Thor: Mjolnir – In The Hall Of The Mountain King – Shaun Richens.

PAGE 7.

4 PANELS

1. A page wide panel. THOR’s Mjolnir hammer spins and flies through the air, IRON MAN blasts along beside it arms out stretched.

2. Mjolnir has smashed LOKI in the side. He drops his grasp on BLACK WIDOWs neck.

3. IRON MAN grabs BLACK WIDOW in his arms and takes to the sky.

4. THOR stands proudly, Mjolnir back in his hands, he is ready to fight.

THOR 1: You have shamed all of Asgard with your actions here today brother.

THOR 2: I Thor shall not allow you to continue. We shall end this here and now. Man to man, brother to brother, god to god. 

         

Thor: Mjolnir - Equal and Opposite Reaction - Ryan K Lindsay

PAGE 22 - 3 PANELS

1. Mjolnir is struck from Thor's hand by a mighty hammer similar to Mjolnir but different slightly in colouring.

SFX: Thwack!

2. Thor looks incredulous. How, who?

Thor: (empty speech balloon)

3. The hammer arrives back in someone's hand. On it we read the inverse inscription; Whosoever holds this hammer, if she be worthy, shall possess the power to kill Thor.

Caption: Come back next month for the vivacious return of Jane Foster!

Thor: Mjölnir – Old Man Barton: Last Great Hope – MK Stangeland Jr.

(Same continuity as the OLD MAN BARTON page from Hawkeye week, but taking place several years later in Hammer Falls.)

(5 Panels)

Panel 1: The rain from the storm starts to come down hard as HAWKEYE grabs the hilt of MJOLNIR and starts trying to lift it. While most of the crowd is well on it’s way to dispersing by this point, a few onlookers remain.

HAWKEYE (1): If you can hear me out there, Thor, I could really use your help right now.

HAWKEYE (2): We all could.

Panel 2: HAWKEYE begins his serious effort to try to lift MJOLNIR. Naturally, he’s not making any progress.

SFX: grrRRUGGHH!

Panel 3: HAWKEYE looks up into the heavens as he continues his futile effort to lift MJOLNIR. He shouts at whatever being of Asgard might possibly remain and be willing to hear him.

HAWKEYE: *#%^&%, THOR!

Panel 4: HAWKEYE’s grip slips off of MJOLNIR as a spectacular lightning bolt clashes in the background. HAWKEYE’s shouting something as he goes down, but the sound of thunder drowns out whatever’s coming out of his mouth.

SFX: KRA-KOO-KA-SHA-BOOOOM!

Panel 5: HAWKEYE lands on his back in the mud that the rain has created in the ground surrounding MJOLNIR. The Lightning SFX from Panel 4 should carry over into this panel as well.

(END PAGE)

Mjolnir - Worth It? - Grant McLaughlin

Page 6

1 – Natasha, Clint, and Bruce are walking quickly down a hallway in Avengers' Mansion. Natasha and Clint are supporting Bruce between them, as he is still pretty wiped from the fight on the previous page.

BLACK WIDOW: What were those?

BRUCE BANNER: I'm still not sure, but I can tell you they can put up one hell of a fight.

HAWKEYE: Well, if we're worried about it, why don't we get everybody assembled?

2 – Quick scene change. Nick Fury, Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor are all lounging by a pool in their bathing suits. Like in the opening Nick Fury page, though they're wearing bathing suits, each character is still wearing the upper part of their regular costumes.  Because of course they are.

NICK FURY: And you're sure that the rest of the team doesn't need you?

CAPTAIN AMERICA: They'll be just fine. What's the worst that could happen?

3 – Back to our trio. Bruce looks rather sheepish at answering the question, changing the topic as quickly as he can. The group stands before a door clearly marked “Armoury”.

BRUCE BANNER: Uh, they're busy. Official Avengers... stuff.

BRUCE BANNER (2): It'll be up to us to fight these things. Fortunately, we still have a trick or two up our sleeves.

4 – Shot from the interior of the Armoury. Natasha, Clint, and Bruce stand in the doorway towards the background of the panel. The focus here is that Mjolnir, which sits on a pedestal in the centre of the panel. Natasha is a little surprised. Clint is nonplussed, too brash to be offput by this revelation. Bruce's sheepishness is gone, now firmly back in control (although he's still drained, leaning on Natasha for support).

BLACK WIDOW: Mjolnir?! But how? Wouldn't Thor --

BRUCE BANNER (interrupting): It's very simple, really ---

HAWKEYE (also interrupting): Shotgun!

5 – Clint walking towards the hammer. He is confident and cocky. Natasha has her head in her hand, unbelieving that someone could be so oblivious. Bruce is confused.

BRUCE BANNER: “Shotgun?”

HAWKEYE: With this bad boy in hand, we'll be cleaning those clocks' clocks in no time!

BLACK WIDOW: We all know it's not that easy, Clint.

6 – Clint tries to lift the hammer. He doesn't have much success, straining with all his might to move it at all. It doesn't move.

HAWKEYE: It is when you have Hawkeye on board! --

HAWKEYE (2): Uhngg!

BRUCE BANNER: Clint, I'm sorry to say I didn't have you in mind to wield Mjolnir...

7 – Clint holds the same position, but he's no longer straining to lift the hammer. He is distracted by Bruce's explanation, eyes wide in surprise. Natasha looks up, equally, if not more, surprised.

BRUCE BANNER: I had Natasha.

HAWKEYE: Her?!

8 – Close-up on Natasha. Stunned, she can't believe what she's hearing.

BLACK WIDOW (quietly): Me?

Mjolnir - Hammer To Fall - Rol Hirst

Panel One.

Thor sits alone in a darkened room, huddled and slumped and drained. He is weak and thin, withered. His helmet is slipping down to one side, his gold locks desiccated, his chain mail armour hangs off him, baggy and oversized. He is a shadow of his former self. As he leans forward, he holds the strap of Mjolnir. The hammer itself stands upright (head on the floor) before him.

The only illumination in the room comes from a doorway to Thor's left. Shadows fall across him as three men enter (off-panel).

Strange (O/P): Thor…?

Panel Two.

Thor lifts his head wearily and stares at his comrades. Iron Man, Captain America, Dr. Strange. We can see a little more of the background now: we are in Stephen Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum. Thor is putting on a brave smile; his friends look grim.

Thor: So, gentlemen. Your learned diagnosis…?

Captain America: There’s no easy way to say this, old friend.

Iron Man: It’s the hammer, Thor.

Strange: A grave enchantment is upon it. Dark magics even I can’t combat…

Panel Three.

Cap crouches before Thor and rests a hand on his old friend's shoulder.He holds tight onto his own shield as he does so.

Captain America: You need to relinquish your hammer, Thor. You need to send it far, far away...

Captain America: Before it kills you.

Panel Four.

Close on Thor, weak but determined.

Thor: Nay, Captain. If Mjolnir and I are destined for Valhalla, we shall journey there together.

Panel Five.

It’s a struggle for him to even lift Mjolnir now, but somehow he manages it. Holding it with both hands, the Thunder God staggers to his feet. Defiant.

Thor: Shortly... after... we have slain my damn'd brother...

Thor: Loki...

Mjolnir – Some Assembly Required, Page 6 - Ben Rosenthal

PAGE SIX

1. The Iron Man armour, with Captain America’s shield in opposite hand, reaches has a handle around Mjolnir’s handle.

CAPTION: Now.

CAPTION

Whosoever holds this hammer,

2. A close up of Loki’s face. He is eager to see if his spell has worked.

CAPTION

If he be worthy,

3. The Black Widow’s small explosive device is shown midflight.

4. The device has landed on Mjolnir, it’s LED timer reading 0:00:01.

5. The device explodes, sending the Iron Man armour flying back. It releases Cap’s shield due to the force.

6. A badly beaten Thor stands, holding Mjolnir limp at his side. He is angry.

CAPTION

Shall possess the power of Thor.

Mjolnir- The Spark - Dan Hill

This one is a sequel/companion piece to my Loki script from a few weeks ago.

Yes, Mjolnir is a narrator. Deal with it.

The Spark

Page One

Panel One
We open on a close up of THOR picking up MJOLNIR from a sandy desert floor. The focus of the panel here is Mjolnir. We can't see Thor’s face.

MJOLNIR (CAPTION): We always find each other.

Panel Two
Close up on Thor’s hand gripping Mjolnir’s handle.

MJOLNIR (CAPTION): I am his to hold.

Panel Three
Fixed panel.

MJOLNIR (CAPTION): He is mine to protect.

Panel Four
A flash of lightning cuts through a sky that's suddenly dark.

MJOLNIR (CAPTION): Tonight we will dance for the last time.

Panel Five
Large panel. We’re in the same vast desert as the Loki strip, this time looking towards Loki in the distance.

The sky over the desert is thick with storm clouds, thunder brewing inside them, casting an eerie light over the desert.

Thor walks away from us, towards Loki, Mjolnir at his side.

MJOLNIR (CAPTION): My last breaths will extinguish this world’s flame--

MJOLNIR (CAPTION): -- my rebirth will ignite the spark and set this cycle into motion once more--

MJOLNIR (CAPTION): --and then my voice will call out to him for the first time.

Why Mjolnir?

Bond has his Walther PPK, Doctor Who has his Sonic Screwdriver, Cap has his shield and Thor has Mjolnir. Forged of Uru by Dwarven blacksmiths this hammer has become synonymous with the Son of Asgard.

But perhaps the closest analogy to draw here is Arthur’s Excalibur, especially when considering the inscription on Mjolnir:

"Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor."

Many have wielded Mjolnir from Beta Ray Bill to Superman himself but in the end it always returns to its rightful owner. In the comics Thor’s lifeforce is bonded to the hammer, increasing this connection further. But the most important thing to bear in mind about Mjolnir is what it tells us about Thor’s character.

In the recent movie, Thor has been unable to wield the hammer since being banished to Earth. It's only when he learns to be humble, when he's ready to sacrifice himself to save those around him that he's able to lift the hammer once more.

Worthiness here has nothing to do with strength. Mjolnir then is not only a badass hammer but a constant reminder to Thor to keep his ego in check.

With that in mind, there’s plenty of scope here for some great scripts and scenarios.

Have at it!*

*I feel I deserve some kind of recognition for avoiding all MC Hammer jokes whilst writing this post.