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Cool little trade! The first story is an old Marvel Spotlight featuring the Warriors Three in New York in a fish out of water story. They save some woman from committing suicide and learn that her husband is caught up in some gambling racket or something so they go to save him. Misadventures and bar fights ensue. It's awesome how Fandral and Hogun are almost constantly ripping on Volstagg for being fat.
The rest of the trade is a four issue tale from Marvel Fanfare which takes place in Asgard. Really awesome '80s Marvel fantasy stuff. The art is pure '80s pulp, it looks like something that would be in Epic Illustrated or a Killraven graphic novel, perhaps. I loved this. Loki turns some woman's fiance into a goat, and if they don't get married at a certain point right at midsummer, Asgard will fall. Fandral, Hogun, and Volstagg all go on separate quests where Loki tricks them into getting...trick goats. These are so much fun. In Volstagg's tale, we learn he has a wife and kids, which is hilarious. They neglect to mention that these days, but apparently, Volstagg's got a chick that stresses him out, possibly leading him to binge on food. Fandral's character is much like Pusha T in that Kanye West song "Runaway":
24/7, 365, pussy stays on my mind.
Fandral literally asks like two females for their hand in marriage in the span of 26 pages. It's very entertaining. That guy has got Asguardian enhanced pimp juice.
Hogun the grim is just that, the no nonsenes, no comedy straight man who dresses in black. It's still good, but Volstagg and Fandral are just so much damn fun.
In the end, Thor shows up for two seconds and saves the day.
Good stuff.
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