Avengers #10.
- Reference is made to the alleged death of Immortus from Avengers #143.