This time Hobbs wants to do a news documentary in Asgard. He's not here to poke fun at anyone, he's just going to shout exposition to the reader. Throughout this story, Hobbs stands around in the background. The Howard the Duck comparison is apt, except Thor isn't a satire book and Roy Thomas is not Steve Gerber. ludicrous, funny, a little weird, and welcome". A letter in issue #277 says that Harris Hobbs is "a touch of Howard the Duck. It was a weird tale, bizarre but acceptable in a Silver Age-y way at the time, but there was no reason to bring this character back. In return, Thor put the fear of God(s) into Hobbs by taking him on a terrifying romp through time and space, including a trip to Asgard. Hobbs was a character who, back in the Silver Age, kidnapped Jane Foster and forced Thor to reveal his secret identity.
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