Lycaon Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Why? Is Thor back now? Not yet...but he's comin'. And, he's here.
Lycaon Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 Hey, Straczynski's doing this series? I need to read more of it.
Lycaon Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 The third issue had an encounter with Iron Man that was... satisfying.
The NZA Posted October 7, 2007 Posted October 7, 2007 To say the least. if i wasnt on board the book before (ive enjoyed thor's book from simonson and jurgens in the past, and copiel's art isnt bad), i sure the hell am now. that was just what id been hoping for from every stark encounter since the war.
Da Cap'n Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Straczynski is a fuckin' genius! Really he is! He's made me care about a character that I would of never before. Marvel needs to give this guy anything he wants to keep him around till he drops dead. Then hire his corpse to write after he's gone. Spidey One More Day aside. this guy is gold!
Logan_Snikt!! Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 Thor is one of those characters that i never really understood or cared for as a kid. but in the last couple years, i have been really getting into his character. but i would love to see a match against sentry and thor.... who would win.... maybe sentry
Jables Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 Straczynski is a fuckin' genius! Really he is! He's made me care about a character that I would of never before. Marvel needs to give this guy anything he wants to keep him around till he drops dead. Then hire his corpse to write after he's gone. Spidey One More Day aside. this guy is gold! Hey he also did The Other though. I read the Wiki overview of it and it just seemed fucking ludicrous. The Vitruvian Spiderman's a helluvan image though.
The NZA Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 oh christ, please dont get him started on the other... Couple issues behind on this, but i like how Thor handled Stark, though possibly not as much as Ly does. Its the most fun the book's had since uh, Jurgens wrote "Dark Gods" years back? and i read some of Simonson's "Ragnarök" arc as a kid, still gotta finish it one day...i recall being surprised then by horse-faced Beta Ray Bill coming off as cool as he did at times.
Jables Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 Off-topic and all apologies, but I highly recommend you check out Oeming's Stormbreaker. Beta Ray Bill Vs Galactus can be cooler than you think. PS-- it was largely due to Stormbreaker that Thor in the Beta Ray skin was a staple of my Ultimate Alliance roster.
The NZA Posted January 14, 2008 Posted January 14, 2008 nah, ive totally meant to, one of the many series ive sat on for a while. Oeming seemed like a good match, and i heard nothing bout good about it.
Lycaon Posted April 27, 2008 Author Posted April 27, 2008 oh christ, please dont get him started on the other... Couple issues behind on this, but i like how Thor handled Stark, though possibly not as much as Ly does. Its the most fun the book's had since uh, Jurgens wrote "Dark Gods" years back? and i read some of Simonson's "Ragnarök" arc as a kid, still gotta finish it one day...i recall being surprised then by horse-faced Beta Ray Bill coming off as cool as he did at times. You caught up yet? This is good.
The NZA Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 yeah, just got caught up today after panch swore this week's issue was like the book of the week - this is definitely more fun than Thor's been since , well, even Jurgens' "Dark Gods" run. the characterization is great; thor's way more approachable when not stuck talking old english, and the stuff with Odin helped shape things too. They even did the chest-thumping 300-ish moment and it worked for me, which is something the book's failed at many times in the past. Definitely a great book these days, and benefits (so far) from being seemingly disconnected from much of the Marvel U.
The NZA Posted October 4, 2009 Posted October 4, 2009 anyone see the solicits? # 603 (was this week) says "one more issue with JMS at the helm"...WTF, marvel. he needs to stay there at least half as long as he did AMS.
The NZA Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 ok, so the giant-sized finale was great, and JMS is gonna be missed for sure, but...so far? Marvel looks to've pulled another seamless transition from one creative team to the next. The art's not as good, but by no means bad - and writing-wise...well, just look at next month's cover. I can't wait.
Iambaytor Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 I have thoroughly enjoyed this series, but I feel like JMS hasn't really been up to par here. It's been an enjoyable read, but by the same token in 15 or so issues not a whole lot happened. I mean big things happened to the Asgardians but other than Loki being a slippery fucker as usual it felt like a companion piece to another book. And the Finale built up to 2 seperate cliffhangers. I just feel like this could've been more.
The NZA Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 when you think about JMS running - charming as it was - it was a fairly quiet story, just Asgard on earth and Thor reviving the norse gods, mostly. The Loki getting him to kill his grandad and banished from the kingdom/Dark Reign stuff since then (moving to Latvia, helping Doom etc) has all kinda been setup for The Siege, if you read The Cabal one shot anyway. so i see what you're saying but across the board, its all been fairly quiet anyway, more facetime with Bill than i expected but i ended up liking him.
Iambaytor Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Yeah, JMS did an excellent job I just feel like he didn't get a chance to run his course, this was just act 1 and I'll always wonder what acts 2 and 3 could have been with him in the lead.
The NZA Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 yeah, i get ya - i was kinda hoping he'd stay around this book or Strange for a while, its obvious its where he's wanted to be for at least a few years now. kinda wonder where he's off to next. then again, we might be saving ourselves from some awkward moments by year 3 when Thor's revealed to be actually descended from some totem spider-god and its revealed that Loki impregnated Sif with degenerating thor-clone twins in the future.
Iambaytor Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Hey the rape twins and spider-totems don't seem so bad after One More Day, now do they?
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