I wonder how many of those Home Depot giant skeletons Thor has accidentally smashed? I'm guessing more than ten but less than a hundred.

The cover makes it seem like this issue will be crawling with skeletons, but first, drama! From 1975, Thor #241, "The Death-Ship Sails the Stars!" Written by Bill Mantlo, pencils by John Buscema, inks by Joe Sinnott. Cover by Jack Kirby and Frank Giacoia.

Previously, an Egyptian pyramid had appeared near San Diego, and the army, Thor, and Jane Foster have shown up to investigate. None of them were probably expecting Odin to appear out of it! Calling himself "Atum-Re" he doesn't quite recognize Thor, or Jane; although he maybe sees a bit of Sif in her. But the Egyptian gods Osirus, Isis, and Horus needed Odin, to use the power of Atum-Re, to fight their way back into their heaven, after being forced out by Seth. Thor takes a pretty solid blast from Odin--although, c'mon, it's not the first time we've seen Odin zap his kid; it's a recurring bit like Homer strangling Bart--before Horus intervenes, not wanting Thor to be hurt. Osirus offers to free Odin, if they survive; Thor is upset because Asgard was also in crisis then--again, when wasn't it?--but not much choice there.

As they walk the "golden Path of the Gods" the Egyptians explain their plight, before they're attacked by Seth's legions, skeletons in chariots pulled by skeletal horses! Which should be given more page time, but "Atum-Re" takes a shot at them--and misses clean. Thor claims the Egyptians' enchantment was muddying up big daddy Odin's juice, but he hit Thor just fine...? Hmm. Thor lightnings a lot of skeletons, before the melee begins; while Jane is able to get the entranced Odin to blast one and save them both. Seth arrives, in the titular death-ship, and calls out Horus; but that's a ruse, as he strikes their parents Osirus and Isis first, aging them horribly. Horus pleads to die in their place, but Seth is content to see him suffer, so Thor has to step in, for a hammer-to-sword fight. The fights seem a little off this issue? Not as dynamic as usual, or maybe not given enough space, which I choose to blame on Seth: they're trying to make it seem like Thor is in trouble, but I'm not seeing it. Jane cries to Odin to step in, and he does, seemingly a bit more himself, blasting a huge hole in the death-ship and blowing off Seth's hand. With his concentration understandably broken, Seth loses both his death-ship and his legions, and Horus punches him off of the Path, where some of the other gods he wronged might be waiting for him. (Seth would turn up about a year later, in Marvel Two-in-One #22-23!

Odin doesn't seem to have his full memory back, although he could be sneaky! It strikes me that could be a way to forgive his son while saving face for both of them. The Egyptian gods thank them, and everyone is friends in the end. Well, except Seth, but he kind of sucks. The best thing I remember with him, was one of the Atlantis Attacks back-up features, "The History of the Serpent Crown," where a few thousand years back Seth poached the worshippers of classic snake-god Set, by appearing and telling them they were mispronouncing his name!