Mea Culpa! I didn't think that a 45+yo story would need a spoiler warning. I'll remember to use one the next time I'm discussing "Othello" or the Scottish Play.
Lack of Dr. Blake in Thor Film
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Mea Culpa! I didn't think that a 45+yo story would need a spoiler warning. I'll remember to use one the next time I'm discussing "Othello" or the Scottish Play.
I got to admit, that's kind of like revealing that Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive spider, or that Bruce Wayne's parents get shot!
Shot!!!Mea Culpa! I didn't think that a 45+yo story would need a spoiler warning. I'll remember to use one the next time I'm discussing "Othello" or the Scottish Play.
I got to admit, that's kind of like revealing that Peter Parker gets bitten by a radioactive spider, or that Bruce Wayne's parents get shot!
Muahahahaha!superman is Clark Kent!
Vader is Luke's dad!
the titanic sinks!
Vader is Luke's dad!
the titanic sinks!
But Blake was never a real human being. He was created by Odin to be the mortal vessel that held Thor while in exile. Blake the lame doctor and his walking stick were magical constructs that Thor believed were real. Once Thor learned the truth, "Blake" was no longer needed.
Thor's interesting because of the mythology. He's the Epic God of Thunder and he's got this huge supporting cast of heroes and villains from Asgard.
Blake keeps the character grounded and human. But Thor isn't at his best when he's grounded and humans. He's at his best when he's surrounded by gods and monsters.
Yeesh. When did they come up with that horse-hockey? Donald Blake certainly was a real human for decades.
You're equating the mythological Asgardian God of thunder to the captian of the High School football team.
Sounds like a case of hammer envy, if ever there was one.
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Blake is referenced multiple times in the film. i've seen it. so 
Odin removed the "Blake" persona from Thor in 1984, twenty-seven years ago.
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^Yeah, that would be shortly before I stopped reading (and about 5 years before comics really started to suck).
1984 - hmm at least 12 years after I had stopped reading comic books and had moved onto "Dolly"(73-76), gradually moving onto Cleo & Cosmo & Vogue (by1978) - and even the odd "Better Homes & Gardens" magazine.
While that was when Blake was removed, he was actually revealed to be Thor in mortal form long before that in The Mighty Thor #159 (Dec. 1968) by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby during a two-part story in which Odin explained Blake's origin. This was also the first story that explained that Thor was sent to Earth to learn humility.
The reason they did it was to answer the question of why Thor went from just basically being a super-powered Dr. Blake in his first few appearances to suddenly actually being Thor and talking in Shakespearean. And also because after writing out Jane Foster they realized that Blake wasn't really that interesting without her.
