The Stonemen from Saturn!
In Norway an American doctor with a bad leg and a cane named Donald Blake is on vacation. While admiring the beautiful countryside, he fails to notice a red UFO landing in the distance behind him. As he heads back to town, the spacecraft opens and some strange Stonemen emerge, looking like a mix between the Thing and the Maoi statues of Easter Island. They run some tests to prove they are stronger in this atmosphere compared to their own on Saturn. An old man spies the beings as they then test out their ray guns. With success they then declare their plan to conquer the planet.
The old man races back undetected to a nearby village. He warns the townspeople of what he saw, but nobody believes him. Except for Don Blake. He goes to investigate. Following some odd footprints, Blake quickly discovers the stone aliens and they quickly become aware of him!
Stumbling over a branch, Don Blake accidentally snaps it loud enough to reach the aliens's ears. The Stone Men chase the lame doctor up a hill. He trips over a rock and loses his cane to the ground. Crawling up the gravel, Blake discovers a cave to hide in. He tries to find another exit, but a boulder blocks his path. With no way out, Donald Blake quickly sinks into despair.
In his desperation, Blake accidentally triggers a lever on the cave wall. It activates a door in the wall that reveals a secret chamber within. Don goes inside where he finds an ancient cane lying on it's side on a raised part of the ground where sunlight can hit it. Don picks it up and decides he'll use it to pry that boulder out of the way.
As Don prepares to move the boulder, he whacks the cane against the stone when with a flash of lightning he and the cane have transformed. No longer stands the weak, lame doctor. In his stead stands the power and strength of the gold-tressed Norse thunder god, the mighty Thor. In his hand his enchanted hammer Mjolnir takes the place of the cane with it's inscription...
Now as the god Thor, he is able to lift the boulder blocking his exit. Outside he tests his skills and abilities. If he lets go of the hammer for more than 60 seconds, he reverts back to Don Blake. Whenever he throws his hammer it will always come back to him. He can split trees in half with it. If he taps the ground twice, he summons a mighty storm. If he taps it 3 times, the storm ends. And if he taps it just once he turns back into Don Blake. He vows to use this power to get rid of the Stone Men.
At a nearby NATO air base, an incoming fleet is being monitored. They send out a unit to deal with the threat, who is then quickly dispatched by the Stone Men's advanced technology. They can make 3D illusions, such as a giant dragon appearing in the sky as if it were real. The NATO military fires rockets at the spacecrafts, but they are all deflected by their powerful force fields. Witnessing all of this, Don changes into Thor who swings his hammer around to fly off and meet the enemy head on.
Thor lands in the middle of a field surrounded by Stone Men. He bats them all back, encircling himself with Mjolnir. They bring a steel cage down on the thunder god, but Thor is stronger than steel bars. When Thor knocks all of their weapons out of their hand, the Stone Men summon a giant robot called the Mechano-Monster. One powerful blow of Mjolnir annihilates the robot.
With the Mechano-Monster's defeat, the Stone Men lose all hope. They race back to their ships and depart Earth, back to where they came from. As the NATO soldiers close in, Thor decides to change back to Don Blake. He doesn't want their curiosity to expose any of his secrets. All that the NATO men can see when they reach the location is a man with a limp and a cane wandering off. But he couldn't possibly have anything to do with the events that transpired.
Notes:
Now we welcome Thor to the roster of Marvel characters. This universe is quickly becoming packed and we're only halfway through 1962. Now that we've learned about Thor and what he can do, next time we'll learn a bit more about who Don Blake is as he heads back home to the States.
The List
- Amazing Fantasy (Spider-Man) #15
- Fantastic Four #1
- Fantastic Four #4
- Incredible Hulk #1
- Fantastic Four #5
- Amazing Adult Fantasy (X-Men) #14
- Journey into Mystery (Thor) #83
- Fantastic Four #2
- Tales to Astonish (Ant-Man) #27
- Fantastic Four #3
- Incredible Hulk #2
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