C#: WebBrowser.Navigated Only Fires when I MessageBox.Show();

ThreadStart ts = new ThreadStart(GetLandingPageContent_ChildThread);
Thread t = new Thread(ts);
t.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
t.Name = "Mailbox Processor";
t.Start();

protected void GetLandingPageContent_ChildThread()
{
 WebBrowser wb = new WebBrowser();
 wb.Navigated += new WebBrowserNavigatedEventHandler(wb_Navigated);
 wb.Navigate(_url);
 MessageBox.Show("W00t");
}

protected void wb_Navigated(object sender, WebBrowserNavigatedEventArgs e)
{
 WebBrowser wb = (WebBrowser)sender; // Breakpoint
 HtmlDocument hDoc = wb.Document;
}

wb.Visible = true;
wb.Left = -wb.Width; // notice the minus sign