The Ultimate Thor StoryThor is a superhero, of course, a member of the Avengers. He is also more than a superhero, though: He is a god. For starters, he has lived much longer than any other superhero: “There are thousands of years worth of memories rattling around inside my head.” As a result, his priorities and values and attitudes and language differ from those of, say, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Thor has a completely different perspective on life: “For a god, the lives of mortals

As a kid, I made mine Marvel. As I grew up, however, Marvel comics held less and less attraction for me. Maybe it was the fact that I was used to the gritty old '70s versions of all the favorites and the '80s brought in a bit of a more "slick" aesthetic. There were also some very cool indy comics coming out at that time that took a bit of my gritty enthusiasm away. Of course, other interests took over, as well (most notably D&D and other tabletop role-playing games . . . oh, and girls). In time,...

Im not 100% sure how I feel about this one. Good not great. Maybe the feeling will improve by the end of this arc.

Too much frakking fun. I can't wipe this twelve year old smile off my face.

I honestly only watched the first Thor movie last year, four years after its release in 2010. Like I said, not a Marvel fan in general, but I got to admit that of all the movies Marvel Studios have released so far, the first Thor film is my most favorite next to the first Iron Man. Admittedly, I love mythology stories which was why I stumbled upon this 2013 title, God of Thunder rather easily (also, it's written by Jason Aaron who is writing Wolverine and the X-Men which is a part of my comic di...

I've had a contentious relationship with Marvel and DC superheroes, but despite the massive amounts of money attached to these 'properties' and 'franchises', superhero comics are still being made that don't feel like spineless, compromised, manipulative piles of shit. This isn't news to plenty of comics fans who have learned to spot the gems amongst the offal, but I dismissed them all as being not worth the effort -- especially given the still growing percentage of alternative and underground bo...

Three Thors? Triple your pleasure, triple your fun! This is my first comic book foray into the world of Thor, so I have no allegiances to previous incarnations or storylines. Despite my love of mythology, I have actively avoided Thor because a) he can look seriously ridiculous in that winged helmet (I'm thinking more of the 60's and 70's incarnations here) and b) I'm not a fan of Thor-on-Earth (or Midgard) stories. For these reasons, Thor: God of Thunder is a good fit for me. The artwork by Esad...

Thor has always been my favorite character because of his nobility and power. The new monthly, Thor: God of Thunder by the creative duo of Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic is one of my two eagerly anticipated titles of the Marvel NOW relaunches. The first, Uncanny Avengers, experienced some shipping delays but Thor so far has not disappoint.I really like the direction that Aaron is taking Thor by focusing on the character. Without the classic supporting cast cluttering the panels, it brings the focus

Come back, Jason Aaron, all is forgiven!Okay, your crappy run on the Hulk is almost forgiven.Ooo Wee! It’s a Thor book that’s more than just a volume only a momma can love.There’s a God Butcher out there and he’s, um, butchering gods and talking a lot of smack as well.God of War. Dead.Goddess of Erotica. Dead. *sob*God of Non-linear Equations. Very Dead.It seems that Thor has run into this butcher in his past, present and future.In the past, Thor hangs out with his Viking homies – pillagin’, loo...

This is the best thing that I've read out of Marvel Now yet. Aaron's take on Thor has the character as an actual god, full stop. The kind that answers prayers in person. And despite the lack of his regular Asgardian cast, he's still surrounded by gods and the trappings of godhood. The story takes place across three periods of Thor's life: as a young, brash god not yet worthy of Mjolnir, as the heroic god who's also an Avenger, and as an older, wiser, sadder god. And he's a fascinating character

I have been wanting to try and read comics for a long time, but the comic world (and all the companies, their universes, and the numerous story lines for the same characters) is so complex and overwhelming that I have just never started.Some of my friends at work have been trying to get me on board for a long time now, and they finally decided to just shove a physical copy in my hands...they know I love Thor, so they decided to start with this one...not sure why. Anyway, I...finished it. And I m...

This is an impressive Marvel comic. Both the art and the story are a notch above most. The story is epic, spanning 14 billion years and a bit more central to Thor's own timeline as a young godling, a mature heroic Thor, and a much, much older old man Thor. In other words, it's ambitious as hell.And really gelling everything together is an enemy, Gor the God Butcher, that is prolifically successful and nastily effective across all worlds in the realm, taking out all gods. It may be a simple premi...

The Gods of Indigarr are dead and all signs point to Gorr, the God-Butcher, a being Thor knows all too well. Can the Thunder god defeat the God-Butcher once and for all?Most of the Thor comics I've read over the years were pretty forgettable unless Walter Simonson was involved. The God Butcher was an eye-catching title so I decided to give this a shot and I'm very glad I did.The God Butcher tells the tale of Gorr, the Butcher of Gods, and his conflicts with Thor over the years. Aaron weaves a ta...

Tade Thompson (of Rosewater fame) told me this was one of the best stories in comics and he was absolutely right. Consider me stunned. Be warned, however, this is part one of two (I think, though there's 18 issues in this authors' run with 11 contained in the first two volumes) and you WILL need to know what happens next.

Jason Aaron + Thor = Sure Thing, right? Well... no. Jason Aaron is definitely one of my favourite comics writers due to penning the superb Scalped and the ongoing Marvel series Wolverine and the X-Men, but his more recent stuff like Thanos Rising and this Thor series have felt really lacking in the quality he usually brings to his projects. Maybe he's stretched, or just uninspired, but I didn't enjoy this very poor effort.Aaron shows Thor at three different points in his long life - as a young m...

I heard a lot of hype for this run and believed it. I've invested a lot of pleasure reading in Jason Aaron and been rarely disappointed, so I was pretty psyched to finally dive in (once enough of the run was available on Marvel Unlimited to mean that I could devour a few trades' worth to really remember the subtle callbacks from book to book, forgetful bastard that I am).And I am not disappointed. Less of the courtly politics, less of the navel gazing "why do I exist", more of the mortal threats...

In a conversation I had about The God Butcher yesterday, the question of "what makes a God a god" came up. Worship, tradition, and ritual -- it was decided -- make a God, and unless there is some fantastical higher being out there, it is our agency and belief that breathe life into our Gods, so if that is true, the Norse God of Thunder is one of the most revered Gods in our now. Then we started talking about how Gorr the God Butcher wants to kill the Gods, all the Gods, a sort of Nietzschean Übe...

I read this already as part of the volume that contained Vol 1-2, the whole of the God Butcher Saga.This just showed up in my library hold shelf, so why not?A blast, great art by Esad Ribic. I also enjoyed Jason Aaron on Thor...not as much humour as usual, but there are still a few comments here and there to keep this from being a total "grit fest".If you want to know more, read my review of the combined Thor.Well worth reading...now if I could only get my hands on Vol 4...

Sometimes it is hard being a God. Harder, even, to write for one. What do I mean? I mean Thor, as the Norse God of Thunder, is a very powerful being. Sometimes the villains he fights in the comics just do not do him justice as a God. That is not a problem in this epic tale by Jason Aaron.Beautifully illustrated and superbly written- this epic tale takes place over the course of countless millennia and involves Gorr, the God Butcher and three Thors (Viking pre-mjolnir-weilding Thor ca. 980's; Ave...

I loved this. A creature like God is butchering gods of all types ( hence the title). The action is relentless, the characters well thought out, and the artwork by Ribic is ridiculously good. Some of the detail in work blows my mind. Some of the plotting when it jumps around can get a little confusing, however this was ana amazing start to this run. Cant wait for the next.