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Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor #17
Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor, Vol. 17
Not just one, but two teams with godlike creative talents grace the latest Marvel Masterworks. First, Len Wein and Walter Simonson will pit Thor against mercenaries with a nuclear cobalt cannon, bang on the Stilt-Man like a tin can, rock the world in a battle with Blastaar and conquer the massive artificial intelligence F.A.U.S.T. Then, Roy Thomas and John Buscema take up the hammer in some of the most beautifully illustrated Asgardian epics of all time! They'll tap deep into Thor's mythic roots, crafting amazing adventures featuring Loki, the death of Balder, the Midgard Serpent and a new Norse Thor. All as foretold in the legend of Ragnarok! Also featuring rare never-before-reprinted Thor and Hercules stories from MARVEL PREVIEW. COLLECTING: THOR (1966) 267-278, MARVEL PREVIEW (1975) 10
274 pages, Hardcover
Published November 27, 2018
About the author
Len Wein
1,594 books162 followersLen Wein was an American comic book writer and editor best known for co-creating DC Comics' Swamp Thing and Marvel Comics' Wolverine, and for helping revive the Marvel superhero team the X-Men (including the co-creation of Nightcrawler, Storm, and Colossus). Additionally, he was the editor for writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons' influential DC miniseries Watchmen.
Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.
Wein was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2008.
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September 18, 2022
A cracking volume of Thor here, which collects the end of the Len Wein/Walt Simonson run (Walt would, of course, be back) and the beginning of the Roy Thomas/John Buscema run, which is mainly comprised of their retelling of the Ragnarok myth.
It’s mostly great stuff, story and art-wise. My only slight complaint is that the end of the Ragnarok story was a bit of a cop-out but I suppose the alternative would have been to cancel the comic due to the entire cast being dead, soooo… I’ll let them off.
It’s mostly great stuff, story and art-wise. My only slight complaint is that the end of the Ragnarok story was a bit of a cop-out but I suppose the alternative would have been to cancel the comic due to the entire cast being dead, soooo… I’ll let them off.
October 18, 2018
This volume includes one of my favorite Thor story arcs, the coming of Ragnarok. Great art and a fantastic telling of the Norse legends marvel style! Very recommended
June 16, 2024
An interesting run of issues here as Len Wein ends his run with Thor having returned to Earth and trying to put his life as Dr. Donald Blake back together, and then Roy Thomas takes over and sends Thor right back to Asgard as Ragnarock looms on the horizon. All of it is
quite enjoyable.
Roy Thomas also, once again, proves himself as the man to fix continuity problems, plot holes, and tidying up the Marvel Universe.
quite enjoyable.
Roy Thomas also, once again, proves himself as the man to fix continuity problems, plot holes, and tidying up the Marvel Universe.
September 16, 2019
One of my earliest comics memories is reading some of the comics collected in this volume, so I wanted to revisit those. Specifically, they were from the Roy Thomas/John Buscema "Ragnarok" storyline where Loki is trying to instigate Ragnarok and there's a human news crew in Asgard to document it, the cameraman of which becomes a new version of Thor. It's as epic as I remembered and it was great to finally fill in the gaps from the issues that I'd missed originally.
Leading into that story in this volume is the wrap up to Len Wein and Walt Simonson's run, which has Thor returning to earth after an extended absence and trying to pick up his life as Donald Blake again while also fighting supervillains Damocles, Stilt-Man, Blastaar, and a supercomputer. That's pretty average stuff (I wish it spent more time on Blake's attempting to reestablish his relationships and an occupation, that part fascinated me) and I was impatient to get to the "Ragnarok" storyline, but once there, the collection is great.
It wraps up with a couple of black-and-white stories intended for a Thor version of Marvel's b/w magazines from the '70s (a la Savage Sword of Conan). One's a Thor/Loki adventure and the other is a tale of Hercules in ancient Greece. The art on those (by Jim Starlin and Val Mayerik) is excellent, but the plots themselves are average.
Leading into that story in this volume is the wrap up to Len Wein and Walt Simonson's run, which has Thor returning to earth after an extended absence and trying to pick up his life as Donald Blake again while also fighting supervillains Damocles, Stilt-Man, Blastaar, and a supercomputer. That's pretty average stuff (I wish it spent more time on Blake's attempting to reestablish his relationships and an occupation, that part fascinated me) and I was impatient to get to the "Ragnarok" storyline, but once there, the collection is great.
It wraps up with a couple of black-and-white stories intended for a Thor version of Marvel's b/w magazines from the '70s (a la Savage Sword of Conan). One's a Thor/Loki adventure and the other is a tale of Hercules in ancient Greece. The art on those (by Jim Starlin and Val Mayerik) is excellent, but the plots themselves are average.
March 7, 2025
The Len Wein issues are great. The Roy Thomas ones are talky and (to me) too stretched out and boring.
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