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** In a lower degree, Odin's raven Muninn managed to get to the rainbow bridge, followed by Malekith. Heimdall rescued the bird, and drove Malekith away.
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** In a lower degree, Odin's raven Muninn managed to get to the rainbow bridge, followed by Malekith. Heimdall rescued the bird, and drove Malekith away.away.
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* RefusalOfTheCall: It seemed that Loki would refuse to fight for Asgard, but he finally joined forces with Thor and Odin.
** Lorelei, on the other hand, refused to join the battle, and never changed her mind. The Enchantress swore vengueance against her for that.
** Lorelei, on the other hand, refused to join the battle, and never changed her mind. The Enchantress swore vengueance against her for that.
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* KneelBeforeZod: Malekith forced Roger to kneel before him, and blasted him with a magic ray to make him blind. Roger made a BigNo and dropped his head... AllAccordingToPlan. The cranial injert in his made (made of steel) distorted Malekith's ray, so Roger was just a bit dizzy, but still capable to see.
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* BackToBackBadasses: Thor and Roger Willis, in the Brookling bridge, standing against a never ending wave of demons sent by Malekith.
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* OldSoldier: Roger Willis, a war veteran of Korea. He can still kick ass, even without a miltary division backing him up.
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* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Eric Willis, as the Casket of Ancient Winters kept him forever young. People usually thought that the grown up Roger Willis was his father, but he was his son (not blessed with eternal youth, and aging normally)
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* SecretLegacy: The Willis family has been protecting the casket of the ancient winters since time immemorial
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The dark elves are vulnerable to mortal food and steel. Eric and Roger Willis take full advantage of those weaknesses.
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* ReluctantWarrior: In order to reach Loki and gave him the message from Odin, Balder had to kill hundreds of demons, even if he had make a solemn oath not to kill anymore. Loki had already decided to reject it, but did not want to interrupt the fun...
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* ShootTheMessenger: No, Loki did not shoot Balder, the messenger of Odin. He forced him to break his oath of no killing and drove him insane, but he did not directly kill him. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Loki respects diplomatic immunity]]. Now, if Balder wants to suicide after leaving his castle, that's none of his business.
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* BadassGrandpa: It's always Tor who takes all the glory, so it's good to see Odin being the one who stands his ground against a cosmic horror, instead of just the typical jerkass father.
** Also for Eilif, who managed to have a DyingMomentOfAwesome and get to Valhalla.
** Also for Eilif, who managed to have a DyingMomentOfAwesome and get to Valhalla.
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: If he wants a place in Valhalla, Eilif must have one of those. Not an easy task for a viking stranded alone in paradise. He tried to cheat Thor to kill him, which did not work, and died instead while killing a dragon.
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: If he wants a place in Valhalla, Eilif must have one of those. Not an easy task for a viking stranded alone in paradise. He tried to cheat Thor to kill him, which did not work, and died instead while killing a dragon. He had lost his renewed youth, he was once again a frail elder rapidly losing his strength and about to die... but he managed to climb to a ruin that placed him above the Dragon, and let himself fall. Elder, frail and dying, he managed to get his spear (blessed by Odin himself) into the Dragon, killing him with his last breath.
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** The first issue included as well a mention of this type about the ComicBook/SecretWars. Thor enters into the strange machine in Central Park, and dissapears. A pair of pages later, Dum Dum Dugan points "hey, it's Thor, he's back!", and that's it. There was not a single mention about the events in Battleworld.
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** The first issue included as well a mention of this type about the ComicBook/SecretWars. Thor enters into the strange machine in Central Park, and dissapears. A pair of pages later, Dum Dum Dugan points "hey, it's Thor, he's back!", and that's it. There was not a single mention about the events in Battleworld.Battleworld.
* YouShallNotPass: The climax of the story had Odin and his sons standing their ground at the gates of Asgard, peventing Surtur from getting into the city.
** In a lower degree, Odin's raven Muninn managed to get to the rainbow bridge, followed by Malekith. Heimdall rescued the bird, and drove Malekith away.
* YouShallNotPass: The climax of the story had Odin and his sons standing their ground at the gates of Asgard, peventing Surtur from getting into the city.
** In a lower degree, Odin's raven Muninn managed to get to the rainbow bridge, followed by Malekith. Heimdall rescued the bird, and drove Malekith away.
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* FountainOfYouth: Thor's hammer allowed Eilif to become young again to battle the dragon. But don't get confused: when Eilift managed to make the mortal attack to the dragon, he had already returned to his elder age again.
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* InformedAbility: Lorelei considers herself a MagnificentBastard, even greater than her sister the Enchantress, but no luck. She failed several times to do something as simple as to make Thor drink a glass with a potion, and she was captured by a bigger bad and turned into a DamselInDistress... twice
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* EarnYourTitle: With his death, Eilif shall no longer be "Eilif the lost", he shall be forevermore known as "Eilif the Dragonslayer".
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* DueToTheDead: The death of the last viking shall not go unnoticed: Thor gave him a proper and giant viking funeral. First he made a giant funeral pyre with the remains of the buildngs destroyed in the fight. Then, instead of throwing a dead dog to his feet, Thor threw the corpse of the dead dragon. Thor summoned a giant thunderstorm to blow it all up, and Odin and his Valkyries filled the sky, to take Eilif to Valhalla. Do you think that it was not correct to [[NoEndorHolocaust destroy the city]] for the funeral of a single guy? Why don't you tell this to Thor in his face?
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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: If he wants a place in Valhalla, Eilif must have one of those. Not an easy task for a viking stranded alone in paradise. He tried to cheat Thor to kill him, which did not work, and died instead while killing a dragon.
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* HeavenSeeker: Eilif, the last viking, is an old man trying to earn a place in Valhalla, instead of going to Hel by dying of old age.
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Thor had just lost the power to turn into the human Donald Blake, as that enchantment was transferred by Odin to Beta Ray Bill's hammer. He got a secret identity, and began his new life fighting against a dragon, with the help of the last viking. He was also seduced by Lorelei, a relative of the Enchantress who was acting as a mortal. In the meantime, Odin discovered that Surtur was working in the galaxy of fire, and investigated the details. He sent Balder to recluit Loki for the upcoming battle, but Loki had already allied himself with Malekith, a liutenant of Surtur. Malekith sought the casket of the ancient winters, kept by the Willis family since centuries, and Thor and Eric Willis could not prevent its destruction, which unleashed a destructive ice age in all earth.
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Thor had just lost the power to turn into the human Donald Blake, as that enchantment was transferred by Odin to Beta Ray Bill's hammer. He got a secret identity, and began his new life fighting against a dragon, with the help of the last viking. He was also seduced by Lorelei, a relative the sister of the Enchantress who was acting as a mortal. In the meantime, Odin discovered that Surtur was working in the galaxy of fire, and investigated the details. He sent Balder to recluit Loki for the upcoming battle, but Loki had already allied himself with Malekith, a liutenant of Surtur. Malekith sought the casket of the ancient winters, kept by the Willis family since centuries, and Thor and Eric Willis could not prevent its destruction, which unleashed a destructive ice age in all earth.
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* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Lorelei sought a Dragon, who hates Asgardians, and began to gave him orders. The dragon zapped her will with a mere eye-to-eye contact.
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* LastOfHisKind: Eilif, the last viking
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* BatmanGambit: Volstagg noticed that Balder had left, but before searching for him, he checked if the pantry was filled with food, just in case some unexpected visitor arrived. Not wanting to be followed, Balder had already filled the pantry, so that Volstagg could "inspect" it, and he would be far away by the time that Volstagg was done with it.
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* EurekaMoment: Played for laughs. The guy in the construction site saw Sigurd Jarlson jumping to rescue the damsel in distress, how he managed to climb the building in no time, and a monster appeared afterwards... Eureka! Sigurd Jarlson [[WrongGenreSavvy is Spider-Man!]]
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* ClarkKenting: Used in-story. Even wearing street clothes, people may still recognize Thor, his HeroicBuild is very huge. So Nick Fury thought, why not a pair of glasses? It works for [[Franchise/Superman that other guy]]! They even included a CaptainErsatz of Clark Kent for a couple of scenes afterwards.
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* ClarkKenting: Used in-story. Even wearing street clothes, people may still recognize Thor, his HeroicBuild is very huge. So Nick Fury thought, why not a pair of glasses? It works for [[Franchise/Superman [[Franchise/{{Superman}} that other guy]]! They even included a CaptainErsatz of Clark Kent for a couple of scenes afterwards.
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* ClarkKenting: Used in-story. Even wearing street clothes, people may still recognize Thor, his HeroicBuild is very huge. So Nick Fury thought, why not a pair of glasses? It works for [[Franchise/Superman that other guy]]! They even included a CaptainErsatz of Clark Kent for a couple of scenes afterwards.
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* RedSkiesCrossover: Other comic books, such as Spider-Man, acknowledged the events of the Surtur saga... by merely pointing that it was snowing in summer.
** The first issue included as well a mention of this type about the ComicBook/SecretWars. Thor enters into the strange machine in Central Park, and dissapears. A pair of pages later, Dum Dum Dugan points "hey, it's Thor, he's back!", and that's it. There was not a single mention about the events in Battleworld.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The dark fire will not avail you, Surtur. Go back to the Shadow! [[YouShallNotPass YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The dark fire will not avail you, Surtur. Go back to the Shadow! [[YouShallNotPass YOU! SHALL NOT! PASS!]]]]
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When this ice age began, Surtur headed to Earth, to seach the Bifrost and get to Asgard. Odin knew that Surtur wanted to retrieve the eternal flame, to burn his sword and destroy the universe. With his demons holding the superheroes and the main forces of Asgard in Earth, Surtur got to the gates of Asgard. He defeated Heimdall and Thor, and finally Odin himself by attacking him with the full force of the ancient winters that was attacking Earth. But Loki betrayed Malekith, and joined the war against Surtur. Even more, Eric Willis managed to reforge the casket of the ancient winters, trapping them again inside it... and, without knowing it, he freed Odin, who returned to the fight. Odin, Thor and Loki fought toguether against Surtur, and finally both Odin and Surtur fell into an abyss that engulfed them.
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When this ice age began, Surtur headed to Earth, to seach the Bifrost and get to Asgard. Odin knew that Surtur wanted to retrieve the eternal flame, to burn his sword and destroy the universe. With his demons holding the superheroes and the main forces of Asgard in Earth, Surtur got to the gates of Asgard. He defeated Heimdall and Thor, and finally Odin himself by attacking him with the full force of the ancient winters that was attacking Earth. But Loki betrayed Malekith, and joined the war against Surtur. Even more, Eric Willis managed to reforge the casket of the ancient winters, trapping them again inside it... and, without knowing it, he freed Odin, who returned to the fight. Odin, Thor and Loki fought toguether against Surtur, and finally both Odin and Surtur fell into an abyss that engulfed them.them.
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'''The Surtur Saga''' was a 1984-1985 storyline of Comicbook/TheMightyThor, written by Walt Simonson.
Thor had just lost the power to turn into the human Donald Blake, as that enchantment was transferred by Odin to Beta Ray Bill's hammer. He got a secret identity, and began his new life fighting against a dragon, with the help of the last viking. He was also seduced by Lorelei, a relative of the Enchantress who was acting as a mortal. In the meantime, Odin discovered that Surtur was working in the galaxy of fire, and investigated the details. He sent Balder to recluit Loki for the upcoming battle, but Loki had already allied himself with Malekith, a liutenant of Surtur. Malekith sought the casket of the ancient winters, kept by the Willis family since centuries, and Thor and Eric Willis could not prevent its destruction, which unleashed a destructive ice age in all earth.
When this ice age began, Surtur headed to Earth, to seach the Bifrost and get to Asgard. Odin knew that Surtur wanted to retrieve the eternal flame, to burn his sword and destroy the universe. With his demons holding the superheroes and the main forces of Asgard in Earth, Surtur got to the gates of Asgard. He defeated Heimdall and Thor, and finally Odin himself by attacking him with the full force of the ancient winters that was attacking Earth. But Loki betrayed Malekith, and joined the war against Surtur. Even more, Eric Willis managed to reforge the casket of the ancient winters, trapping them again inside it... and, without knowing it, he freed Odin, who returned to the fight. Odin, Thor and Loki fought toguether against Surtur, and finally both Odin and Surtur fell into an abyss that engulfed them.
Thor had just lost the power to turn into the human Donald Blake, as that enchantment was transferred by Odin to Beta Ray Bill's hammer. He got a secret identity, and began his new life fighting against a dragon, with the help of the last viking. He was also seduced by Lorelei, a relative of the Enchantress who was acting as a mortal. In the meantime, Odin discovered that Surtur was working in the galaxy of fire, and investigated the details. He sent Balder to recluit Loki for the upcoming battle, but Loki had already allied himself with Malekith, a liutenant of Surtur. Malekith sought the casket of the ancient winters, kept by the Willis family since centuries, and Thor and Eric Willis could not prevent its destruction, which unleashed a destructive ice age in all earth.
When this ice age began, Surtur headed to Earth, to seach the Bifrost and get to Asgard. Odin knew that Surtur wanted to retrieve the eternal flame, to burn his sword and destroy the universe. With his demons holding the superheroes and the main forces of Asgard in Earth, Surtur got to the gates of Asgard. He defeated Heimdall and Thor, and finally Odin himself by attacking him with the full force of the ancient winters that was attacking Earth. But Loki betrayed Malekith, and joined the war against Surtur. Even more, Eric Willis managed to reforge the casket of the ancient winters, trapping them again inside it... and, without knowing it, he freed Odin, who returned to the fight. Odin, Thor and Loki fought toguether against Surtur, and finally both Odin and Surtur fell into an abyss that engulfed them.
