The Mighty Thor by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Collecting The Mighty Thor: Journey into Mystery 83-100 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, these are great 1960s comics.

Lame self effacing but brilliant Dr Don Blake is fleeing from alien stone men from Saturn when he stumbles into a cave discovering the hammer of Norse god Thor.  Striking it on the ground he becomes the mighty Asgardian, son of king of the gods Odin, mighty in strength, creator of thunder and great storms, but also mighty in heart.  When he lets go of the hammer for more than 60 seconds he returns to the body of the enfeebled Dr Blake, in love with but unable to express his affections to his beautiful nurse and constant companion Jane.

This is a great collection of a beloved Silver Age superhero, but I loved it also because it is also an encapsulation of early 1960s society and mores, how men and women related and loved, expressed themselves to each other.  Thor is used mercilessly as a propaganda tool, the jingoism of Thor's use as a tool against the terrors of Red China and the unthinking defence and advance of democracy is as much a part of the comics as his epic battles against his brother Loki, god of mischief, and other foes.