Thorkel

Thorkel at Tunga had a grown-up son, called Thorkel and by-named

Kormáks saga. English 1862- [Translator] J��n Stef��nsson 1893

There was a man called Thorkel the Black; he was a house-carle of

The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 Anonymous 1865

AS time went on, Thorstein Egilson married his daughter Helga to a man called Thorkel, son of Hallkel, who lived west in Hraundale.

The Story Of Gunnlaug The Worm-Tongue And Raven The Skald 1875 Anonymous 1865

Upon arrival, the group is insulted to find that Thorkel wants them not so much for their scientific expertise, but only because his failing eyesight has prevented him from doing much of his routine lab work himself.

Dr. Cyclops Ed Howard 2009

Once the group is shrunk down, they look ridiculous dressed in toga-type garments that Thorkel apparently made for them out of handkerchiefs; Pedro, on the other hand, seems to be wearing a diaper beneath his paunchy belly, accentuating his status as comic relief.

Dr. Cyclops Ed Howard 2009

Thorkel himself hardly proves to be a particularly intimidating villain, either.

Dr. Cyclops Ed Howard 2009

The whole thing is bathed in green light, and the atmosphere is eerie and unsettling even before Thorkel's confrontation with his morally outraged colleague Dr. Mendoza slumming character actor Paul Fix, who demands that Thorkel halt his mysterious experiments with radiation.

Dr. Cyclops Ed Howard 2009

Mendoza quickly meets a gruesome and horrifying end, with Thorkel using radioactive materials to mutate the other doctor's face into a skeletal death mask.

Dr. Cyclops Ed Howard 2009

Even more absurd is the sequence where, when the group gets some time away from Thorkel to plot and think, the men get to work customizing weapons and tools from whatever they can find, while Mary begins sewing and is apparently able to make whole new, more colorful outfits for the group while Thorkel is sleeping.

Dr. Cyclops Ed Howard 2009

His sons, Thorkel and Olaf, refused to leave him behind.

The Fire In His Hands Cook, Glen 1984