# Weekly Comic Book Discussion 7/20/2006 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 20, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279 "2006-07-20T03:06:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279/41 "2006-07-24T02:51:28Z")
[QUOTE=Lochdale] Not sure how they are going to explain Thor. Perhaps this one is a fake or some such? [/QUOTE] Well, the guy picking up the hammer at the end of Fantastic Four had a medical bag with D.B. on it. Not that that means anything. Could’ve been former Detroit Red Wing Doug Brown for all we know. Skrulls sound possible, but my money is on this being mind control. Thor’s back, and I can’t wait to see how they work that out. DeciMation reboot maybe? Anyways, it stands to reason that if Thor is back, Loki could be back as well. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279/42 "2006-07-24T03:42:04Z")
Maybe D.B. stands for Doom Bot 🙂 Thor has an incredible resistance to mind control so I’d be annoyed if that were the case. Maybe Iron Man just got to him first. Still, I’m annoyed that the pro-registration are being portrayed as the “bad guys”. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279/43 "2006-07-24T03:59:50Z")
So does Daniel Boone have Thor’s hammer now? Or perhaps (heaven forbid!) Dan Brown? ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279/44 "2006-07-24T11:48:47Z")
Maybe Dick Butkus has it. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279/45 "2006-07-24T13:03:04Z")
[QUOTE=Lochdale] Have to agree with everything here. My only guess is perhaps they are playing off an early Thor story when he was tricked by Hitler to fight the Invaders? Cheesy but maybe that’s the answer. [/QUOTE] I was wondering about the “why” regarding this character as well. What would drive a god to adhere to the jurisdiction of one of the subdivisions of planet earth. I’m sure that he’s sees “hero’s” as earthly extensions of gods… who would never submit to oversight. But then, considering one of his last storylines was all about him taking over earth acting above the law and everything pretty much going to pot as a result, I can see where this character might now better appreciate super powers under some kind of oversight. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e4f/32.png) [@Big\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_G)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279/46 "2006-07-24T13:43:31Z")
[QUOTE=Harborwolf] Maybe Dick Butkus has it. [/QUOTE] My money’s on D.B. Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279/47 "2006-07-24T14:39:11Z")
Debbie Boone! “Thou…lightest up my life…” ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279/48 "2006-07-24T17:22:31Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Debbie Boone! “Thou…lightest up my life…” [/QUOTE] Heheh. Good one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-comic-book-discussion-7-20-2006/365279.md?page=2)