quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004: I read that Thor will be dealing with the registration act in a way that hasn't been done yet. I'm going to guess "diplomatic immunity"
Didn't Black Panther & Storm pull that one?
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I will probably buy this initially, because I have a soft spot for the ol' thunder god. The only time I read it regularly was Simonson, and damn, that was good. I had read the Norse myths extensively as a kid, and Simonson really managed to blend those into the Marvel Universe. But, the reason for the soft spot is the occasional Thor issue/reprint I would pick up as a little kid. Thor was just so out there, so cosmic and bombastic! "Prepare yourselves for...the unimaginable!" kind of stuff. I think in "Origins of Marvel," they reprinted a story where Thor dropped into a soda shop for a drink and gave the kids a hallucinogenic tour of Asgard. It was amazing! That sense of wonder, somehow anchored in human emotions, was what Thor at its best delivered. My fear is JMS will turn all of that on its head in an effort to be innovative and ironic. We'll see. The comedy of manners comment itself doesn't terrify me too much since that culture clash was always part of Thor. I'm more concerned there won't be enough All-Out Cosmic Action!
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004: I read that Thor will be dealing with the registration act in a way that hasn't been done yet. I'm going to guess "diplomatic immunity"
Didn't Black Panther & Storm pull that one?
That would make sense. I was actually wondering about that when I made my guess, but I don't know for sure whether they did or not.
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I'm just not happy Donald Blake is returning. I'm not JMS' biggest fan either. But I'm a big Thor fan as well as Olivier so I will check it out.
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Verily, lovely Amora, thee art most likely correct! And yet, waste it I shall, perchance to see the adroit Olivier render thy toothsome form once again 'pon the comics page! Forsooth!
<OK, we really need a Stan Lee/Shakespearian English thread, and now!>
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For me, Thor pretty much begins and ends with Walt Simonson's run. He captured so perfectly what I felt the character should be like and no one has really managed to match it since. His story was so epic that anything else seems petty by comparison. These are gods we're talking about here. They should be larger than life. Somehow, grounding them anywhere on earth diminishes them to the point of irrelevance. I won't be reading this run.
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I read # 1 and was pleasantly surprised. It contains a positive message about Thor wanting to come back from "the void" and an innovative way of reintroducing Blake.
We are introduced to precisely one Oklahoman in this issue, and her personality and dialogue seem fairly authentic for a middle-aged, middle class Midwesterner. I don't know how important she is going to be in the story, but JMS spent a lot of time introducing her.
I don't follow comics news, so I had no idea who was relaunching the title. I didn't even pay attention to the credits until the end of the story, so I was surprised to see Coipel's name. He's come along way since his Legion work. His Thor work looks majestic, as it should.
My only complaint is that Thor appears too young, almost like he's 18. Granted that the guy's immortal, but I prefer him as a contemporary of Iron Man and Cap.
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Yes, I picked it up. I'm not much of a Thor fan, so got it mainly to check in on Coipel. I miss him on the Legion and enjoyed his Avengers work. The story itself seemed kind of light, but the Oklahoma angle is unique. I actually liked Coipel's Blake more than I did his Thor. My favorite image was Blake walking along the Oklahoma highway with the rolling fields toward the end.
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quote:Originally posted by Jerry: I actually liked Coipel's Blake more than I did his Thor.
I agree. Blake is more interesting here than he's ever been, in my opinion.
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Haven't picked it up yet, but will. HWW, your review makes me happy, I hope I'll be pleasantly surprised and like what I find here too.
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Big Thor fan as well. I have picked it up. Not a Donald Blake fan. I just hate when writers bring back silver age alter-egos, supporting characters, etc. Don Blake can burn in comic book limbo along Pepper Potts as far as I'm concerned.
Not the biggest fan of JMS. I admit the first issue was pretty good despite JMS and Blake.
I'm just not that excited about Thor anymore. Was hoping for something more creative than Donald Blake.
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I always thought that Thor lost something important when he lost Donald Blake. There's a Christ motif involved when a god takes takes on human form, but Thor had an extra understanding of human frailty, since Blake was crippled.
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