Awful and Fun: Golden Age Superhero Dynamite Thor 

Ironic that the Thor WITHOUT a hammer is such a clear example of the expression "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail".

"He solved every problem in front of him with a stick of dynamite" Hey as long as it works.

Someone needs to get ahold of Michael Bay. This is the perfect superhero movie for him to make.

Kid: "Hey mister, can you help me get my cat out of the tree?" Dynamite Thor: "No problem." He lights a fuse....

"He solved every problem in front of him with dynamite ". Greatest tombstone epitaph ever.

"You call throwing dynamite around a martial art?" "Hey, as long as it works."

After WWII Dynamite Thor would retire to Japan where he started a family. Many decades later Dynamite's descendant King Explosion Murder would carry on the pround family tradition of solving every problem by blowing it the hell up.

Random Citizen: "HELP! The bus containing Nuns and orphans is out of control." Dynamite Thor: "This is a problem only dynamite can solve." Man, the Golden Age was nuts in a good way.

Dynamite Thor. When Terrorism was super heroic.

Woman: "Oh my lord! Help! Someone Help! My husband is choking!" Dynamite Thor: "This is a problem only dynamite can solve."

Golden era comics are such a trip when you're used to the good modern style of the mid to late 2000s. Example Doodle tier Batman: [ducks from a boomerang] Description: "With a fluid like grace the mysterious man of the night uses a technique to evade the projectile thrown with enough force to kill a mortal man"

Dynamite Thor is now my favorite character out of all literature. Who is the brave off-brand, public domain version of Taika Waititi to bring his adventures to the big screen? Thanks a million for bringing this madness to our attention :)

Laughed till I cried... Would pay good money to see "Charlie Day" play "Dynamite Thor" on the CW network...

Dynamite Thor seems like a character out of The Tick

Chris, I say this with 100% sincerity, you are extremely funny. Like just a legitimately funny person. Thank you for these videos.

Interestingly, Victor Fox himself may have been the inspiration for Batman's Penguin. He was short, dressed nicely, and spoke with a British accent. He also once spat on Bob Kane's shoe. Not the nicest guy to work for. Jim Steranko once said Fox Comics were considered "poverty row" back in the day, and this one really shows it. On the plus side, however, Fox did give Jack Kirby his first real job, and he also employed Matt Baker, one of the first black comic artists in the buisness. We need to remember this stuff, or we'll just continue to make the same mistakes they did. Hopefully there isn't going to be a Dynamite Thor movie. Hopefully.

The fart sound effect indeed confirmed my worst thought....I have kept the same humor since age 11.

"These gangsters respond more slowly than the world when there's a disaster in Haiti." My chest hurts from laughing.

I feel like this character would've fit right in beside the "superhero" I played in a Golden-age Champions RPG a buddy of mine was trying to run: Collateral Damage Man (yes, I knew it was Golden age, and yes, it was absolutely hilarious).

God, he's like some psychotic Venture Bros parody.

Let's not talk about Dr. Druid, whose secret identity was Dr. Anthony Druid. Note that he had his name legally changed from Ludgate to Druid, so he actually put some work into compromising his identity.

Jon Del Arroz launched his own version of this character on Kickstarter. I did the video for him and said, "All problems presented to the hero are solved with more dynamite." Seems like I was right on the money with the classic hero as well.

Dynamite Thor may just be my new favourite super hero. And this was a phenomenal video.

Shame they discontinued this. Dynamite Thor in the modern era seems like it'd be a real... _blast!_ I'm sorry, I'll let myself out.

“Slower to react than a crisis in Haiti” Never change

I need a crossover of Marvel's Thor and Dynamite Thor ASAP!

Does public domain mean I can do a Dynamate Thor reboot and make my own webcomic, I'm fascinated by this superhero. I need to do this

nobody: Dynamite thor: Throws dynamite

Fox's version of Thor was eventually made it onto the Alex Ross-drawn 2015 cover with all the other versions of the character that Marvel themselves published, as the figure farthest in the back.

I was really surprised at how naturally he said, "weird flex, but okay"😆 love the channel man👍

This episode is dedicated to the countless people hurt just by Dynamite Thor trying to get around from one end of town to the other. . . Great video as always, Chris!

0:49 Golden Age Superman kinda falls in BOTH categories, because back then he used to be a SUPER jerk.

I never knew what I wanted to do with my life until I saw this video. Now it is crystal clear. As it happens my grandad had a shack filled with TNT he never used. Thank you comic-tropes you have just saved me from a life of tedium an marital bliss.

My character in Fallout: New Vegas basically works on the same principle.

0:46 wow first time hearing him curse

Heh! Heh! Dynamite Thor reminds me of "Sledge Hammer!" a television parody of the Dirty Harry movies which ran from 1986 to 1988. Although Hammer never used dynamite to the best of my knowledge, he used his magnum to solve just about EVERY problem, although he occasionally used explosives too! I think the two of them could have gotten together and compared notes!

When I play Red Dead Redemption, I solve a lot of problems with dynamite.

Love your episodes about wacky golden age comics! Keep them coming!

Cool beans! All of your content is great but I love the golden age stuff.

Damn these jokes are fire

Love the way DT just casually blows up the city's critical infrastructure like bridges and water towers.

Things like this always make me more impressed with the creators of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman etc. So much bad bad AWFUL content during the supposed "Golden Age" :D

This was a hilarious episode, Chris! Very fun stuff. I would not say no to more of this kind of golden age absurdity!!

I absolutely love your golden age comic episodes. All your videos are good, but these are my absolute favorite

Wow, with this one you REALLY stepped it up with the funny asides and one-liners! Nice job!!

I love episodes about weird and forgotten golden age comic books. Keep these coming please! it doesn't need to be only superheroes

I love when you cover these comics. The sheer insanity of the scenarios these comics present is much funnier when you narrate it. Thanks for all your hard work! Love your channel!

Chris, just wanted to say thanks for making this quarantine a whole lot more bearable!

Putting out fires with dynamite is how the early 1900s San Francisco and Seattle fires happened.

"He's Dynamite!" "So Dynamite!"

I love these golden comics reviews so much. Thank you! 😃

„First thing he does is to escalate the Situation by throwing dynamite at them“ 😂😂😂

I would imagine that everyone in that town has REALLY GOOD and VERY EXPENSIVE property insurance.

This character was absolutely bonkers! Yes to these sir. More vids like this please.

I love your Golden Age forays. Such a fun, goofy time in comic history! Those were the pioneers, and we would not enjoy the great comics that came after without the foundation that they laid. They helped later writers and artists see what is possible, and what works and what doesn't.

This dude 😂 “as he farts his way home.” Lol ah got me laughing so hard. Love ur channel man. Keep it up. 👍

These oddball topic videos are a lot of fun and interesting. Keep it up.

I love it when you spotlight old and obscure characters from forgotten publishers. One day I hope you talk about Gumbo Galahad and Hillbilly Comics from Charlton.

Well technically hammer-returning was a power established in the mythology, so it's fair game.

As goofy as this character is, using dynamite to put out a fire is sometimes used when fighting forest fires. The dynamite creates a showwave to essentially blow the fire out.

I know this is a year old but the idea of Thor combining the might of his hammer with dynamite makes me chuckle

This is the most hilarious retrospective I've seen on a comics character. Kudos

You’ve inspired me. I’m gonna take a lot of these public domain characters and make an mcu parody with them.

intermissions running in Frieza minutes can easly give you time to do all of those things, no sweat

I love these crazy golden age stories! Another great one Chris!

This guy would fit right into the TF2 universe, where rocket jumping was invented before stairs.

Fantastic episode. I love them all. Thank you. Stay well! Would be nice to hear a sober take about the new New Warriors and Diamond distribution.

Thank you for bringing a superhero whose powers include fart propulsion into my life.

Comic Tropes is always great, can't wait!!!

Thanks, Chris! This was really fun! It reminds me of a strip put together by middle schoolers, right down to the quality of the art and writing! Amazing what they got away with back then.

I love how calm the police seem to be about a guy running up to them with dynamite strapped to his waist.

More Golden Age heroes, please! These are always among my favorite CT episodes, and go straight to a custom playlist. I was just going through it the other day, for some Golden Age hijinx and high hilarity. Glad to have another to revisit in the future! Loved your recent, highly informative, Kevin Eastman video, as well, but these in particular, are just a load of fun.

This was great! I'd love to see you cover more wacky golden age comics, they definitely have a certain charm to them.

I love these Golden Age reviews, and I think you handle them really well.

Just imagine the carnage this maniac left behind, all those innocent bystanders caught in those explosions. The horror...the horror.

The premise of solving every problem with dynamite is the most amazing thing Ive ever heard. The possibilities are endless 😂

I’m a truck driver, retired graphic designer. Your channel is great. Love it 👍

"Hi there, I'm your host Chris. Let's talk about my banana print shirt!"

Hey buddy. Good story, but your tag was even better. Stay healthy. This has been a great distraction from what's happening right now. As a side note: I actually work on a super hero tv show, and this was supposedly it's last day of fillming for the year. Sadly, the show was NOT Dynamite Thor: Boom-Farting Wonder. On another note: Any interest in RUMBLE, the Image Comic? That's a kooky one.

Dynamite Thor vs Mad Stan Only move where "directed by Michael Bay" is a sign of supreme quality

Dynamite Thor invented Rocket Jumping

Dynamite Thor is like if American foreign policy was a guy: "Quick, bomb them!"

Awesome. I love comics history. Also, this reminds me of the saying: "If you only have a hammer, all your problems look like nails".

It's Hand Grenade Man played straight. Amazing.

I love these kind of episodes. Sometimes it's nice to just revel in the strangeness of comics.

I assume that Dynamite Thor runs across telephone lines only because Superman did something similar in his first story.

Loved this episode-Golden Age comics are always wonderfully weird.

Thanks for laugh. I love your golden age take downs, keep doing them when you can.

The fact that the fuse wasn't composited out of the opening as the spark effect moved down was very appropriate

From now on I'm going to solve all my problems with explosives.

Hey this was just awesome!!! Please do some more like this again if you can!!! Cheers from lockdown in New Zealand!!

When you think about it, there are surprisingly few problems you can't solve with a stick of dynamite.

Oh my gosh....Dynamite Thor is just Bakugo from MHA, flight via explosions and everything.

I think the shirt says it. ‘This comic is bananas “ 🙂

I love the savagery in this review. Thank you man your videos mean so much to so many people. You and your loved ones stay safe.

Your intros give me so much joy Thank you.

I actually Do remember Kuba Cola isn't it from like the first blue beetle publisher?

I'm so happy the RU-vid Algorithms directed me to ComicTropes. I've been in binge watching mode the past week . Keep up the great content, you have a new subscriber.

I think the new backdrop is my personal favorite. Keep it up Chris. Another great video!

Dynamite Thor needs a Morrison-esque reimagining! Keep up the great videos! 👍