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* ShowWithinAShow: The ''Roxxon Presents: Thor'' comic is the in-universe comic book about Thor's adventures. Now that it's owned by Roxxon, the comic presents a very different view of Thor and his supporting cast.
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The series is accompanied by a one-shot ''Roxxon Presents: Thor'' comic, based on the [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe]] comics starring Thor.
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* StylisticSuck: The ''Roxxon Presents: Thor'' one-shot, created in-universe by Roxxon. The dialogue is bland and repetitive, the art looks traced, and there's conspicuous propaganda and product-placement.
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* ForTheEvulz: As Darrio Agger explains to Thor in issue #9, he doesn't have any grand excuse for why he does what he does. No sad backstory or even a proper motivation. Just so long as he earns a little more money as someone else's expense, that's enough for him.
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* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: Skurge doesn't have his old axe, and has to make do with one provided by Roxxon. Predictably, it crumples going up against the might of Mjolnir and Tormod.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Part of Enchantress's attack on Thor in issue #9 is how, despite claiming the title of All-Father, he's not been there when Asgardians needed him, such as Heimdall, or her own children.
-->'''Enchantress:''' Stabbed in the back, by a mere mortal, and where was Thor? ''Oh'', busy, busy. My children were kind afterward. ''Ashamed'' of me, but kind. Dear Alvi, and dear, dear Iric. Iric was ''murdered'' soon after -- by a fellow student at that Bor-damned magic school. ''Where was Thor?''
-->'''Enchantress:''' Stabbed in the back, by a mere mortal, and where was Thor? ''Oh'', busy, busy. My children were kind afterward. ''Ashamed'' of me, but kind. Dear Alvi, and dear, dear Iric. Iric was ''murdered'' soon after -- by a fellow student at that Bor-damned magic school. ''Where was Thor?''
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** Issue #9 has Amora listing off her various grievances with Thor and specifically bringing up her loved ones that have died under his watch over the course of prior stories; Skurge, her second lover Heimdall, and her son Iric, the lattermost of whom died in the concurrently running ''ComicBook/StrangeAcademy''.
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* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: When Thor warns Dario Agger that he is poisoning the planet through Roxxon and threatening to cause an ecological apocalypse, Agger practically laughs in his face and says he's doing it on purpose, fully intending to pump the planet dry and then leave it's burned out husk to rot while he starts the same process on another world. Because all he really wants is the joy of numbers going up so he can feel superior over others.
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* FalloutShelterFail: When Dario Agger shows off his advertising pitch for domed cities that will shelter paying customers in case of an apocalypse (which Agger is secretly working to bring about), Thor immediately points out that it sounds ''far'' too good to be true and that money can't buy safety from the end of the world, meaning the shelters are probably not nearly as good as the advertisement suggests. Agger openly acknowledges this to be the case and that the pitch is just to scam rich rubes out of their money by pandering to their egos and self-preservation instincts while Agger leaves the dying planet.
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* ItsPersonal: While Skurge is taking part in the scheme to prevent Thor's prophesied doom out of a genuine desire to save him, Amora seems to be mostly going along with it as an excuse to torment and punish Thor for his various sleights and failures against her.
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* GoKartingWithBowser: Issue 9 ends, and ''THE ROXXIN' THOR'' arc begins, with Thor opening up Chad Hammer's comic book as Skurge, the Enchantress, and the Minotaur read over his shoulder.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Skurge and Amora have been tasked with saving Thor from a prophesied doom by taking his weapons from him. Which is not to say they have to be gentle when they do so, and they do indeed take the opportunity to thrash the God of Thunder for all the ways he's affronted and failed them.
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* RashomonStyle: The myth of Loki and Thor encountering Utgard-Loki has many different versions, based on what is remembered or makes a good tale. [[spoiler: Beyond the knowledge of Thor and even Loki, the myth is being rewritten by Dario Agger with Amora's assistance]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: As Thor forges a new axe in issue 3, Loki's narration drops all pretense and tells the reader this will be important later.
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** As Thor forges a new axe in issue 3, Loki's narration drops all pretense and tells the reader this will be importantlater.later.
** In issue 6, as "Skymir" laughs, it's possible to see he's missing a tooth in the exact same place as Loki, and in issue 7, Lukki is the same.
** As Thor forges a new axe in issue 3, Loki's narration drops all pretense and tells the reader this will be important
** In issue 6, as "Skymir" laughs, it's possible to see he's missing a tooth in the exact same place as Loki, and in issue 7, Lukki is the same.
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* InternalRetcon: Issues 6 and 7 have Thor and Loki recount events previously told way back in ''Thor'' #272. However, some of the events are different, and it's clear this isn't something Loki's doing, and it's unsettling them. It's the Enchantress doing her own thing elsewhere.
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** During their bickering about Thor's exercise regime, Loki blames Thor's behind for difficulty getting past the Utgardgate. Thor pouts in response, "[[Film/AvengersEndgame tis Asgard's behind.]]"
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Issue 7 ends with Thor realizing that if there is an Utgard-Thor and Utgard-Loki, than logically there must also be an Utgard-''Odin'' behind both of them, possibly directing their actions. The final page hints that he might also be his great-grandfather Buri, which is confirmed by Gaea in #8.]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Issue 7 ends with Thor realizing that if there is an Utgard-Thor and Utgard-Loki, than logically there must could also be an Utgard-''Odin'' behind both of them, possibly directing their actions. The final page hints that he might also be his great-grandfather Buri, which is confirmed by Gaea in #8.]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Issue 7 ends with Thor realizing that if there is an Utgard-Thor and Utgard-Loki, than logically there must also be an Utgard-''Odin'' behind both of them, possibly directing their actions. The final page hints that he might also be his great-grandfather Buri.Buri, which is confirmed by Gaea in #8.]]
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* CasualDangerDialogue: The cover for the tenth issue features Dario Agger and the Enchantress chatting at an office water cooler while Thor and Skurge duel to the death in the foreground.
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* BigBrotherBully: Flashbacks show Thor acting like this to Loki before learning humility, giving some context on how their rivalry started.
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* BigBrotherBully: Flashbacks show Thor acting like this to Loki before learning humility, giving some context on how their rivalry started. Thor is appalled at his past acts, and even asks Loki if he truly was that awful. Loki admits that it varied. Sometimes he was better, sometimes he was ''worse''.
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** Issues 6 and 7 detail a retelling of the events of ''The Mighty Thor #272'' now that Thor and Loki know that this adventure had something to do with their Utgard counterparts.
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** Issues 6 and 7 detail a retelling of the events of ''The Mighty Thor #272'' Thor'' #272 now that Thor and Loki know that this adventure had something to do with their Utgard counterparts.
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** In Gaia's story about Atum in issue #8, much of the language she uses to describe him and his shadow-side Demogorge evoke the language Ewing used in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', especially in describing Demogorge as "an empty shell" that "breaks with many hands".
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** In Gaia's story about Atum in issue #8, much of the language she uses to describe him and his shadow-side Demogorge evoke the language Ewing used regarding the One-Below-All in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', especially in describing Demogorge as "an empty shell" that "breaks with many hands".
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* GaiasVengeance: [[spoiler: Issue 8 has Gaea state that her patiene with humanity's behaviour has finally run out, and is the reason she let loose Toranos on Earth.]]
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** In Gaia's story about Atum in issue #8, much of the language she uses to describe him and his shadow-side Demogorge evoke the language Ewing used in ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'', especially in describing Demogorge as "an empty shell" that "breaks with many hands".
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** Like in ''The Mighty Thor #272'', Thor and Loki sneak into Utgardhall by crawling under its enormous doors. Although, in this telling, as the larger of the two, Thor has greater trouble doing so when it was Loki who struggled with it in the original comic.
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** Like in ''The Mighty Thor #272'', Thor'' #272, Thor and Loki sneak into Utgardhall by crawling under its enormous doors. Although, in this telling, as the larger of the two, Thor has greater trouble doing so when it was Loki who struggled with it in the original comic.
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* NatureIsNotNice: Discussed throughout issue #8. Gaia is the embodiment of nature; life giving and naturing... but at the same time, harsh and without mercy. Just ask the dinosaurs.
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* GaiasVengeance: [[spoiler: Issue 8 has Gaea state that her patiene with humanity's behaviour has finally run out, and is the reason she let loose Toranos on Earth.]]
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** Utgard-Loki is described as using "deep magic" to incarnate abstract concepts as people and objects in the contests against Thor and Loki. Deep magic was previously described in Ewing's previous entries over in X-Men as being used to incarnate the [[AbsurdCuttingPower concept of sharpness]] as a sword by an Arrakii blacksmith.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Issue 7 ends with Thor realizing that if there is an Utgard-Thor and Utgard-Loki, than logically there must also be an Utgard-''Odin'' behind both of them, possibly directing their actions.]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Issue 7 ends with Thor realizing that if there is an Utgard-Thor and Utgard-Loki, than logically there must also be an Utgard-''Odin'' behind both of them, possibly directing their actions. The final page hints that he might also be his great-grandfather Buri.]]
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* TheCameo: In place of Old Age, Death herself is the force called forth by Utgard-Loki to wrestle with Thor in the seventh issue.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: The seventh issue that details Thor and Loki's trials in Utgardhall chides the pair for challenging giants to eating contests. The context is altered from the two being arrogant to Loki grasping the IdiotBall out of hunger, hoping to bum a free meal out of beings who have much bigger stomachs than he does.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: The seventh issue that details Thor and Loki's trials in Utgardhall chides the pair for challenging giants (who exponentially dwarf them in size) to eating contests. The context is altered from the two being arrogant to Loki grasping the IdiotBall out of hunger, hoping to bum a free meal out of beings who have much bigger stomachs than he does.
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* CuttingTheKnot: When trapped on a mysterious planet in some kind of {{Hammerspace}} by Loki, Thor tries to escape in simple, pragmatic ways like just flying away or trying to nail Loki with his hammer. [[SubvertedTrope These all fail]] due to various factors Loki accounted for, as the whole puzzle is meant to demonstrate that Thor can't just brute force his way past every problem and has to use his intellect as much as his power if he wants to win. Loki even name-drops the trope-naming Gordian Knot.
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** When trapped on a mysterious planet in some kind of {{Hammerspace}} by Loki, Thor tries to escape in simple, pragmatic ways like just flying away or trying to nail Loki with his hammer. [[SubvertedTrope These all fail]] due to various factors Loki accounted for, as the whole puzzle is meant to demonstrate that Thor can't just brute force his way past every problem and has to use his intellect as much as his power if he wants to win. Loki even name-drops the trope-naming GordianKnot.Knot.
** Like in ''The Mighty Thor #272'', Thor and Loki sneak into Utgardhall by crawling under its enormous doors. Although, in this telling, as the larger of the two, Thor has greater trouble doing so when it was Loki who struggled with it in the original comic.
** When trapped on a mysterious planet in some kind of {{Hammerspace}} by Loki, Thor tries to escape in simple, pragmatic ways like just flying away or trying to nail Loki with his hammer. [[SubvertedTrope These all fail]] due to various factors Loki accounted for, as the whole puzzle is meant to demonstrate that Thor can't just brute force his way past every problem and has to use his intellect as much as his power if he wants to win. Loki even name-drops the trope-naming Gordian
** Like in ''The Mighty Thor #272'', Thor and Loki sneak into Utgardhall by crawling under its enormous doors. Although, in this telling, as the larger of the two, Thor has greater trouble doing so when it was Loki who struggled with it in the original comic.
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* {{Determinator}}: No matter what challenge he faces, no matter how hopelessly outmatched he is, Thor just ''won't quit'', either out of pride or simply being that determined to do good.
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* EldritchAbomination: Those Who Sit Above In Shadow, being to gods what gods are to mortals, are less the "strong guys in tights" typical to Marvel's depiction of the Asgardians and more like what you'd expect gods to be like… which is to say, terrifyingly powerful beings that look like elements made roughly humanoid. Toranos, the first one we see, is basically a living hurricane, with all the frightening, mind-breaking power that calls to mind.
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* EldritchAbomination: Those Who Sit Above In Shadow, being to gods what gods are to mortals, are less the "strong guys in tights" typical to Marvel's depiction of the Asgardians and more like what you'd expect gods to be like… which is to say, terrifyingly powerful beings that look like elements made roughly humanoid. Toranos, the first one we see, is basically a living hurricane, with all the frightening, mind-breaking power that calls to mind. Utgard-Loki, the main antagonist, resembles a huge demonic skeleton wreathed in golden flames and is described by normal Loki as being effectively "living magic", so mighty in the ways of illusion and spellcraft that even the greatest of magicians can't counter his powers, which utilize the very primal forces themselves for power.
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* MasterOfIllusion: Loki of course, but his Utgard counterpart is so good at it that he makes our Loki look like a kid performing party tricks. The flashback story sees him trap Thor and Loki in an illusion that, amongst other things, makes Jormungand look like ''a normal cat''.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Issue #4 includes a jab at power-scalers who constalty ask whether x could beat y, and who don't get that the characters don't have a fixed set of power [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe but rather a fluctuating one depending on the situation]]. Doubles as a TakeThatAudience.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Issue #4 includes a jab at power-scalers who constalty constantly ask whether x X could beat y, Y, and who don't get that the characters don't have a fixed set of power [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe but rather a fluctuating one depending on the situation]]. Doubles as a TakeThatAudience.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Issue #4 includes a jab at power-scalers who constalty ask wether whether x could beat y, and who don't get that the characters don't have a fixed set of power [[StrongAsTheyNeedToBe but rather a fluctuating one depending on the situation.]] situation]]. Doubles as a TakeThatAudience.
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* ContinuityOverlap: Again, Ewing's kickoff overlaps with ''ComicBook/FallOfX''; Ewing shows Thor's own opposition to Orchis and their ongoing anti-Mutant pogrom. Jane's involvement in issue 4 and 5 have her sharing part of what happened to her over in ''ComicBook/AvengersInc'' issue #3.
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* AdaptedOut: Like the original Marvel comic version of it, the story of Thor and Loki's misadventures in Utgard don't include their temporary kid sidekicks from the myth.
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* CallBack: The narration in the first issue mentions that "no magic is without cost", hearkening back to the ArcWords of the Creator/MarkWaid run on ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange''; "magic always comes at a cost".
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** The narration in the first issue mentions that "no magic is without cost", hearkening back to the ArcWords of the Creator/MarkWaid run on ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange''; "magic always comes at a
** Issues 6 and 7 detail a retelling of the events of ''The Mighty Thor #272'' now that Thor and Loki know that this adventure had something to do with their Utgard counterparts.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Though his attempted [[DisproportionateRetribution reaction to it]] was extreme, young Thor wasn't wrong that "Skrymir" was trying to trick him and Loki when they met him.
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* HateAtFirstSight: At the very moment of their creation, Toranos almost immediately attacked Utgard-Loki, recognizing that their respective concepts were anathema to one another.
