Mighty Thor

Odin:
By the golden gates of Asgard! My own son hath divulged his identity to a female Earthling! Even the heavens do quiver and shake in celestial indignation! Though he is my favoured son, he has broken the law! There must be reckoning!

Narrator:
Haunted by the image of the girl he loves and by his duty to Odin, Doctor Don Blake is torn between love and duty. As he struggles with his conscience, his mental agony is almost as great as that of Odin, who even now suffers similar pangs as he beseeches Zeus to help him in his quandary...

Narrator:
Little knowing of the strange reception which awaits him, Thor hurtles toward Asgard... [Thor arrives in the presence of his father]

Thor:
Hail, most noble father! [Odin is silent]

Thor:
If my father hath no desire to converse, then I shall return to Earth!

Odin:
I say thee, NAY!

Thor:
The fury in your eyes... the thunder in your voice... Father! You know!

Odin:
Not for nothing am I Odin the All-Wise!

Narrator:
Indeed, Hercules finds the sprawling metropolis vastly entertaining... and vice versa!

[Odin appears to Jane]

Odin:
Jane Foster, heed now the voice of Odin, father of Thor! My son was not defeated, I stole his victory from him. He bore his loss like a god. Go to him, woman, he has done his penance. GO!

Nurse Jane Foster:
I will. I will! Thor, wait for me!

Hercules:
What, you still stand?

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Thor:
For one brief instant of eternity, a god has dared to love a mortal. Till the universe crumbles, my heart is ever thine!

[Hercules finds a train on its way to New York]

Hercules:
I love big cities! Crowds, merrymaking, excitement: the good life! I shall go too! Hercules commands it!

Hercules:
Yield, thunder god!

Thor:
Never!

Thor:
Has thy lust for battle diminished?

Hercules:
Nay, it is just beginning!

[Thor hurls debris at Hercules]

Hercules:
[ducks] You missed me!

Thor:
[slugging him] But not this time!

Hercules:
[striking back] Now it is my turn! Feel the might of Hercules!

Thor:
My hammer against your mace, you'll see which is the greater!

Hercules:
Never have I tasted defeat!

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Narrator:
While mighty Thor, the thunder god, is visiting Asgard, he gets a psychic message from planet Earth concerning Jane Foster, learning she is confined to the hospital. Fretting at this news, Thor petitions his father, the lordly Odin, for permission to return to Earth. Odin reluctantly agrees, and immediately Thor is on his way!

Thor:
I must reach Jane at once!

Narrator:
Unerringly, Thor's mighty hammer draws him to Jane's hospital room.

Thor:
I have found her.

Doctor:
She should have recovered by now. I don't understand it.

Thor:
What could have happened during my absence! I must find out!

Dr Don Blake:
Jane, darling, do you hear me?

Nurse Jane Foster:
His voice... I must be dreaming!

Dr Don Blake:
No, Jane, you're not dreaming. I have returned.

Nurse Jane Foster:
Don!

Dr Don Blake:
You knew I would return...

Nurse Jane Foster:
No, I didn't know! One moment you're beside me, then you vanish... oh, I can't bear it! You've told me you love me, but you're keeping some terrible secret from me! How can I believe in you when you desert me for days, weeks at a time?

Dr Don Blake:
But darling, my absences have never affected my love for you!

Nurse Jane Foster:
I only know that you leave... and each time it breaks my heart!

Dr Don Blake:
Jane, listen, you've got to understand... I can't bear to see you hurt... [makes up his mind]

Dr Don Blake:
I'll prove my love! Look at me, Jane Foster, I command you! [raises his cane]

Dr Don Blake:
Forgive me, Father, I do what must be done! [strikes the cane and becomes Thor]

Nurse Jane Foster:
Thor! What... oh, Don...!

Thor:
Now behold Thor, son of Odin, god of thunder, who truly loves you, Jane Foster!

Odin:
Balder! Come you to my side!

Balder:
You called, sire?... Thor! My friend who is more than brother to me, I embrace thee!

Odin:
Silence, courageous one! There is a task to be done: my son has betrayed his trust, he must endure the Ritual of Steel! Smite him! Smite him, loyal Balder! And should he survive, he shall nevermore set foot upon the planet Earth!

Thor:
No, father! I beg you, hear my words! Punish me as you will, but I cannot forsake my heart! My strength, my limbs, my very life are in thy service, sire, but even the thunder god has the right to love!

Odin:
Still thy tongue! Thou hast no choice: Odin has spoken!

[warriors surround Thor]

Thor:
No! Not all the blaze in Asgard, not all the power of the universe shall hold me now!

Narrator:
Then, like a thunderclap, the Ritual of Steel begins! But Thor is one... and he faces an army!

Thor:
[to Jane] How came you here with him? Answer me!

Hercules:
None may ignore the son of Zeus!

[knocks down Thor]

Hercules:
And none may speak so to a favoured female of Hercules!

Thor:
Brazen one, prepare to defend thyself! Now, Hercules, we shall see whose female she is!

Hercules:
And may the best immortal win!

Narrator:
And the battle of the titans begins! When two immortals engage in combat, what can be the outcome?

Thor:
My strength is supreme!

Hercules:
Your CONCEIT is supreme! The mortal female deserves better than a dullard such as thee!

Thor:
Not so! No one shall stand between me and my beloved Jane, not even Odin my royal father!

[brawling]

Hercules:
In the name of Olympus!

Thor:
For the glory of Asgard!

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Narrator:
Although the City seems to be humming along as usual, the mighty Thor is troubled...

Thor:
I sense an aura of evil over the City. I feel it lurking, ready to pounce! I cannot pinpoint its presence... but whenever it strikes, Thor shall be ready!

[flies away]

Narrator:
Far below, in a shadowy alley...

Loki:
[watching the sky] You would not be so confident, thunder god, if you knew your archenemy Loki was on earth once more!

Thor:
I dare not follow, I cannot gamble with Jane Foster's life. But how could they have known to capture her? No one on Earth suspects that I love her... on Earth... aha! Suddenly I realize who my true foe is! [flies off]

Thor:
There is only one who could be behind Hyde and the Cobra: LOKI! This time nothing shall save him from my vengeance!

Thor:
Battle will avail you not, my foolish friend! My uru hammer shall absorb the flames and hurl them back at you, like THIS!

Narrator:
And soon, with an indescribable rage, the mighty Thor storms across the rainbow bridge that links Earth with Asgard, and meets...

Thor:
Heimdall! Stand aside, Heimdall! I must reach Loki!

Heimdall:
Halt, son of Odin! Know you that your father has banished thee from Asgard? I have no wish to harm thee, but I have my orders!

Thor:
With what weapon could you defeat the mighty Thor?

Heimdall:
With this! [draws his blade]

Narrator:
A sword of magic flames, against Thor's hammer. Which will triumph?

Thor:
No power on Asgard shall prevent me from finding Loki!

Thor:
Back! BACK! Or answer to the fury of my hammer!

Thor:
There... there's something lying in the rubble... it's Jane! She was trapped in the explosion! She's barely breathing! Her pulse is growing weaker! She's dying! Jane... my darling... you can't die... you mustn't! Jane! [carries her out and places her on a bed]

Thor:
She's sinking fast, but with all my power there is nothing I can do! Oh, mighty Odin, hear my words! In the name of Asgard, do not let this female perish!

Narrator:
Will Odin relent, and aid his son? Or will he let Jane die, putting an end to their forbidden romance?

Thor:
She's sinking fast. All the might of Asgard cannot aid this mortal girl... but wait! There is still one chance! I have the power to make time stand still! [swings his hammer clockwise]

Thor:
I will create a time warp which will envelop this house!

Mister Hyde:
I'll rely on my great strength and fighting skill to finish you, thunder god!

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Thor:
Hail, noble Odin! Thy undeserving son gives thee thanks!

Narrator:
And with these words, the mighty god of thunder carries his love into the shining light of a new dawn!

Dr Don Blake:
You can go now, Jane, I won't need you anymore today...

Nurse Jane Foster:
You might need me if you decided to take a girl out to danc... [is pulled out a window]

Nurse Jane Foster:
DON! HELP!

Dr Don Blake:
JANE! It was the Cobra... only Thor can save her! [changes into Thor]

Thor:
There is no place the Cobra can hide, that Thor can't find him!

Odin:
Thor! You dare force your way back to Asgard, against my imperial command? Do you compel me to do battle, with my own son?

Thor:
A thousand pardons, noble father! I did what a warrior must do! An innocent life depended on my finding Loki! I could not shed that risk!

Loki:
Words! Naught but hollow words!

Odin:
Forbore! I have heard enough...

Odin:
[to Thor] Back to Earth with you! I shall suspend my judgment until you return! Begone!

Thor:
[to Jane] When the time warp is lifted, adored one, I shall try to save you with every ounce of skill I possess! If I fail, then we both shall perish!

Thor:
Hyde! Cobra! Now you will feel the vengeance of Thor!

Thor:
Attack me at will! I'll crush you both!

Mister Hyde:
So, capturing this puny female was enough to bring you back to me! Stay back! Come no further if you value her life!

Thor:
Do not harm the girl! I make no move!

Mister Hyde:
Stay where you are, thunder god! Follow us, and the girl is doomed!

Loki:
If I were foolhardy enough to fight you, you would defeat me. But you cannot strike at one who stands quietly before you. your stupid honour would not permit it!

Thor:
Take heed, evil one, I have my breaking point!

Thor:
My first concern is to free the girl! But then, hated one, I shall return and repay you!

Loki:
My shrewdness and cunning will ever be more than a match for your brute strength!

Thor:
The walls are reversing! They're closing in on me! But nothing can crush my uru hammer! [smashes the wall]

Thor:
And nothing can keep me from finding Jane!

Thor:
What was that? Something slithered by, too fast to see!

Narrator:
Meanwhile, in Asgard, the lordly Odin watches the scene with compassion, and finally reaches a momentous decision...

Odin:
Although Thor may not take the forbidden female for his bride, I shall save her from certain death! [writes on a scroll]

Odin:
Loki, by my imperial command, you are to take this message to Ardo the Healer. He will find a remedy for the one called Jane. [gives the message to Loki, and walks off]

Loki:
I shall obey at once, noble one... the word of Odin is indeed the law, but laws can be broken! The girl must die!

Thor:
Now sleep, my beloved. I hear the two evil ones returning, and I must do battle once more!

Cobra:
I'll get him first! He's mine!

Mister Hyde:
Back, you slithering fool! The first blow must be Hyde's!

Cobra:
I warned you not to give me orders, Hyde! So since you're so eager to land the first blow, go ahead! [throws Hyde at Thor, who strikes him away]

Cobra:
There! He hurls you back like a bean bag! You need me, Hyde, don't ever forget it!

Cobra:
Now, Thor, here's a taste of the Cobra's bite! [fires venom darts at Thor, who ricochets them off]

Cobra:
He hurls them back... the poison! I must escape!

Narrator:
Meanwhile, in Asgard, Balder the brave intercepts Loki...

Balder:
I'll deliver that message, crafty one!

Loki:
Can it be? My own peers turning against me?

Balder:
Nay, Loki, we are not thy peers. For none can match thee in villainy and deceit!

Narrator:
And so Balder rides furiously across the wild and savage chasm...

Balder:
I dare not fail! For it means the life of she who my dearest friend holds ever in his heart!

Thor:
How amused the immortals of Asgard would be to see the god of thunder changing wires like an Earth-bound electrician...

[a sword appears in front of Thor]

Thor:
It is the glistening sword of Balder! Can this be the miracle I dare not hope for?