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Thor, Vol. 1: La rinascita del Dio del Tuono
LET SOUND THE CRY - THE GOD OF THUNDER HAS RETURNED! Thor Odinson has regained his mantle - and with it, a wild new world of trouble on his mighty hands! The artifacts of Asgard have been scattered across the Earth, and to reclaim them, Thor will have to face some ugly truths. Like the production cost on hundreds of new hammers! And the Thunder God is going to need every last one of them if he's going to stop the unstoppable Juggernaut. Jason Aaron takes the Prince of Asgard in a whole new direction with YOUNG GUN artist Mike Del Mundo joining him at the helm! And don't miss the latest chapter of the King Thor saga with acclaimed BLACK BOLT artist Christian Ward, as the Thor of the far future encounters an old friend who's undergone some startling changes.
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First published June 1, 2018
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,352 books1,680 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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February 28, 2020
Mmmm. No.
I'm not a fan of a lot of words in graphic novels, and this one was kind of packed to the gills with talky-talky stuff.
Verrily, I say nay! Have at thee, knave! Kaboo! Kra-Koom!
Etc., etc., etc..
I got kind of sick of reading it and I was bored long before it was over.
Not only that, but the Thor & Loki in Hel story kept getting hijacked by some weird Old Man Thor from the Future meets Old Man Logan-Phoenix, which was equally wordy and dull.
It shouldn't have been, because the words Old Man Logan with the Phoenix Force vs Old Man Thor Space Battle, make you think that shit will get exciting.
Geriatric superheroes can be cool, but I didn't like this whateveritwas story at all.
The art had some nice panels?
I want to like Thor's comics but he is so hit or miss for me.
This was a miss. That's not to say that there wasn't humor or moments that I enjoyed, but there weren't enough of them to keep me from nodding off halfway through.
I'm not a fan of a lot of words in graphic novels, and this one was kind of packed to the gills with talky-talky stuff.
Verrily, I say nay! Have at thee, knave! Kaboo! Kra-Koom!
Etc., etc., etc..
I got kind of sick of reading it and I was bored long before it was over.
Not only that, but the Thor & Loki in Hel story kept getting hijacked by some weird Old Man Thor from the Future meets Old Man Logan-Phoenix, which was equally wordy and dull.
It shouldn't have been, because the words Old Man Logan with the Phoenix Force vs Old Man Thor Space Battle, make you think that shit will get exciting.
Geriatric superheroes can be cool, but I didn't like this whateveritwas story at all.
The art had some nice panels?
I want to like Thor's comics but he is so hit or miss for me.
This was a miss. That's not to say that there wasn't humor or moments that I enjoyed, but there weren't enough of them to keep me from nodding off halfway through.
August 13, 2019
I think it may be time for Jason Aaron to pass on Thor's hammer to someone else. This was so blase and uninteresting. The events were telegraphed from a mile away. Thori the Murder Dog was the lone bright spot of this arc.
Mike Del Mundo's art reminds me of old black light posters from the 70's in his use of colors. His art is fine for covers but his sequential art is awful. I can never follow what's going on on the page. There's so much garbage on the page and extraneous colors. He has no idea how to draw the main figures on a panel so they stand out from the background. And forget trying to follow his panel structure, it's all just one big melted psychedelic blob of color melting down the drain.
The future Thor story held very little interest to me. Who cares about the winding down of the universe thousands of years in the future or dumb mash up characters like Phoenix Wolverine. Just resurrect the original Guardians of the Galaxy 3000 series to put this stuff into.
Mike Del Mundo's art reminds me of old black light posters from the 70's in his use of colors. His art is fine for covers but his sequential art is awful. I can never follow what's going on on the page. There's so much garbage on the page and extraneous colors. He has no idea how to draw the main figures on a panel so they stand out from the background. And forget trying to follow his panel structure, it's all just one big melted psychedelic blob of color melting down the drain.
The future Thor story held very little interest to me. Who cares about the winding down of the universe thousands of years in the future or dumb mash up characters like Phoenix Wolverine. Just resurrect the original Guardians of the Galaxy 3000 series to put this stuff into.
December 21, 2018
I am so tired of being frustrated with Jason Aaron's Marvel output of recent years. I used to say that he is the best writer Marvel has right now, but you know what? Al Ewing is better. Dan Slott is good, too. Mariko Tamaki writes a mean X-23 comic right now. Even Chip Zdarsky is doing pretty good as a writer lately, and right now all of them write much better Marvel comics than Jason Aaron.
So what about this new volume of Thor? Same old, same old. Thor and Loki team up and go to Hel to do somethingsomething, meet some characters there, some punching happens, rinse, repeat. Meanwhile Old Man Thor of the Far Future meets Old Man Logan, they proceed to fight Old Man Doctor Doom, punching happens, rinse, repeat. This book is so trite, so unoriginal, so Jason Aaron on autopilot, I can't believe he himself can stomach writing this same tired story over and over again. To simulate fun and excitement, almost every page is filled with JAW-DROPPING REVEALS and HUGE EXPLOSIONS and SINISTER FORESHADOWING and INSANE VISUALS and BIG SPEECHES, but none of it adds up to a good story. This was a painfully tedious read that took me forever to finish, not in the least because apparently Jason Aaron took some cues from Scott Snyder's school of Needlessly Verbose Scriptwriting.
And speaking of those visuals... they suck. Mike Del Mundo is a talented illustrator who can work well as a cover artist or in a certain type of story, but definitely not in this one. His style is at the same time very colourful and bright and yet abstract and blotchy, his character designs are poorly defined and don't look too different from the backgrounds, and it's virtually impossible to make out whatever is going on on the page. I can see his interior art working in a thematic one-shot, but not as the main artist for the book. Same goes for Christian Ward, though his art in the final third of the book didn't feel as out of place because the story was set so far in the future. Either way, the visuals of God of Thunder Reborn are loud, obnoxious and nauseating, and don't do the story any favours.
Jason Aaron used to be the best writer working at Marvel. Sadly, Thor, Vol. 1: God of Thunder Reborn proves that he's not anymore — in fact, he's not too different from most of the hacks writing for Marvel today. Tedious, unoriginal story that could have been written by anyone, this is the Jason Aaron standard of 2018. It's painful to see one of your favourite writers failing so badly, but what can you do.
So what about this new volume of Thor? Same old, same old. Thor and Loki team up and go to Hel to do somethingsomething, meet some characters there, some punching happens, rinse, repeat. Meanwhile Old Man Thor of the Far Future meets Old Man Logan, they proceed to fight Old Man Doctor Doom, punching happens, rinse, repeat. This book is so trite, so unoriginal, so Jason Aaron on autopilot, I can't believe he himself can stomach writing this same tired story over and over again. To simulate fun and excitement, almost every page is filled with JAW-DROPPING REVEALS and HUGE EXPLOSIONS and SINISTER FORESHADOWING and INSANE VISUALS and BIG SPEECHES, but none of it adds up to a good story. This was a painfully tedious read that took me forever to finish, not in the least because apparently Jason Aaron took some cues from Scott Snyder's school of Needlessly Verbose Scriptwriting.
And speaking of those visuals... they suck. Mike Del Mundo is a talented illustrator who can work well as a cover artist or in a certain type of story, but definitely not in this one. His style is at the same time very colourful and bright and yet abstract and blotchy, his character designs are poorly defined and don't look too different from the backgrounds, and it's virtually impossible to make out whatever is going on on the page. I can see his interior art working in a thematic one-shot, but not as the main artist for the book. Same goes for Christian Ward, though his art in the final third of the book didn't feel as out of place because the story was set so far in the future. Either way, the visuals of God of Thunder Reborn are loud, obnoxious and nauseating, and don't do the story any favours.
Jason Aaron used to be the best writer working at Marvel. Sadly, Thor, Vol. 1: God of Thunder Reborn proves that he's not anymore — in fact, he's not too different from most of the hacks writing for Marvel today. Tedious, unoriginal story that could have been written by anyone, this is the Jason Aaron standard of 2018. It's painful to see one of your favourite writers failing so badly, but what can you do.
April 6, 2019
Take a Thor comic and mash it together with your favorite heavy metal album and you would end up with this comic. Thor-with monster trucks, motorcycles, bazookas, machine guns, and a whole host of new magic hammers and axes-wages war in HEL!!!!!! (que fierce electric guitar). The art is also something out of a fever dream, and it is both ethereal and cartoony all at once (when someone gets hit hard, stars circle their heads). But you know what? I liked this a lot. It was silly and crazy and that's ok sometimes.
This is Jason Aaron, so of course this is all intercut with tales from the far, far, far, future. Old man Thor and his granddaughters are still trying to save their newly created Earth.
This is Jason Aaron, so of course this is all intercut with tales from the far, far, far, future. Old man Thor and his granddaughters are still trying to save their newly created Earth.
March 12, 2019
This is one of the weirdest mainstream titles I've read, especially Thor, but hell...I kind of liked it?
So Loki is doing what he does best, messing everything up but for "good" reasons. So he decides to take Thor down to hell. Thori, the Thor God Dog, comes as well. We find out there's going to be a wedding with Hela and Tyr. A family reunion begins but it sure as hell isn't going to end the way it began...actually it might. This whole thing is just insane.
Good: I liked the style, it's very over the top and pretty fun. Thor and Loki have a lot of good banter between each other, and Thori is fucking amazing. The plotting, or pacing I should say, is solid and it's never really boring.
Bad: I'm not a huge fan of the fight scenes all the time. Sometimes it's really hard to follow as well as the plot going ALL over the place. Also, this is wacky. After two runs of Thor and Jane Thor being Epic blockbuster type stories, this goes for over the top, goofy, and weird.
Overall it's fun and interesting even if it can be a little too wacky to take serious. I'll hit this one with a 3 out of 5.
So Loki is doing what he does best, messing everything up but for "good" reasons. So he decides to take Thor down to hell. Thori, the Thor God Dog, comes as well. We find out there's going to be a wedding with Hela and Tyr. A family reunion begins but it sure as hell isn't going to end the way it began...actually it might. This whole thing is just insane.
Good: I liked the style, it's very over the top and pretty fun. Thor and Loki have a lot of good banter between each other, and Thori is fucking amazing. The plotting, or pacing I should say, is solid and it's never really boring.
Bad: I'm not a huge fan of the fight scenes all the time. Sometimes it's really hard to follow as well as the plot going ALL over the place. Also, this is wacky. After two runs of Thor and Jane Thor being Epic blockbuster type stories, this goes for over the top, goofy, and weird.
Overall it's fun and interesting even if it can be a little too wacky to take serious. I'll hit this one with a 3 out of 5.
September 29, 2019
Nothing like the previous quality of story telling. This mainly revolves around future Thor and Aaron drops in some massive Big hitters. Nice twist at the end.
March 10, 2019
Aaron seems to have fully adopted the Marvel Cinematic Universe style of writing: boring exposition and rather turgid action offset with lots of humor, out-of-character actions, and bombastic moments of sheer power and awesomeness. So the first half is pretty dull, but by the end I was having a hel of a good time, despite how over the top things go.
Comic relief character Thori the dog pretty much carries the whole thing in his slavering, murderous jaws.
The one big problem is the pure ugliness of the art. For instance, a monster truck was barely recognizable as such most of the time. The color scheme was nice, but take that away and you are left with some downright ridiculous line work. Ugh.
Comic relief character Thori the dog pretty much carries the whole thing in his slavering, murderous jaws.
The one big problem is the pure ugliness of the art. For instance, a monster truck was barely recognizable as such most of the time. The color scheme was nice, but take that away and you are left with some downright ridiculous line work. Ugh.
April 24, 2022
This felt like so much exposition and became overhwelming tbh, it ook me two sittings to finish this one.
So the story stars with Thor vs Juggernaut and something with the hammer and we see him trying to be the god once again after things that happened to him recently and then some stuff with Loki and going into Hel where he meets Balder and whatever happens with Hela and trying to fight off Sindr and an appearance by Thanos and that was just abandoned and felt like a missed opportunity. Also something with Future thor and the fate of Loki and the Phoenix wolverine maybe.. and the one whose above it all.
Its a volume with a lot of exposition and will take the reader quite a bit of time and Aaron's writing seems to be getting tedious and sort of boring here compared to other volumes but that maybe due to him writing so much of this volume but it continues the build upto WOTR like really well!
So the story stars with Thor vs Juggernaut and something with the hammer and we see him trying to be the god once again after things that happened to him recently and then some stuff with Loki and going into Hel where he meets Balder and whatever happens with Hela and trying to fight off Sindr and an appearance by Thanos and that was just abandoned and felt like a missed opportunity. Also something with Future thor and the fate of Loki and the Phoenix wolverine maybe.. and the one whose above it all.
Its a volume with a lot of exposition and will take the reader quite a bit of time and Aaron's writing seems to be getting tedious and sort of boring here compared to other volumes but that maybe due to him writing so much of this volume but it continues the build upto WOTR like really well!
December 27, 2020
Ummmmmm. What? How sad that the same Jason Aaron who wrote the excellent Thor Godbomb series, one of my favorite Thor series, is responsible for this abortion. Where to begin?
The Plot- written by an overly ambitious 12 year old with pretensions of competence, perhaps the best way to describe it is "godamn awful". Thor is back and I bet he is wishing he stayed away. The gist of this putrid crap? Thor has to fight the Queen of Cinders (apparently Surtur had a kid..uh-huh..who was the mom?), with the help of Loki and some other Asgardian has-beens. There. This shit was so fucking stupid that I can not even bring myself to give you more than that. If you feel like melting your brain by seeing Balder drive a monster truck, Thor with hundreds of hammers, a overly complicated plot with Hela, Loki and Balder and some awful dialogue with oddly modern sayings..then this is for you.
The art? Well if anything could be worse than the plot..it is the art. No seriously. Ever want to see what people on LSD see without the benefits of taking it? Check out this shit. The only positive thing I can say is that it holds out hope for people like me, without a smidgeon of artistic talent, can have a job illustrating comics. Awesome!
I was on vacation when I wasted my time reading this. I nearly flung it into the Gulf of Mexico, but was afraid some Sea Turtle would then read this and try to commit suicide by swimming into the mouth of a Great White. Since Sea Turtles are endangered, and I really like all animals, I decided not to do that. Now my regard for human beings is FAR less-thus I plan on leaving this out somewhere easily spotted so that some human will pick it up and read this brain melting shit. But hey..maybe, like myself, they too will be motivated that it takes little to no talent to become a comic artist and can start on their career. That's all the good I have to say about this. If you come across this volume, do not read it...just toss it into a roaring fire, where it belongs.
A one-star piece of poop that took away about 45 mins of my vacation time. I am going to go smoke a joint now.
The Plot- written by an overly ambitious 12 year old with pretensions of competence, perhaps the best way to describe it is "godamn awful". Thor is back and I bet he is wishing he stayed away. The gist of this putrid crap? Thor has to fight the Queen of Cinders (apparently Surtur had a kid..uh-huh..who was the mom?), with the help of Loki and some other Asgardian has-beens. There. This shit was so fucking stupid that I can not even bring myself to give you more than that. If you feel like melting your brain by seeing Balder drive a monster truck, Thor with hundreds of hammers, a overly complicated plot with Hela, Loki and Balder and some awful dialogue with oddly modern sayings..then this is for you.
The art? Well if anything could be worse than the plot..it is the art. No seriously. Ever want to see what people on LSD see without the benefits of taking it? Check out this shit. The only positive thing I can say is that it holds out hope for people like me, without a smidgeon of artistic talent, can have a job illustrating comics. Awesome!
I was on vacation when I wasted my time reading this. I nearly flung it into the Gulf of Mexico, but was afraid some Sea Turtle would then read this and try to commit suicide by swimming into the mouth of a Great White. Since Sea Turtles are endangered, and I really like all animals, I decided not to do that. Now my regard for human beings is FAR less-thus I plan on leaving this out somewhere easily spotted so that some human will pick it up and read this brain melting shit. But hey..maybe, like myself, they too will be motivated that it takes little to no talent to become a comic artist and can start on their career. That's all the good I have to say about this. If you come across this volume, do not read it...just toss it into a roaring fire, where it belongs.
A one-star piece of poop that took away about 45 mins of my vacation time. I am going to go smoke a joint now.
October 27, 2018
[Read as single issues]
Thor has reclaimed his title as God of Thunder, but he remains unworthy of his hammer Mjolnir, now currently in the heart of the Sun alongside the Mangog. Not that that’s going to stop him from trying to stop Malekith, whose War of the Realms continues to rage. Next on the dark elf’s list is the kingdom of the dead, and a little help from Loki puts Thor right in the middle of the action, which looks peculiarly like…a wedding? All this, plus the Queen of Cinders, Hela, the return of Balder the Brave, and the Mad Titan himself! And in the far-flung future, All-Father Thor battles Old Man Phoenix, and the combined powers of some of the strongest Avengers as Emperor Doom targets Earth for destruction!
Calm it down, Jason Aaron. No one is allowed to be this good this consistently, surely. But four (!) relaunches in, and his Thor run shows no sign of slowing down or dropping in quality at all. The first four issues here throw Thor and Loki right into the mess of Helheim as a very familiar few characters try to sort out the mess that the Queen Of Cinders is making of the place before it burns to the ground. Thori still manages to steal literally any panel that he’s in with some laugh out loud lines, while the return of Balder is a nice touch since he’s been absent from Thor lore for a long time at this point, as is the nod to the Unworthy Thor mini-series when Thanos and Hela’s relationship (which most other books haven’t even mentioned) becomes a major plot point.
Aaron teams up with artist Mike Del Mundo for these issues, and while Del Mundo won’t be to everyone’s tastes (his painterly style can sometimes be a little incomprehensible) I feel like he’s a good choice for the frantic action of the later issues, if a bit less suited to the quieter scenes in the beginning. He’s a big departure from Russell Dauterman’s clean visuals though, so there’s going to be an adjustment period.
Then the second two issues (as well as a prelude in the extra-sized issue #1) flash forward to the distant future of All-Father Thor that we’ve journeyed to across Aaron’s Thor run, with some reimaginings of Wolverine, and Doctor Doom, as well as a surprise appearance by a character I won’t spoil on the final page. These two issues turn the action dial up to 11, with universe-spanning fight scenes with outrageous cosmic powers in which Aaron is happy to step back and let artist Christian Ward do what he does best with some psychedelic visuals.
There’s a bit of a disconnect between these issues and the previous ones, but the future storyline in Thor has always felt a little like this – Aaron’s playing the long game in terms of linking it to his present day story, and these issues just edge ever closer to that inevitable endgame.
I want to find something to criticize, but Jason Aaron’s epic Thor run just continues to impress, even with yet another relaunch and two new artists on the cards. The new status quo for Thor hits the ground running with another action-packed romp through the Ten Realms, while the two issue interlude in the future has biggest battle scenes that you’ll see this side of an event book. The God Of Thunder may be reborn, but the Thor hype train just keeps on rolling.
Thor has reclaimed his title as God of Thunder, but he remains unworthy of his hammer Mjolnir, now currently in the heart of the Sun alongside the Mangog. Not that that’s going to stop him from trying to stop Malekith, whose War of the Realms continues to rage. Next on the dark elf’s list is the kingdom of the dead, and a little help from Loki puts Thor right in the middle of the action, which looks peculiarly like…a wedding? All this, plus the Queen of Cinders, Hela, the return of Balder the Brave, and the Mad Titan himself! And in the far-flung future, All-Father Thor battles Old Man Phoenix, and the combined powers of some of the strongest Avengers as Emperor Doom targets Earth for destruction!
Calm it down, Jason Aaron. No one is allowed to be this good this consistently, surely. But four (!) relaunches in, and his Thor run shows no sign of slowing down or dropping in quality at all. The first four issues here throw Thor and Loki right into the mess of Helheim as a very familiar few characters try to sort out the mess that the Queen Of Cinders is making of the place before it burns to the ground. Thori still manages to steal literally any panel that he’s in with some laugh out loud lines, while the return of Balder is a nice touch since he’s been absent from Thor lore for a long time at this point, as is the nod to the Unworthy Thor mini-series when Thanos and Hela’s relationship (which most other books haven’t even mentioned) becomes a major plot point.
Aaron teams up with artist Mike Del Mundo for these issues, and while Del Mundo won’t be to everyone’s tastes (his painterly style can sometimes be a little incomprehensible) I feel like he’s a good choice for the frantic action of the later issues, if a bit less suited to the quieter scenes in the beginning. He’s a big departure from Russell Dauterman’s clean visuals though, so there’s going to be an adjustment period.
Then the second two issues (as well as a prelude in the extra-sized issue #1) flash forward to the distant future of All-Father Thor that we’ve journeyed to across Aaron’s Thor run, with some reimaginings of Wolverine, and Doctor Doom, as well as a surprise appearance by a character I won’t spoil on the final page. These two issues turn the action dial up to 11, with universe-spanning fight scenes with outrageous cosmic powers in which Aaron is happy to step back and let artist Christian Ward do what he does best with some psychedelic visuals.
There’s a bit of a disconnect between these issues and the previous ones, but the future storyline in Thor has always felt a little like this – Aaron’s playing the long game in terms of linking it to his present day story, and these issues just edge ever closer to that inevitable endgame.
I want to find something to criticize, but Jason Aaron’s epic Thor run just continues to impress, even with yet another relaunch and two new artists on the cards. The new status quo for Thor hits the ground running with another action-packed romp through the Ten Realms, while the two issue interlude in the future has biggest battle scenes that you’ll see this side of an event book. The God Of Thunder may be reborn, but the Thor hype train just keeps on rolling.
August 16, 2019
Muddled watercolor art combined with shuffled, incomplete storylines combine for a dull and confusing read.
September 17, 2021
A truly tiresome read.
June 23, 2019
Better than expected
Jason Aaron's multiple realms and time lines does pick-up some of the madness of the Walter Simonson era of Thor. While some of cosmic heroes and villains are a bit much in terms of Marvel fan service, this is still a lot of fun. The art is enjoyable as well.
Jason Aaron's multiple realms and time lines does pick-up some of the madness of the Walter Simonson era of Thor. While some of cosmic heroes and villains are a bit much in terms of Marvel fan service, this is still a lot of fun. The art is enjoyable as well.
December 8, 2019
(3,3 z 5 za postapokalyptický Thor galimatyáš s výrazným vizuálem)
Tenhle příjemný šestisešitový paperback je věc, která mě ve výsledku tolik nechytla, ale určitě ji nechci zatracovat. Ze začátku a místy mi chyběl kontext, první polovina je i na to, jak je průběžně akční, příšerně ukecaná. A tuhle intenzivní konverzačku komplikuje navíc písmo popisků a "asgardské řeči" které je sice líbivé, ale hůře čitelné. Což v kombinaci s kvantem textu u mě bránilo se do děje ponořit.
Mike Del Mundo má fakt zajímavou kresbu, ale její nízký kontrast, pastelové odstíny a to jemné mlžné máznutí mi nesedí.
Jeho akce je místy nepřehledná a působí ploše (tzn. postrádá hloubku).
To Wardova vložka v první části vypadala podstatně lépe, ale zbylé sešity tohoto komiksu taky nevypadají nejlíp. Ward je podstatně kontrastnější, přehlednější a plastičtější, ale pro změnu jeho načmrkané linky a celkově fušerský styl ve mě moc nadšení nevzbuzují. Za to mě víc baví část příběhu, kterou tu ilustruje. První ukecaná část mi jako ne-nadšenci do superhrdinů, který tomu ale čas od času dá šanci (Thora mám rád, stejně jako třeba Wolverina nebo Guardians) nedala nic "navíc", nic extra. Druhá je o kapánek poutavější. Ale celkový dojem už nespraví, i když poslední třetina mě docela navnadila na to číst dál. Takže jsem zvědavý.
Tenhle příjemný šestisešitový paperback je věc, která mě ve výsledku tolik nechytla, ale určitě ji nechci zatracovat. Ze začátku a místy mi chyběl kontext, první polovina je i na to, jak je průběžně akční, příšerně ukecaná. A tuhle intenzivní konverzačku komplikuje navíc písmo popisků a "asgardské řeči" které je sice líbivé, ale hůře čitelné. Což v kombinaci s kvantem textu u mě bránilo se do děje ponořit.
Mike Del Mundo má fakt zajímavou kresbu, ale její nízký kontrast, pastelové odstíny a to jemné mlžné máznutí mi nesedí.
Jeho akce je místy nepřehledná a působí ploše (tzn. postrádá hloubku).
To Wardova vložka v první části vypadala podstatně lépe, ale zbylé sešity tohoto komiksu taky nevypadají nejlíp. Ward je podstatně kontrastnější, přehlednější a plastičtější, ale pro změnu jeho načmrkané linky a celkově fušerský styl ve mě moc nadšení nevzbuzují. Za to mě víc baví část příběhu, kterou tu ilustruje. První ukecaná část mi jako ne-nadšenci do superhrdinů, který tomu ale čas od času dá šanci (Thora mám rád, stejně jako třeba Wolverina nebo Guardians) nedala nic "navíc", nic extra. Druhá je o kapánek poutavější. Ale celkový dojem už nespraví, i když poslední třetina mě docela navnadila na to číst dál. Takže jsem zvědavý.
October 4, 2019
To Hel (#1-4). The modern-day story, which sends Thor and Loki to Hel, is a good one because it focuses so heavily on characters. We get to see the Odinson brothers together again, and even if the War of the Realms mainly treads water, we still get some big changes in the Thor cosmology [4/5].
To the End of the World (#5-6). The Future Thor story has a great start in issue #1, but when we get to it full length in these later issue, it's mainly dull fights. The mythology of the End of the World is kind of neat, but there's just not enough characterization for this to excel [3/5].
To the End of the World (#5-6). The Future Thor story has a great start in issue #1, but when we get to it full length in these later issue, it's mainly dull fights. The mythology of the End of the World is kind of neat, but there's just not enough characterization for this to excel [3/5].
October 13, 2023
This was nearly getting 3 stars, because it was good but not as good as previous volumes. I think it’s from the change in art style. It’s very different from Russell Dautermans and I just couldn’t get used to.
But then the last 2 issues, drawn by Christian Ward were awesome! Old Thor and Old Man Phoenix taking on a super powered up Doctor Doom. It’s cool 2 part story based in the far future of the Marvel universe, with an ending that also sets up a promising story for the future
But then the last 2 issues, drawn by Christian Ward were awesome! Old Thor and Old Man Phoenix taking on a super powered up Doctor Doom. It’s cool 2 part story based in the far future of the Marvel universe, with an ending that also sets up a promising story for the future
August 22, 2019
Escrevi um texto no blog falando sobre o fenômeno do Thor Gordo e como ele deu uma maior sensibilidade para o Deus do Trovão. Por outro lado, o Thor de Jason Aaron possui um déficit dessa sensibilidade que o Thor Gordo levou para os cinemas. Mesmo com a Thor de Jane Foster tendo passado a duplicidade originária do Thor na fase em que ela ergueu o Mjolnir, o Thor que retorna agora é novamente o típico macho positivista: irascível, grosseiro, exagerado, porradeiro e tudo mais que vem no pacote. É, claro, um personagem típico das histórias de Jason Aaron, que já fez outros brucutus como Wolverine, Conan e etc. terem o mesmo tipo de comportamento macho alfa e uma necessidade tremenda de afirmação de sua masculinidade. São os tempos em que vivemos, com essa crise de o que significa ser homem, alguns homens precisam se provar o tempo inteiro como machochôs soberanos do mundo. E o Thor de Aaron deixa isso bem evidente. As histórias são mais do mesmo. Os desenhos de Michael Del Mundo servem muito bem para capas, mas ficam bastante incompreensíveis em uma narrativa de quadrinhos. Existem artistas que só servem para capas mesmo. E não tem nada de errado com isso, muito pelo contrário.
January 14, 2019
That was a crap ton of story to jam into 1 volume. Look Jason Aaron has been the master of Thor for a few years now and props to him for creating some awesome stories. However if you arn't totally up to speed on Thor this book would make your head spin. First off all the main story with Thor and Loki going to Hel but its frozen or some shit was a train wreck. I am sort of caught up Thor ( unworthy, Jane, no arm. etc...) but all these dead Asgardians and their stories were overkill I seriously wanted to put the book down. The other story, the futuristic Thor and his grand daughters and all those bad ass mashed up cameos was fun, I think he is teasing an old man thor story but I was hooked. The art is OK I love the colors but the drawings are ok.
September 27, 2018
This was all going SO WELL right up until marvel hit me with those god damn editorially mandated crossovers. WHY IS THANOS EVEN HERE, ALSO I DON'T CARE ABOUT WOLVERINE UNLESS HE'S A STRUGGLING SINGLE FATHER. I just hate the fact that this new line can't even go 4 issues without having to reference a NEW goddamn infinity war saga. I AM HERE FOR THOR!!!
Though I do appreciate Hela is now married to a lady, and that Loki is back on his bullshit. Just.....no more Thanos please....i'm so sick of Thanos....
Though I do appreciate Hela is now married to a lady, and that Loki is back on his bullshit. Just.....no more Thanos please....i'm so sick of Thanos....
May 4, 2019
I think Jason Aaron has largely run out of ideas for Thor and someone else should get the job. Didn't care for the muddy artwork in much of this, courtesy of Mike del Mundo. This was not a great first volume...
February 7, 2021
Man. I did NOT like this one, at all.. nothing to offer, except for a somewhat different artwork that's engaging and not the norm, but kinda fitting for Thor, even though it pissed me off at times , but I mostly blame the story for that.
I expected much more from Thor's comeback .
Boring and whatever story with too damn much script in it that's worthless of your time and it leaves you not wanting to continue unless you have a problem like me with having to finish everything you start.
Not recommended. No reason to read it whatsoever either.
I expected much more from Thor's comeback .
Boring and whatever story with too damn much script in it that's worthless of your time and it leaves you not wanting to continue unless you have a problem like me with having to finish everything you start.
Not recommended. No reason to read it whatsoever either.
March 19, 2021
Not bad, not great. Future Thor was a really cool... the first few issues were duds though, and I didn’t dig the art.
For a series that has so many great moment, it really seems to be spinning it’s wheels. We’ll see how the War of the Realms leadup goes.
For a series that has so many great moment, it really seems to be spinning it’s wheels. We’ll see how the War of the Realms leadup goes.
August 20, 2021
No, tohle bylo zajímavé. Shledání všemožných postav jsem si užila, přesto to byl neskutečný chaos od začátku do konce a dlouho mi trvalo se dostat do tempa i atmosféry děje. Ale je to strašně vtipné, v jednom kuse jsem se smála, a Loki a Thor jsou zkrátka Loki a Thor.
September 29, 2019
Tras la awesomidad de Mighty Thor, Jason Aaron sigue en su línea. Echo de menos a Jane, pero ahora le toca a Thor prepararse para la guerra de los reinos.
September 14, 2022
I love the pastel colours but this comics is also an example of the incredible complexity of Marvel comics. Unless you know a lot of back story, I feel you cannot really understand what is happening. Thankfully, having seen Marvel movies gives you at least a basic understanding of who is who or what.
April 25, 2019
Thor: God of Thunder Reborn vol 1 is a mixed bag. It’s got two stories one taking up four issues and the other taking two and a half.
The first and present day is about Thor regaining his worthiness and reacquainting himself with the position. Visiting mudguard and dealing with the war of the realms that has been going on in the title for some time. He grabs Loki and goes to hel after it’s established he’s recollecting dangerous weapons across the realms. While down there he’s trying to resolve the realm dispute while there is also a party under Malekith that is working towards conquering hel. I don’t think it’s bad just slowly paced with the character moments not being strong enough for that slow pace to feel right. The art is good enough and does its job even if I’m not a fan of the personal style. The highlight here was Thori, Thor’s murder dog.
The second story which brings this volume up for me is about old man Thor who’s still about eons later. We’ve visited this old Thor multiple times and I enjoy him and his stories because they have that mythic quality about them that I crave when reading the Thor title. Here he’s dealing with new mudguard which he has rebuilt after a Doom came long ago. There’s lots of punching but it has that mythic quality that has me excited when it transitioned to old Thor. Though at this point I feel no link to the present day story, which is a problem because old Thor is introduced in issue one and it tells you “read until issue five and you’ll see the rest of this.”. Christian Ward’s art is on point and I love the color that comes with it.
Not a bad collection but this isn’t quite as good as he last volume of Mighty Thor. And I hope it does get better as it goes on.
3 stars.
The first and present day is about Thor regaining his worthiness and reacquainting himself with the position. Visiting mudguard and dealing with the war of the realms that has been going on in the title for some time. He grabs Loki and goes to hel after it’s established he’s recollecting dangerous weapons across the realms. While down there he’s trying to resolve the realm dispute while there is also a party under Malekith that is working towards conquering hel. I don’t think it’s bad just slowly paced with the character moments not being strong enough for that slow pace to feel right. The art is good enough and does its job even if I’m not a fan of the personal style. The highlight here was Thori, Thor’s murder dog.
The second story which brings this volume up for me is about old man Thor who’s still about eons later. We’ve visited this old Thor multiple times and I enjoy him and his stories because they have that mythic quality about them that I crave when reading the Thor title. Here he’s dealing with new mudguard which he has rebuilt after a Doom came long ago. There’s lots of punching but it has that mythic quality that has me excited when it transitioned to old Thor. Though at this point I feel no link to the present day story, which is a problem because old Thor is introduced in issue one and it tells you “read until issue five and you’ll see the rest of this.”. Christian Ward’s art is on point and I love the color that comes with it.
Not a bad collection but this isn’t quite as good as he last volume of Mighty Thor. And I hope it does get better as it goes on.
3 stars.
March 14, 2019
This is it, y'all. This is the arc that finally made me give up on the Thor comics.
I understand loving a character a lot. I love a lot of characters that I write about. But my God, Jason Aaron has a never-ending hard on for Thor, and his frankly creepy hero worship of the character reached new, incredulous heights in this volume. The other problem is that he obviously doesn't share that love for any of the other Thor characters.
This volume can basically be summed up as "a bunch of old white guys who are stupidly overpowered because no one is editing Jason Aaron's writing anymore fight each other and Jason Aaron wanks off to his own writing".
He has become a comics Joss Whedon, and I loathe Whedon.
I would be more willing to forgive a lot of shit if the comics were doing anything interesting with Loki anymore. But nope, all that character growth from Agent of Asgard has been tossed out the window, and he's now back to the smarmy evil dude who will probably betray everyone eventually.
Gods. What a nightmare. And a waste of time.
I understand loving a character a lot. I love a lot of characters that I write about. But my God, Jason Aaron has a never-ending hard on for Thor, and his frankly creepy hero worship of the character reached new, incredulous heights in this volume. The other problem is that he obviously doesn't share that love for any of the other Thor characters.
This volume can basically be summed up as "a bunch of old white guys who are stupidly overpowered because no one is editing Jason Aaron's writing anymore fight each other and Jason Aaron wanks off to his own writing".
He has become a comics Joss Whedon, and I loathe Whedon.
I would be more willing to forgive a lot of shit if the comics were doing anything interesting with Loki anymore. But nope, all that character growth from Agent of Asgard has been tossed out the window, and he's now back to the smarmy evil dude who will probably betray everyone eventually.
Gods. What a nightmare. And a waste of time.
May 18, 2019
Thor – Neustart ist – wie der Name es schon vermuten lässt – Teil der großen Neustart-Reihe, die neben Thor auch andere Helden umfasst. Ich hatte vor dem Start schon Bauchweh, weil die alten "echten" Helden beworben wurden und ich besonders die neuere und diverse Entwicklung des Marvel Universe toll fand. Es kam wie ich befürchtet habe: Im Zentrum stand die alte Männlichkeit und sehr altre Storytelling Strukturen. Ist es das, was Marvel erreichen will? Alte Leser besänftigen und neue vergraulen? Keine Ahnung, ich werde jedenfalls keine Comics der Neustart-Reihe mehr lesen. On top kommt, dass der Neustart wohl auch für Anfänger ausgelegt sein soll. Ich würde behaupten, ich kenne mich recht gut mit Marvel aus aber ich habe ehrlich gesagt absolut nichts verstanden. Sehr schade!
November 16, 2021
Anteriormente, eu tinha parado de ler as histórias do Thor após ler o #1 dessa série. Agora, relembrei o porquê. É de um tom completamente diferente do que vinha sendo apresentado até então. A história tenta colocar humor onde não cabe (e olha que há bastante humor e piadinhas nos volumes anteriores!), em uma trama que poderia ser resumida pela metade. Para piorar, há uma trama paralela com o Rei Thor envolvendo um Velho Wolverine possuído pela Força Fênix que serve para encher linguiça.
Para piorar mais ainda, a arte de Mike Del Mundo é horrível! Em vários momentos, fica difícil entender o que está na página, de tão embolado. É como se tentasse fazer um poster por quadro. Não dá!
Para piorar mais ainda, a arte de Mike Del Mundo é horrível! Em vários momentos, fica difícil entender o que está na página, de tão embolado. É como se tentasse fazer um poster por quadro. Não dá!
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