Radio Free Asgard
A podcast delving into the world of the Mighty Thor and other mythological heroes in the comics!
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Thursday Mar 29, 2012
Thursday Mar 29, 2012
This week our good buddy Scott Coles joins me from Canada, and we discuss Thor #356, which features a fill-in featuring (who else?) Hercules, entertaining some hideously deformed children, plus Walt Simonson (apparently) defaces a tree! Then in Thor #357, we're back to Simonson-y goodness as Thor returns to Asgard, there's a snowball fight, and Odin's throbbing sceptre is handled by almost everyone! (Oooh my!!)
Thursday Mar 22, 2012
Thursday Mar 22, 2012
In this episode we cover the Norse myth, "The Building of Asgard's Wall" - Then, we wrap up our coverage of Thor: Vikings with issue #5, in which pretty much everyone dies!! We see the Statue of Liberty's cleavage, and Doctor Strange co-stars... sorta.
Musical excerpts from "Eddan: the Invincible Sword of the Elf Smith" are copyright Mats Wendt and are used with permission.
Thursday Mar 15, 2012
Thursday Mar 15, 2012
The story really gets moving in Thor: Vikings #4, and then the Warriors Three shop for kitchenware at Macy's, and Thor meets an Asgardian Pokemon trainer in The Mighty Thor #355! We present a mini-profile of Sal Buscema, and we read out a couple of emails and talk more about Rom: Spaceknight!
Thursday Mar 08, 2012
Thursday Mar 08, 2012
Between hacking up evil green stuff, we go off on a tangent as we have a look at ROM #65 (now with 95% less Thor!) where the Earth's greatest heroes gleefully participate in a horrible genocide! Plus, the story really starts to get moving in Thor: Vikings #3, co-starring Doctor Strange!
Thursday Mar 01, 2012
Thursday Mar 01, 2012
In this episode, we cover lots more zombie violence in Thor: Vikings #2, which has a very strange ending... Then in Thor #354, it's Thor vs. Hela, as everyone tries to figure out what to do now that Odin has gone down the hole... plus Thor plays drama queen again and runs away from home! All this, and another edition of... Just For Valhall-of-it!
Thursday Feb 23, 2012
Thursday Feb 23, 2012
In this episode, we wrap up our coverage of Walt Simonson's epic Surtur storyline with Thor #353, and for those lovers of zombie vikings and gratuitous violence and gore, we also cover the first issue of Thor: Vikings from 2003! Plus, we remember the late, great John Severin.
Thursday Feb 16, 2012
Thursday Feb 16, 2012
In this episode, we start out with a closer look at Odin's best wife, Frigga, in both mythology and comics, and then continue on with the sensational Simonson Surtur Saga as we go through The Mighty Thor issues #351 and #352! There's lotsa demons, lotsa fire, lotsa ice and... Comet, the Super-Horse??!!
Thursday Feb 09, 2012
Thursday Feb 09, 2012
This time around, we have a look at Thor #349 and #350 - with the defeat of Malekith, Thor and the rest of the gods face a much larger problem... literally.. as Surtur invades New York City!
I also have some email to read out, we see a goddess with mood-ring hair, meet one of Volstagg's spawn, experience a raft of cameos, and enjoy the return of our favorite horse-faced alien Thor-like-being-thingy!
Thursday Feb 02, 2012
Thursday Feb 02, 2012
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In this episode, we look at the next two issues in our on-going Walt Simonson reviews with Thor #347 and 348, which feature the menace of the mysterious Malekith! And behind the Stargate, Surtur is waiting... faeries and elves and broken glass in your eyes...oh my!
Thursday Jan 26, 2012
Thursday Jan 26, 2012
In this episode, find out how YOU can smell like a god... Also, another podcast recommendation for you history buffs out there, and then we look at The Mighty Thor issues #345 and 346, featuring evil villainy of Malekith the Dark Elf! We learn that eating McBurgers can turn people into yellow dust, plus we have many many demon dog-goat things, and Thor kisses a dead tree, which I guess means never having to say you're sorry... and.. the Casket of Ancient Winters!