The Mummy Returns. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Mummy Returns
Max Allan Collins, 2001
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Stephen Sommers, 2001

In 3067 BC, the Scorpion King leads his army to conquer the world. His army is defeated and exiled to the desert of Ahm Shere, however, where his men die of heat exhaustion. After vowing to give Anubis his soul for the power to defeat his enemies, an oasis and pyramid magically form, and the Scorpion King is given a legion of jackal-like warriors.


Beowulf. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 900 book
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Beowulf
Unknown, 900
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Graham Baker, 1999

A castle-like outpost comes under attack by a creature, named Grendel, on a nightly basis. However, it refuses to attack the border lord Hrothgar. One of the outpost’s residents, Pendra, escapes the following morning but is captured by a rival siege line who intend to kill her to prevent the outpost’s evil from spreading.


Almighty Thor. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1965 comic book, The Mighty Thor
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The Mighty Thor
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, 1965
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Christopher Ray, 2011

When the demon god Loki wipes off the city of Valhalla to steal the Hammer Of Invincibility, only the young hero Thor can recover the cities from evil. When Thor’s father and older brother are killed in a futile attempt to retrieve the hammer from Loki, a Valkyrie named Jarnsaxa attempts to train a naïve and inexperienced warrior Thor to fight Loki.