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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

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  1. Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.

  2. Single panels are preferred.

  3. Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.

  4. Don't be a dick.

  5. I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.

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To everyone who says Thor is the strongest (lemmy.today)
submitted 2 weeks ago by tal to c/outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world
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[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 71 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

This is a reference to a specific myth about Thor. From the Wikipedia-entry on Jörmungandr:

In one story, Thor encounters the giant king Útgarða-Loki and has to perform deeds for him, one of which is a challenge of Thor's strength. Útgarða-Loki goads Thor into attempting to lift the World Serpent, disguised by magic as a huge cat. Thor grabs the cat around its midsection but manages to raise the cat only high enough for one of its paws to leave the floor. Útgarða-Loki later explains his deception and that Thor's lifting the cat was an impressive deed, as he had stretched the serpent so that it had almost reached the sky. Many watching became fearful when they saw one paw lift off the ground. If Thor had managed to lift the cat completely from the ground, he would have altered the boundaries of the universe.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 weeks ago

Ok so that’s cool as shit

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have always envisioned this as the cat being jotun sized and Thor was lifting as a human sized Thor and he merely was not tall enough to get the cat off the ground.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From the Danish Valhalla comics: https://i.imgur.com/k9ooezH.jpeg

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

Glad i am not the only one who saw it this way.

[–] gwilikers@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

If Thor had managed to lift the cat completely from the ground, he would have altered the boundaries of the universe.

That's hardcore.