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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 7, 2016 20:55:50 GMT -5
Written by Jason Aaron. Art and Cover by Olivier Coipel.
Thor Odinson is out in space fighting aliens & losing. Why? Flashback to 3 months ago where he is fighting trolls on the moon when a being calling itself the Unseen appears. It tells him there is another hammer out there...back in Asgard. Back to the present...when Thor arrives he finds Old Asgard gone & Beta Ray Bill there. BRB is investigating Asgard's disappearance. He offers Thor his hammer...
Story: I have no idea why Odinson is longer Thor & his left arm has been replaced with an artificial arm. I do know Jane Foster is the new Thor but I have not followed that storyline. It baffles me that Marvel has their successful Avengers movies & yet if someone goes into a LCS they find the characters have been replaced by Sam, Jane, Riri & Amadeus? This is a way to get new readers? Or keep long time readers? Sorry end of rant.
Back to this comic. I am a little confused but overall it really doesn't matter. Aaron launches right into this story of Odinson getting a hammer again & propels us forward. There is a lot of action & a small reveal & further questions.
Art: It is fantastic. I LOVED Coipel's run with JMS on Thor. His style is perfect for Thor.
I think I will like this 5 issue miniseries. I definitely will like it if it leads to an ongoing title starring Thor Odinson with a hammer & the answer to why he lost his worthiness revealed.
Score: 8/10. (3 for story/5 for art). Only Marvel title I bought this week. I read the first nine issues of Aaron's "God Butcher" story-line and was surprised by how much I disliked it. Like many modern Marvel books, I adored the art, but the villain and his motivations, not to mention the seeming disregard for established continuity (Elder gods, etc), took me out of the story. What was with that city of gods that came out of nowhere? I get that it was an attempt to introduce something new, but that was just too much too fast and seemed out of place. The writing was very generic with none of the charming pomp of old Thor dialog, which I also disliked. It made no sense to me that the godly weapon Gorr found would make him powerful enough to seemingly take out Odin and Zeus level deities with ease. Absurd story bolstered by fantastic art by Ribic. I loved the parliament of gods, the god city and the run in general especially the use of multiple time lines. Probably my favorite run on Thor since the 80's |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Nov 8, 2016 1:34:54 GMT -5
I did enjoy the Viking era scenes and the use of multiple time-lines, but the main plot and villain took me right out of the story. I think the crux, again, is that his motivation and drive seemed over-inflated given what he was attempting to accomplish. I still can't understand why the weapon he found from that dead god allowed him to do what he did. Where did that god come from? What made his weapon so special and deadly? It's my understanding that none of this was ever explained beyond that origin story. I might give it another try down the road since I love looking at that art.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Nov 8, 2016 20:43:31 GMT -5
I like continuity, but I've never truly understood the kind of desire for continuity over fun stories. I've never understood the idea that villain x was bad because he was too powerful and made characters w,y and z look bad because of that. The fact that X was so powerful doesn't diminish my enjoyment of w,y and z's past adventures and the fact that x's plan or crisis is bigger than what came before has never bothered me either so long as the journey caused by it is interesting. And for my tastes Aaron did that, he had a journey he wanted to take Thor on and it was fun to see unfold. Could he have done it with Loki and used some previously mentioned element from say Walt Simonson's or Lee and Kirby's runs? Sure, and it probably still would have been a fun ride for Thor but by using all new characters and elements it makes the end game a little less predictable because unlike with characters like Loki the pieces don't have to all go back to the same way they were at the start.
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 26, 2016 17:39:21 GMT -5
Champions #2 The newly formed team goes on a camping trip to get to know each other and plan for the future... while an unknown someone lurks in the woods. Not much action, but some good character stuff and team dynamic-building stuff. I'm not loving Ramos' version of Ms. Marvel, but the rest of his art works ok, even if he's not my favorite. I definitely might have to check out that Vision series.. I didn't think it would do much for me, but Vivian seems pretty cool. Plot: 4/5 Art: 3/5  |
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