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  DC's Beowulf: Dragon Slayer was a short-lived series that only ran six issues from 1975 CE. In a rather strange expansion where Grendel answered to the Devil, Beowulf dives through a mere into Hell, Vlad the Impaler shows up, there's an ancient alien encounter, and a tussle with the Minotaur, it seems the Geatish hero's legend grew far taller in this telling. We only had access to issues 2,3,5, & 6, and my impression was that although DC was putting out fantasy adventure titles like Warlord (which we liked), Arion , and Stalker , they still couldn't replicate the success of Marvel's Conan . Beowulf specifically reads jarringly, and shifts gears between incohesive elements, and one gets the impression that it never knows what it wants to be exactly, nor did it get the chance to decide to become anything, much less finish. Still, if you had to pick a high point issue, #5 with Beowulf actually uttering Von Daniken's title phrase "chariots of the gods...

Before Marvel Entertainment's Thor makes his first appearance in 1962, DC's then-Jack Kirby uses the God of Thunder in a 1957 issue of Tales Of The Unexpected ! [as pointed out by MisterKitty.org] #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .

October 1959 DC Entertainment weirdness: A combo of a cosmic energy-infused meteorite, a neolithic-looking Mjölnir and a case of possession run the caped crusaders up against a possible Thor in Batman issue 127. [Cover by Curt Swan, Stan Kaye, & Ira Schnapp.] #    #    # Guillermo Maytorena IV knew there was something special in  the Norse Lore when he picked up a copy of the d'Aulaires'  Norse Gods and Giants  at age seven. Since t hen he's been fascinated by the truthful potency of Norse Mythology, passionately read & studied, embraced Ásatrú, launched the  Map of Midgard  project, and spearheaded the neologism/brand NorsePlay.   If you have e mployment/ opportunities in  investigative mythology,  field research, or product development to offer,  do contact him .