Thor: First Thunder

[Leoparis]

This series is a retelling of the first Thor stories in JIM

#1
This is an expanded retelling of JIM #83

#2
This is a retelling of JIM #85

pp 1-2 Don Blake is back from Norway and gives a Loki statue to Jane Foster.
(This would be between JIM #83 and #84)

pp 3-6 Thor meets Heimdall on the Rainbow Bridge but is denied passage. Heimdall cries.
(This would be before page 2 of #85. Page 1 of #85 is out of sequence and shows Thor and Loki within the story)

p 7 The tear frees Loki from Yggdrasil
(This would be right after pp 3-6 and between pages #1 and #2 of #85.)

pp 8-22 Blake goes to his office, finds people transformed by Loki, is attacked, changes into Thor to Loki's surprise. Loki kidnaps Jane Foster, flies away, is chased by Thor through New York, including the subway. Loki escapes disguised in civilian clothes.
The subway sequence is similar to the sequence in JIM #85 page 11 but the rest is so different that it cannot be the same narrative.
I suggest to put all this sequence between panels 4 and 5 page 3 of JIM #86. This fits with Loki donning civilian clothes at the end and appearing in these clothes on panel 5 page 3 of #86

#3
This is based on JIM #91
pp 1-5
Don Blake and Jane Foster visit Sandu.
Loki who lives in a hotel contacts Sandu

page 6
Article by Ben Urich recaps career of Thor with pictures from JIM #84 (Thor heaves a tank), #86 (vs Zarrko's robots), #87 (shackled by a spy), #89 (shot at by a thug), #90 (fighting Carbon Copy Man)

p 7 Don Blake and Jane Foster read magazines featuring Spider-Man and Janet Van Dyne. The TV informs that a bank has disappeared.
p 8-10 Thor flies to the place where the bank was teleported. Sandu manifest his image in the sky. Thor flies to meet it
pp 11-12 Thor and two jetfighters
pp 13-15 Thor and Sandu confront each other
pp 16 Don Blake's spirit resists the mental domination
p 17 Thor throws his hammer... in a dimensional hole
p 18 Thor reverts to Blake
p 19 Pr X and Magneto sense the power of Sandu. Sandu releases the hammer.
p 20 Sandu tries unsuccesfully to grasp the hammer
p 21 Blake turns into Thor and captures Sandu
p 22 Bolivar Trask and a general (Ross or Fredericks) brief Richards of the mutant Sandu. Tony Stark cuts in to discuss with Richards how to contact a god.

#4
This is based on JIM #93 (and #94 and Thor #159)
p 1-2 Tony Stark and Reed Richards ask Thor for help
p 3 The Chinese ask Chen Lu to develop a solution to American super-beings
p 4 Chen Lu becomes the Radioactive Man
p 5-11:3 Don Blake is on the India-China border, turns into Thor to repel Chinese tanks, fights Radioactive Man
p 11:4-12 Odin punishes Thor (flashback)
p 13-15 Thor beats Radioactive Man
p 16 Stark thanks Thor and tells him they can reach him through Dr Blake
p 17-19 Loki gives Blake's cane to turn him into Thor and convinces him to attract Odin's attention to Earth
p 20-22 Thor on a rampage on Times Square with Loki

#5
pp 1-8 Thor, Loki and Giants vs the FF and Spider-Man. Earth is ravaged. Loki ages Jane Foster.
pp 9-11 Inside Thor, his soul, as Don Blake, argues with Odin and gets free
pp 12-15 Thor beats the Giants and Loki
p 16 Thor sends Loki with his hammer (JIM #85)
p 17 Thor contemplates the vanquished heroes and noticed Jane Foster has regained her youth
p 18-19 Thor argues with Odin to restore Earth in exchange for his godhood
p 20 Don Blake stands in a restored New York, Jane only recalls Thor sent Loki away
p 21 Blake turns into Thor, meets Spider-Man, travels the rainbow bridge, meets Heimdal
p 22 Odin welcomes him along with Asgardians (Hogun, Fandral, Volstagg, Balder, Freya, Sif)

[Leoparis]

The series is complete but reviewing it against the original stories is difficult. Out of disparate stories, the writer made a new narrative where Thor is banished to Earth, denied access to Asgard, fights Loki but doesn't capture him, has further adventures then fights Loki again and sends him to Asgard. Finally Thor is forgiven by Odin and returns to Asgard where he is welcomed by Odin and the gods.

If the series is canon, we have added appearances by
Bolivar Trask
Tony Stark
a general (Ross or Fredericks)
Reed Richards
Magneto
Pr. X
Fantastic Four
Spider-Man
Hogun
Fandral
Volstagg
Balder
Sif

[Michael]

Note that Sue seemed to be using her force fields in issue 5- she wasn't able to do that until after the Avengers were formed.

[Paul Bourcier]

I'm having doubts about the canonicity of this series. There seem to be too many inconsistencies with established canon. Anyone willing to get out a shoehorn and argue for its canonicity, scene by scene?