Let me begin by stating that I love Fandral the Dashing. Really. However, I’ve often wondered if he might not be better named “Fandral the Swishy”. This is only under certain writers, and may just be my perception.
Or so I thought, until I read the backup story in Thor #416.
We open with Fandral getting in a bit of a dust-up at a tavern.
Fandral’s former foe (try saying that ten times fast) is so awed by the idea that Fandral would spurn these women that he becomes his follower, demanding to meet the alleged paragon of Goddesshood.
As they brave countless dangers to get there, Fandral talks up the objects of his affections.
At last, the payoff!
…
Wow.
Aside from the oedipalness of this story, I love how Fandral’s mother is wearing a typical Midgardian house-frau’s garb instead of the more Kirby-esque Asgardian togs everyone else wears. It sort of hammers home the craptasticness.
