Valhalla Volume #5-6 (T05-T06)

is an ongoing series of Danish fantasy-adventure comic books drawn by Peter Madsen and co-written by Hans Rancke-Madsen and Peter Madsen, and based on a story by Henning Kure. Although Hans Rancke-Madsen is the main series writer, the title became a breakthrough for Peter Madsen because of his illustrations, and it would come to be known as . Originally commissioned for and published by Interpresse, it has been published by Carlsen Comics since 1987with some exceptions. It has also been published in Swedish, Norwegian and Spanish. The tone of the albums has focused on humor, but the characters, and much of the plot, are based on the stories and legends in the (featuring the adventures of the Norse Gods, mainly Odin and Thor) and many albums have often featured deeper human issues. The albums are of high quality, and each took one or several years to produce. The first album was released in 1979, the second in 1982, and the latest fifteenth in 2009. The series is very much in the tradition of finely drawn and well plotted Franco-Belgian comics like or , which also served as inspiration for the comics. Album 5 is published by Carlsen while album 6 is published by Interpresse. These 5th and 6th albums, entitled "The Journey to Utgards-Loki" and "The Golden Apples" and published in 1989 and 1990, respectively, are quality scanlations (a portmanteau of scan and translation) into English from the Danish original by a certain JJ-Data9724.

Valhalla 05 - The Journey to Utgards-Loki | Carlsen | 49 Pages | 31.8 MB Thor and Loki go to Utgard to hand the young giant Quark back to Utgard-Loki. However, the uncrowned king of giants does not wish to take the young troublemaker back unless Thor and his following pass certain tests: a foot race, an eating contest, cat-lifting, emptying of drinking horns - and a dance with and old witch/hag. Everything looks nice and easy, not to say foolishly so. But the giants have prepared a cruel magic trap. And who's to save a god when even the mightiest of them all faces destruction? The animated feature film Valhalla is based on the comic albums "The Story of Quark" and "The Journey to Utgards-Loki". Valhalla 5 is a recounting of the myth of Thor's and Loki's journey to Utgard, their confrontation with the giant Skrymir and their joust against the giant Utgards-Loki, in which Thor is close to succumbing. The story is based on The Prose (Snorri's) Edda. -- Valhalla 06 - The Golden Apples | Interpresse | 47 Pages | 31.9 MB Loki sees an opportunity to make fast profit when the rich jotunn Thiassi reveals his interest in the goddess Idun and her golden apples. Of course there's the small problem of making Idun agree, not to mention the fact that the other gods are likely to become sore just because they will turn into old dodderers if they no longer get apples from Idun. But worst of all, Thiassi's payment is not forthcoming and his daughter, Skadi, is looking for a man just like Loki. --

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