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Original Sin
Original Sin: Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm
Thanks to the events of Original Sin, the deepest secret of the Nine Realms has been revealed: namely, the existence of a Tenth Realm! Now, Thor and Loki must embark on a quest to discover this strange new world - and to discover the sister that Thor never knew he had: Angela! But can Loki be trusted? And will brother and sister murder each other before the truth comes out?
Collecting: Original Sin 5.1-5.5: Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm
Collecting: Original Sin 5.1-5.5: Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm
112 pages, Paperback
First published November 18, 2014
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,359 books1,679 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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October 13, 2023
Buddy read with the Shallow Comic Readers! <--guys, it's been too long.
Our theme today?
The all-important Boob Window.
Criteria: An embarrassing amount of jugs on display.
I picked this one, because...
Wait. Are you seriously asking me this question?
So, besides big titties, what's this one about?
The short version:
A long time ago...spoilery stuff happened.
And it turns out Angela is Thor & Loki's long-lost sister. But because this is a comic book, instead of hugging, they beat the shit out of each other.
Is this one any good?
Um.
Well, sorta. I mean, it's not the worst thing I've ever read. It's not the best thing, either, though. And most of the meh factor comes from Angela, herself.
She's just not interesting.
I'm Angela, stomping my big lady-boots and killin' Asgardians! I'm a warrior from Heven! Fear me, bitches, I got twirly death ribbons coming out of my head!
Actually, I'm not sure I can pinpoint exactly where those ribbons originate from, but you get the gist.
I want to like Angela. Really. But...other than being violent, what does she do?
No idea.
Thor isn't much more interesting than Angela in this one, what with the yelling and running toward fights...
Blah, blah, blah - I'm the god of Thunder! Blah, blah, blah - zippety, zap, zap! Oh shit, a girl is kickin' my ass!
Of course, you know who stole the show, don't you?
Yeah. Loki is cool. The rest of these guys, I'm not so sure about.
Our theme today?
The all-important Boob Window.
Criteria: An embarrassing amount of jugs on display.
I picked this one, because...
Wait. Are you seriously asking me this question?
So, besides big titties, what's this one about?
The short version:
A long time ago...spoilery stuff happened.
And it turns out Angela is Thor & Loki's long-lost sister. But because this is a comic book, instead of hugging, they beat the shit out of each other.
Is this one any good?
Um.
Well, sorta. I mean, it's not the worst thing I've ever read. It's not the best thing, either, though. And most of the meh factor comes from Angela, herself.
She's just not interesting.
I'm Angela, stomping my big lady-boots and killin' Asgardians! I'm a warrior from Heven! Fear me, bitches, I got twirly death ribbons coming out of my head!
Actually, I'm not sure I can pinpoint exactly where those ribbons originate from, but you get the gist.
I want to like Angela. Really. But...other than being violent, what does she do?
No idea.
Thor isn't much more interesting than Angela in this one, what with the yelling and running toward fights...
Blah, blah, blah - I'm the god of Thunder! Blah, blah, blah - zippety, zap, zap! Oh shit, a girl is kickin' my ass!
Of course, you know who stole the show, don't you?
Yeah. Loki is cool. The rest of these guys, I'm not so sure about.
December 18, 2014
Shockingly not terrible. Yes, I think we all know by now that Angela is, improbably enough, Thor's long-lost sister. Because... I don't know, I guess they needed something for her to do? Besides wear pants smaller than her belt, of course. I'm not at all sure why Marvel absolutely had to incorporate Angela into the mainstream Marvel universe at all, much less have her continue to her wear her terribly 90s wardrobe. Except maybe to piss off McFarlane, and that may or may not be a noble enough endeavor.
So. The entire and only point of this whole thing is to establish that Angela is Thor's sister. And as far as that goes, it really isn't that bad of an idea. I think that I would have more patience for the concept if Angela were a new character, and if she and her entire adopted home realm of Heven weren't such transparent bad girl fantasies. Yuck. It just feels so dated, and so out of step with a universe that has both Captain and Ms. Marvel.
But. It's written by Ewing, and sort of reads mostly like an extension of his Loki: Agent of Asgard. For me, an incredibly good thing. In fact, I'd venture to say that Loki is the real star of the show, not Angela or Thor. He is really committed to writing Loki as genderfluid- at one point, Odin refers to his three children as his son, his daughter, and his child who is both. It's kind of cool to see this sort of representation, especially because it's essentially effortless within the context of the story. And there is enough basis in myth for my inner mythology geek to be happy with that.
So while I'm not entirely sold on Angela, I was still able to enjoy this book, mostly because it isn't entirely about her.
So. The entire and only point of this whole thing is to establish that Angela is Thor's sister. And as far as that goes, it really isn't that bad of an idea. I think that I would have more patience for the concept if Angela were a new character, and if she and her entire adopted home realm of Heven weren't such transparent bad girl fantasies. Yuck. It just feels so dated, and so out of step with a universe that has both Captain and Ms. Marvel.
But. It's written by Ewing, and sort of reads mostly like an extension of his Loki: Agent of Asgard. For me, an incredibly good thing. In fact, I'd venture to say that Loki is the real star of the show, not Angela or Thor. He is really committed to writing Loki as genderfluid- at one point, Odin refers to his three children as his son, his daughter, and his child who is both. It's kind of cool to see this sort of representation, especially because it's essentially effortless within the context of the story. And there is enough basis in myth for my inner mythology geek to be happy with that.
So while I'm not entirely sold on Angela, I was still able to enjoy this book, mostly because it isn't entirely about her.
February 3, 2015
During the 2014 Marvel Event, Original Sin, The Orb uses one of The Watcher’s eyeballs to somehow reveal all of the Marvel superheroes’ secrets. Thor’s big surprise? He’s got a sister: Angela. So he and Loki saddle up the interdimensional goats to travel to the hidden Tenth Realm, Heven (there were previously nine, including Asgard and Midgard) and meet their long-lost sibling. Predictable fighting ensues!
First off, Angela being Thor and Loki’s sister isn’t a spoiler, it’s all over the blurb of the book. So - why do that to the reader? Not sure! We have to sit through most of the book though as a clueless Thor fights Angela because that’s… interesting? Not to me!
Since Angela appeared at the end of Age of Ultron, Marvel haven’t really known what to do with her, or even bothered to update her very ‘90s look (lingerie model doing a space Viking shoot). She’s, um, part of the Guardians of the Galaxy! Now she’s Thor and Loki’s sis! Next… who knows! She’s Asgard’s Assassin…? We’re just throwing anything at this cypher, I mean, character!
There’s nothing much to say about the book as the “reveal” is the “story”. As soon as they enter the Tenth Realm, Thor begins fighting and Loki begins betraying - in other words, they do what they always do! Al Ewing does write a good Loki though and his/her scenes (true to form, Loki swaps genders at will) are definitely the best but when the rest of the book is so flat, that’s not saying much.
Simone Bianchi draws (most of) the pages set in the Tenth Realm while Lee Garbett draws the pages set outside it. Garbett’s art is good while Bianchi’s is an acquired taste - I find it much too thick and pancake-y to call it enjoyable.
Like most Event tie-in books, The Tenth Realm is unimpressive and very thin on substance. I kept waiting for a story to emerge and wondered where it was headed only to discover the answer was: nowhere! Thor and Loki discover they have a sister, Angela isn’t pleased about it, they separate. It’s a totally missable volume to an underwhelming Event - just reading the blurb is essentially the same as reading the book itself.
First off, Angela being Thor and Loki’s sister isn’t a spoiler, it’s all over the blurb of the book. So - why do that to the reader? Not sure! We have to sit through most of the book though as a clueless Thor fights Angela because that’s… interesting? Not to me!
Since Angela appeared at the end of Age of Ultron, Marvel haven’t really known what to do with her, or even bothered to update her very ‘90s look (lingerie model doing a space Viking shoot). She’s, um, part of the Guardians of the Galaxy! Now she’s Thor and Loki’s sis! Next… who knows! She’s Asgard’s Assassin…? We’re just throwing anything at this cypher, I mean, character!
There’s nothing much to say about the book as the “reveal” is the “story”. As soon as they enter the Tenth Realm, Thor begins fighting and Loki begins betraying - in other words, they do what they always do! Al Ewing does write a good Loki though and his/her scenes (true to form, Loki swaps genders at will) are definitely the best but when the rest of the book is so flat, that’s not saying much.
Simone Bianchi draws (most of) the pages set in the Tenth Realm while Lee Garbett draws the pages set outside it. Garbett’s art is good while Bianchi’s is an acquired taste - I find it much too thick and pancake-y to call it enjoyable.
Like most Event tie-in books, The Tenth Realm is unimpressive and very thin on substance. I kept waiting for a story to emerge and wondered where it was headed only to discover the answer was: nowhere! Thor and Loki discover they have a sister, Angela isn’t pleased about it, they separate. It’s a totally missable volume to an underwhelming Event - just reading the blurb is essentially the same as reading the book itself.
November 21, 2021
This was a pretty quick and fun read!
Thor and Loki after finding out about their sister go to the realm of Heven and there they engage the Angels and their Queen but are attacked by Angela, the assassin of Heven and well secrets and battles and betrayals by Loki and more secrets revealed and when Odin and Loki team up and secrets are revealed as to the true secret of Angela, things change forever for the Odinson and his family.
I kinda like the way the plot unfolds itself and its simple and the war between Angels and Asgardians was fun and the build up to it is excellent. Plus the plotting was nice and the way King Loki is included here is pretty cool too, man behind the scenes and it adds another family members which is always nice and fun I guess. So yeah I highly recommend it as it changes a lot of things.
Thor and Loki after finding out about their sister go to the realm of Heven and there they engage the Angels and their Queen but are attacked by Angela, the assassin of Heven and well secrets and battles and betrayals by Loki and more secrets revealed and when Odin and Loki team up and secrets are revealed as to the true secret of Angela, things change forever for the Odinson and his family.
I kinda like the way the plot unfolds itself and its simple and the war between Angels and Asgardians was fun and the build up to it is excellent. Plus the plotting was nice and the way King Loki is included here is pretty cool too, man behind the scenes and it adds another family members which is always nice and fun I guess. So yeah I highly recommend it as it changes a lot of things.
May 14, 2016
Well, this was a lot of fun to read! Loki was in it (in every form possible, too!), Thor was in it, Angels were in it (which was so cool, since was the first time I saw them in a Marvel Comics) and Thor's sister was in it, and she was a badass! There was a lot of action and great revelations and I just wished it lasted for a few more numbers. And the graphic style was just stunning, with lots of colors and beautiful drawings.
Really really liked it!
Really really liked it!
July 1, 2022
I dunno…this volume follows in the wake of the first Original Sin storyline and with the death of the Watcher, many of his secrets have been made known to the world, and thus we have Thor and Loki embarking on a journey to find their previously unknown sister, whom the rest of us know as Neil Gaiman’s creation Angela, the sexy killer angel assassin from the cast of Spawn way back in the ‘90s. Now with this book we learn a little more about her origins as Aldrif Odinsdottir. And that’s all fine and good.
I’ve enjoyed reading about Angela’s exploits with the Guardians of the Galaxy, and it was a real mindfuck to see the way Wolverine fractures the space-time continuum in Age of Ultron not only allowing Angela to enter the reality of Earth-616, but also to make the even greater leap from the pages of Image comics into the Marvel-verse, thanks to the machinations of Gaiman’s lawyers. And I’ve read some of her further adventures, including the role she plays in President Loki and the looming War of the Realms storyline.
However, as the minds at Marvel began conceiving Angela’s backstory and developing a context for her in this universe, things went weirdly wrong. I get it; if Nine Realms are awesome, then Ten Realms must be even cooler, some pointy-headed dork must have suggested at a Marvel editorial meeting. And somehow, somebody higher up must have nodded in agreement, sigh…and then, well, what are we going to name this new realm where Angela the angel is from? I’ve got a great idea, says the knobhead of my imagination; if there’s this peculiarly spelled place called “Hel,” why don’t we make ourselves a “Heven,” and fuck with its spelling too because wouldn’t that be just awesome?
And thus began the absurdity of Heven the Tenth Realm, as ten thousand long-dead skalds rolled thunderously over in their graves at the ridiculous idea. So to wrap this up, the denizens of Heven look a lot like naughty angels in bondage gear, and that’s par for the course, I suppose. But on top of that, it seems their prime motivation is the pursuit of filthy lucre, which makes no sense at all, kind of like someone at Marvel was borrowing a page on the Ferengis out of the Star Trek Manual. And that’s just not very interesting and pretty dumb at the same time.
So this is not one of Jason Aaron’s better Thor comics, I’m sad to say, but it does have plenty of gender-fluid Loki, and that’s always a lot of fun.
I’ve enjoyed reading about Angela’s exploits with the Guardians of the Galaxy, and it was a real mindfuck to see the way Wolverine fractures the space-time continuum in Age of Ultron not only allowing Angela to enter the reality of Earth-616, but also to make the even greater leap from the pages of Image comics into the Marvel-verse, thanks to the machinations of Gaiman’s lawyers. And I’ve read some of her further adventures, including the role she plays in President Loki and the looming War of the Realms storyline.
However, as the minds at Marvel began conceiving Angela’s backstory and developing a context for her in this universe, things went weirdly wrong. I get it; if Nine Realms are awesome, then Ten Realms must be even cooler, some pointy-headed dork must have suggested at a Marvel editorial meeting. And somehow, somebody higher up must have nodded in agreement, sigh…and then, well, what are we going to name this new realm where Angela the angel is from? I’ve got a great idea, says the knobhead of my imagination; if there’s this peculiarly spelled place called “Hel,” why don’t we make ourselves a “Heven,” and fuck with its spelling too because wouldn’t that be just awesome?
And thus began the absurdity of Heven the Tenth Realm, as ten thousand long-dead skalds rolled thunderously over in their graves at the ridiculous idea. So to wrap this up, the denizens of Heven look a lot like naughty angels in bondage gear, and that’s par for the course, I suppose. But on top of that, it seems their prime motivation is the pursuit of filthy lucre, which makes no sense at all, kind of like someone at Marvel was borrowing a page on the Ferengis out of the Star Trek Manual. And that’s just not very interesting and pretty dumb at the same time.
So this is not one of Jason Aaron’s better Thor comics, I’m sad to say, but it does have plenty of gender-fluid Loki, and that’s always a lot of fun.
July 18, 2021
3.5 stars. So once again, the Orb from over in Original Sin, using the Watcher’s eye, detonates the info bomb. This gives Thor a glimpse that there is a 10th realm and that he has a sister. Thor immediately leave Midgard and goes back to Asgard to demand answers about this new realm and his possible sister. It was cool to see the story they went with to bring Angela over from the Spawn universe to Marvel. All in all, a decent book.
February 15, 2016
As a follower of Jason Aaron's excellent Thor run, and as one of the many victims of the Original Sin event (which is to say, I read it), I was excited to read this. Not because of Original Sin, of course, which was the usual Marvel event template of amazing art, an interesting premise, and a script which doesn't deliver, but because this promised to bring together Thor & Angela, in a story about a hidden tenth realm. A tenth realm! Oh, the promise! Set expectations to: high*.
(*Not super high, because it's an event tie-in, and those are traditionally hit and miss, but just high enough to get me disappointed, as it turned out.)
So this wasn't good. It was the art that killed me--two artists who couldn't have been more stylistically different, sandwiched against each other. Poor planning and execution by Marvel editorial. The script was fine, if a bit bland for a story that was working with so many awesome elements. The assumed knowledge was a bit of a pain (there's an Old Loki and a young Loki, who, by the way, is no longer Kid Loki, because he mysteriously aged... huh?), and the finish which left me to do little more than grunt.
It was disappointing for me, but if you sufficiently lower your expectations, your mileage may vary.
(*Not super high, because it's an event tie-in, and those are traditionally hit and miss, but just high enough to get me disappointed, as it turned out.)
So this wasn't good. It was the art that killed me--two artists who couldn't have been more stylistically different, sandwiched against each other. Poor planning and execution by Marvel editorial. The script was fine, if a bit bland for a story that was working with so many awesome elements. The assumed knowledge was a bit of a pain (there's an Old Loki and a young Loki, who, by the way, is no longer Kid Loki, because he mysteriously aged... huh?), and the finish which left me to do little more than grunt.
It was disappointing for me, but if you sufficiently lower your expectations, your mileage may vary.
November 13, 2016
Thor discovers he has a sister, and he and Loki go to find her.
That's basically the plot, but there is lots of fighting, guile, oh and tea, before everything is resolved.
I adore Loki. I have to find more graphic novels with the character.
That's basically the plot, but there is lots of fighting, guile, oh and tea, before everything is resolved.
I adore Loki. I have to find more graphic novels with the character.
April 18, 2017
The story was decent but the art was pretty brutal.
December 3, 2025
4/5 ⭐️
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Historia dziesiątego królestwa, zdrada Lokiego, uwolnienie Odyna i wolność Angeli..
Co więcej chcieć, przyjemny dodatek o Thorze🤪
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The story of the tenth kingdom, Loki's betrayal, Odin's release, and Angela's freedom...
What more could you want? A pleasant addition about Thor 🤪
🇵🇱
Historia dziesiątego królestwa, zdrada Lokiego, uwolnienie Odyna i wolność Angeli..
Co więcej chcieć, przyjemny dodatek o Thorze🤪
🇺🇸
The story of the tenth kingdom, Loki's betrayal, Odin's release, and Angela's freedom...
What more could you want? A pleasant addition about Thor 🤪
September 17, 2022
Shout-out to Sarah for always coming through and getting me these lackluster comics through ILL.
August 11, 2015
This is a five-issue tie in to the Original Sin event. Thor and Loki team up to figure out the particular sin that has happened in the Realm of Asgard. Loki, who seems to be currently trying to be a good guy, is the real star of this book, but it was very enjoyable from beginning to end. The art is fantastic, and we get one particular resolution to a long running plot line in the Thor comic. I won't spoil by saying what the particular sin is, but this book brings Angela into the Thor universe in a quite satisfying manner.
November 19, 2017
That's some insanely impractical armour. But hey, at least all the important parts are protected, like, um... the shoulders?
October 23, 2018
Poor explanation and introduction of Angela. So many plot holes. Oh and let's not forget Loki turned into a woman in this issue. WTF!
July 17, 2018
The artwork is dramatically different while on the tenth realm. While more detailed, it's quite tiring for the eye. The story introduces the true background for Angela, a character that got moved from Image Comics into the Marvel Universe. The fights are cool and the betrayal mid-way through the story is a nice twist, but other than adding something to scantily-clad Angela's origin and having Odin return to his throne, there is little else here.
The Watcher has been murdered with the Orb as the main suspect, as he has one of the Watcher's eyes. As for the Asgardians, Freyja is colluding with old Loki to current-day Loki's disadvantage, Odin the All-Father is missing and, last but not least, Thor has a sister, as revealed by the Watcher's eye. He decides to go to her into the tenth realm with Loki's help.
Freyja recounts the story from long ago when the tenth realm was at war with Asgard. An assassin killed Freyja's daughter in front of her eyes, angering Odin into casting the tenth realm away from the other nine. So then how did their daughter survive?
The Watcher has been murdered with the Orb as the main suspect, as he has one of the Watcher's eyes. As for the Asgardians, Freyja is colluding with old Loki to current-day Loki's disadvantage, Odin the All-Father is missing and, last but not least, Thor has a sister, as revealed by the Watcher's eye. He decides to go to her into the tenth realm with Loki's help.
Freyja recounts the story from long ago when the tenth realm was at war with Asgard. An assassin killed Freyja's daughter in front of her eyes, angering Odin into casting the tenth realm away from the other nine. So then how did their daughter survive?
April 21, 2018
this was a re read but oh boy do i miss angela
December 28, 2019
Průměr, ale aspoň vím odkud a kdo je Angela.
October 16, 2014
If you give away your Big Reveal (Thor and Loki have a long-lost sister! It's....[spoiler redacted just in case anyone reading this review has been living under a rock]) in the marketing material for the first issue of your crossover, I fail to see the point in spending four and a half issues of a five-issue crossover with our intrepid heroes blundering around trying to find out something the reader already know before picking up the first issue. As such, there was little remarkable about this story.
The art is a mishmash of several different artists, and there is little flow from scene to scene, or from issue to issue.
As with most the infinitely many offshoots of the at least semi-annual Company-wide Crossover Spectacular that Will Change Everything (But Not Really!) events that Marvel loves to force upon its readers, Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm is all hype and very very little substance.
The art is a mishmash of several different artists, and there is little flow from scene to scene, or from issue to issue.
As with most the infinitely many offshoots of the at least semi-annual Company-wide Crossover Spectacular that Will Change Everything (But Not Really!) events that Marvel loves to force upon its readers, Thor & Loki: The Tenth Realm is all hype and very very little substance.
May 5, 2020
Other reviewers didn’t seem to like this. I find that surprising. I enjoyed the hell out of it.
Not only is the story and exciting one, full of climaxes, with every character showcased in their best light... but it also has some unexpected allegorical value.
The whole conflict is an analogy for when cultures clash without attempting to understand each other’s values and customs. It’s especially apparent with how Angels and Asgardians treat transactions and debt. Another example involves some ignorance regarding the nature of storm clouds. This theme is consistent throughout.
I always love it when Loki’s plans work out. There’s some pretty badass “fuck yeah” moments involving that.
This may not have been Angela’s marvel debut, but it definitely feels like her official welcome party to the 616 canon.
There’s some great art though-out this book as well. Definitely a worthwhile read
Not only is the story and exciting one, full of climaxes, with every character showcased in their best light... but it also has some unexpected allegorical value.
The whole conflict is an analogy for when cultures clash without attempting to understand each other’s values and customs. It’s especially apparent with how Angels and Asgardians treat transactions and debt. Another example involves some ignorance regarding the nature of storm clouds. This theme is consistent throughout.
I always love it when Loki’s plans work out. There’s some pretty badass “fuck yeah” moments involving that.
This may not have been Angela’s marvel debut, but it definitely feels like her official welcome party to the 616 canon.
There’s some great art though-out this book as well. Definitely a worthwhile read
November 28, 2014
A pretty good story in this one. Reveals Angela's new retconned origin.
But I have to say I don't care much for Angela. What sucky name for a super-hero! Was Bunny taken?
She also seems out of step with Marvel's recent focus on female characters being less overtly sexualized (see Scarlet Witch's or Capt. Marvel's new costume, or any number of others) instead of pre-teen straight male fantasies. Fer crying out loud, her belt is bigger than her panties!
As for the reveal of Odin's Sin and adding Angela to the Asgardian family... meh. We'll see where it goes.
But I have to say I don't care much for Angela. What sucky name for a super-hero! Was Bunny taken?
She also seems out of step with Marvel's recent focus on female characters being less overtly sexualized (see Scarlet Witch's or Capt. Marvel's new costume, or any number of others) instead of pre-teen straight male fantasies. Fer crying out loud, her belt is bigger than her panties!
As for the reveal of Odin's Sin and adding Angela to the Asgardian family... meh. We'll see where it goes.
November 13, 2023
This story has the possibility to be epic. A missing realm? A missing daughter? It could have been the stuff of legend! Unfortunately, the story is too drawn out, especially because the shock ending is very clearly telegraphed. Still, it offers some exciting status changes for the Asgardian comics. It also makes me really want to check out Ewing's Loki: Agent of Asgard comic as his Loki work is quite interesting here.
More like 3.5 then 4 stars.
More like 3.5 then 4 stars.
April 18, 2017
Well, I've not read Original Sin, I came to this from Jason Aaron's Thor run to see if it added anything. It doesn't. Basically the entire outcome is clear from the blurb that came with it. The reader is left with no surprises and there's just a lot of fighting and deceit with some intermittently good artwork (I'm thinking of the Odin splash page).
Really nothing to waste your time over.
Really nothing to waste your time over.
February 7, 2016
Actually a pretty good way of bringing Angela into the Marvel universe. I didn't care much for Simone Bianchi's art, he should stick to covers. It was confusing to follow which panel came next. But the story made up for it.
July 6, 2016
Shout out to Odin for acknowledging Loki's gender fluidity.
January 14, 2019
I will also do a video review here at my channel: http://www.youtube.com/magicofbooks
In "Original Sin: Thor and Loki," a mysterious tenth realm has been discovered. Thor and Loki team up to find the whereabouts of this realm and come to discover that they have a sister---Angela---who they never knew existed.
So apparently this "Original Sin" series is a collection of stories focusing on various different Marvel characters and they all originate from the murder of some character named the Watcher. I have absolutely no idea what has gone on prior to picking up this book, but this book by itself was fairly easy to understand since I've previously read the Loki based "Journey Into Mystery" series and the "Loki: Agent of Asgard" series. So I have a bit of prior knowledge due to those series which helps. It's Marvel comics...unless you are a die hard collector, you won't be able to read every story that comes out. I've chosen to stick with Loki comics personally. But in general, I found this particular book easy to get into, it was fun, very humorous on occasion, and I just freaking love the Thor and Loki teamup. I found the mysterious Angela (random brand new sister to Loki and Thor) to be a fascinating character. I didn't quite understand if she was a hero or villain, but I think the book makes it clear by the very end how you are supposed to feel. And she's a Guardian of the Galaxy? I'm just not going to question things anymore. But hey, a brief page with the Guardians. Yah for Rocket and Groot!
I liked the artwork in general as well. I wish comics would stick to one artist for any given series. It can be very distracting when the artwork and character design changes in between issues. But other than that, nice artwork and Thor and Loki look how you expect them to look.
Overall, a nice follow up to other Loki-based comics I've read. Would love to see more of Angela and where that arc goes if it continues to involve Thor and Loki.
In "Original Sin: Thor and Loki," a mysterious tenth realm has been discovered. Thor and Loki team up to find the whereabouts of this realm and come to discover that they have a sister---Angela---who they never knew existed.
So apparently this "Original Sin" series is a collection of stories focusing on various different Marvel characters and they all originate from the murder of some character named the Watcher. I have absolutely no idea what has gone on prior to picking up this book, but this book by itself was fairly easy to understand since I've previously read the Loki based "Journey Into Mystery" series and the "Loki: Agent of Asgard" series. So I have a bit of prior knowledge due to those series which helps. It's Marvel comics...unless you are a die hard collector, you won't be able to read every story that comes out. I've chosen to stick with Loki comics personally. But in general, I found this particular book easy to get into, it was fun, very humorous on occasion, and I just freaking love the Thor and Loki teamup. I found the mysterious Angela (random brand new sister to Loki and Thor) to be a fascinating character. I didn't quite understand if she was a hero or villain, but I think the book makes it clear by the very end how you are supposed to feel. And she's a Guardian of the Galaxy? I'm just not going to question things anymore. But hey, a brief page with the Guardians. Yah for Rocket and Groot!
I liked the artwork in general as well. I wish comics would stick to one artist for any given series. It can be very distracting when the artwork and character design changes in between issues. But other than that, nice artwork and Thor and Loki look how you expect them to look.
Overall, a nice follow up to other Loki-based comics I've read. Would love to see more of Angela and where that arc goes if it continues to involve Thor and Loki.
August 3, 2022
The story behind this comic is far more interesting than the comic itself. Back in 1993, Todd McFarlane contracted Neil Gaiman to write an issue of his comic Spawn. In that issue, Gaiman introduced a new character named Angela, an angelic bounty hunter who works to oppose Spawn. Later, Gaiman wrote a miniseries staring Angela.
Unfortunately, McFarlane broke his promise that Gaiman would maintain the rights of the characters he made for him and also refused to pay him his share of future publications of the issues he wrote. This resulted in a ten-year lawsuit that finally ended in 2012 in favour of Gaiman. A year later, Gaiman sold the rights to Angela to Marvel Comics and she was written into the Marvel Universe. Angela first appears in Age of Ultron but doesn't receive a full backstory until this volume.
As part of the Original Sin event comic, a number of secrets held by the cosmic being the Watcher are released into the universe. Two of these secrets are learned by Thor: there is a Tenth Realm that Odin kept secret and Thor has a sister. Seeking the truth about these matters, Thor and Loki travel to the Tenth Realm, Heven, and come into conflict with its cruel ruler, the Queen of Angels, a former agent of Odin who betrayed him in primordial history, and Angela, who turns out to be Thor's sister.
It's a pretty mediocre story, though admittedly the cover art doesn't promise much depth or nuance.
Three years later, in 2017, the film Thor: Ragnarok partially adapted this story, alongside a few other ones including The Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk, combining the characters of Angela, the Queen of Angels, and Hela into one character.
Unfortunately, McFarlane broke his promise that Gaiman would maintain the rights of the characters he made for him and also refused to pay him his share of future publications of the issues he wrote. This resulted in a ten-year lawsuit that finally ended in 2012 in favour of Gaiman. A year later, Gaiman sold the rights to Angela to Marvel Comics and she was written into the Marvel Universe. Angela first appears in Age of Ultron but doesn't receive a full backstory until this volume.
As part of the Original Sin event comic, a number of secrets held by the cosmic being the Watcher are released into the universe. Two of these secrets are learned by Thor: there is a Tenth Realm that Odin kept secret and Thor has a sister. Seeking the truth about these matters, Thor and Loki travel to the Tenth Realm, Heven, and come into conflict with its cruel ruler, the Queen of Angels, a former agent of Odin who betrayed him in primordial history, and Angela, who turns out to be Thor's sister.
It's a pretty mediocre story, though admittedly the cover art doesn't promise much depth or nuance.
Three years later, in 2017, the film Thor: Ragnarok partially adapted this story, alongside a few other ones including The Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk, combining the characters of Angela, the Queen of Angels, and Hela into one character.
July 28, 2020
Dobro, ovo je ispalo malo bolje i od "Istočnog greha" i od prethodnih Torova u izvedbi Džejsona Arona. Ključni razlog tome su Loki i Anđela, budući da je Tor zapravo ubibože dosadan kao lik, makar ovako kako ga Aron piše.
"IS:T&L" je u crtačkom smislu raznoliko iskustvo, ali najčešće ne preterano inspirativno. Strip je nekako mutan (kao što mu je i radnja mutna) i često se dešava da su izrazi lica - naročito Tora i Lokija - bezmalo karikaturalni.
Ipak, ovaj tom vredi pročitati makar samo zbog Anđele, koju sam ranije čitao u dva-ili tri njena miniserijala i smatram je jednom od boljih novih likova u Malverovom multiverzumu, pa i jednom od likova koji su kao stvoreni za prelazak u MCU.
3*
"IS:T&L" je u crtačkom smislu raznoliko iskustvo, ali najčešće ne preterano inspirativno. Strip je nekako mutan (kao što mu je i radnja mutna) i često se dešava da su izrazi lica - naročito Tora i Lokija - bezmalo karikaturalni.
Ipak, ovaj tom vredi pročitati makar samo zbog Anđele, koju sam ranije čitao u dva-ili tri njena miniserijala i smatram je jednom od boljih novih likova u Malverovom multiverzumu, pa i jednom od likova koji su kao stvoreni za prelazak u MCU.
3*
August 18, 2024
Automatycznie 5/5 bo Lady Loki. Żegnam.
October 4, 2016
This story was so so... it fills in the origin story of Thor's sister Angela and the realm she came from... the tenth realm. Another $3 book....
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