Thor The Mighty Avenger (2010) #5, "Thursday Morning"

With only Namor's rather unimpressive physique on the cover by which to judge the book, I can't pretend to be approaching it with much enthusiasm but it cost me all of $1 and I've been pleasantly surprised before. Let's go!

After a bit of a recap, Thor is using his flying chariot to show Jane Foster some of the greatest sites on the planet. They make stop on an island in Australia where they encounter...this:

This is either a flashback or a re-telling of the time that Thor and Namor first meet as they clearly do not know one another at this point. When Thor approaches Namor, the Atlantean tosses the Norseman into the ocean.

But when Thor doesn't resurface immediately, Namor is faced with choosing between rescuing someone he believes to be a regular human being and controlling the wild beast he's riding. He chooses the former (which is fortunate, since Thor was struggling with the giant octopus from the cover). How Namor came to be in the area is explained when the trio is finally united. 

Well, there's a hammer somewhere...

Namor directs Thor to strike the giant whale thing right between the eyes. Thor does, propelling himself along with his hammer throw. He knocks the beast unconscious, as planned, but again finds himself into the drink.

Namor looks for Thor for a while but without success so he and Janet get comfy on the beach until the Norse God finally does show up some time later. They gab about the camp fire for a while.

That advice doesn't go over so great so Thor takes off.

After a slow start, this turned into a nice read. I enjoy Namor's volatile personality as much as anyone but it is also good to see him take a mentoring role or sorts with a young man whose situation he feels some understanding of. A young, brash Thor rejecting that advice makes sense as well. Good job by writer Roger Langridge here.