The character has since appeared intermittently in British comics, and was revived by Wildstorm in 2006 for a five-issue mini-series written by Dave Gibbons with art by John Higgins.

[1] With their Australian wing struggling to keep up with a rash of imported American titles Amalgamated Press editor Edward "Ted" Holmes was instructed to devise strips specially for that market.

[2] The result was Thunderbolt Jaxon, devised by the prolific Jacques Pendowner (under his JCH Jacobs pseudonym) and drawn by Hugh McNeill.

Despite the character having the powers of the Norse God Thor, Thunderbolt Jaxon's costume was more ancient Greek in style, with a close-fitting, short-sleeved shirt, short skirt and laced boots.

In 1989 the character made a guest appearance in Grant Morrison's 2000AD strip Zenith as one of a large number of multiversal superheroes battling the Lloigor.

Instead a reimagining of the hero appeared in a 2006 spin-off mini-series "from the world of Albion", written by Dave Gibbons, who also provided covers for the five issues.

Unable to overcome the Christian host they strike a deal that sees the Aesir and the giants of Jotunheimen renounce their godhood and objects of power.

1500 years later local teenagers Jack, Billy and Saff are out treasure hunting at Vigrid Cove when they find Viking artefacts - a belt, a necklace in the shape of a cross and a torc.

Jack is attacked by his vicious stepfather Larry, who then joins up with local gangster O'Dunne and his men, who violently thwart a drug deal being struck by the rival gang ran by Garrod.

They then realise the necklace taken by Saff is actually the hammer Mjollnir, and Jack breaks free as Thor just as O'Dunn's gang arrives at Garrod's hideout.