In 1962, Marvel Comics introduced the Mighty Thor to the pages of Journey Into Mystery #83.
As a kid, I had discovered Norse and Greek mythology in the 4th grade and a year later stumbled onto some reprints of Tales of Asgard. I quickly read the whole volume in an afternoon. While Marvel’s version of Thor was pretty different than the source material, it was close enough to capture my imagination.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Thor%27s_hammer%2C_Sk%C3%A5ne.svg/363px-Thor%27s_hammer%2C_Sk%C3%A5ne.svg.png)