"-- I don't care if you're Mother Hubbard! You're not gonna do any hammer-swingin' on MY beat, mister!"
In the Marvel Universe's NYPD, having balls of steel is apparently a basic requirement. Thor was getting ready to spin his hammer in a busy street, and this cop stepped in to say "hell no". This guy didn't care if you were a norse god or a nursery rhyme, laws are for everyone.
The God of Thunder abides by this reasonable objection, and politely takes his hammer to the nearest building's top floor. And that's why Thor is a hero.
Kirby plays the scene straight, because it doesn't need more than that to be funny. The civilians are surprised but these are urban creatures, so it's a restrained reaction; nobody bothers Thor, and we only get a glimpse of their impressions through the lost art of comic-book thought-bubbles (without thought bubbles, this would be a much more boring scene).
It's important to note that his whole page could be cut, and the story would still make sense. The previous page's last panel was Thor preparing to swing his hammer and take flight, and this page's last panel is basically the same thing. But this is an important character moment, that SHOWS the reader that Thor is genuinely more humble than most of his Asgardian peers. Yes he's the Thunder God, his power is vast and he doesn't suffer fools lightly, but he's not a jerk about it. Thor understands that being mighty does not give him the right to step on the weak, and in this page he demonstrates it through his actions.
"Show, don't tell" is a classic advice for aspiring writers, and this is what they mean by that.
Words by Stan Lee, Art by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta.
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