By the Bristling Beard of Odin! The Thor Thread - Part 1

[Vartha]

Well all things Asgardian are discussed here. lol There are an ocassional golden Age Thor threads, but that's not marvel's character.

 

[Panthro]

So let me see if I've got this right: Tanarus is actually Ullik (or Ulik or whatever) and he's taken advantage of some weird time loop thing to erase everyone's memories of Thor, the real God of Thunder, and inserted himself in Thor's place in the memories of those around him?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Basically. Only it wasn't Ulik who actually did it, it was Karnilla. Neither Ulik nor Geirrodur has the kind of magic mojo necessary for such a huge spell.

What would really impress me is if Karnilla's involvement is due to Balder's death. Unlike Thor or even Tyr, Balder died and that was basically it. We haven't heard anyone say a word about him or seen him in Hel or anything. It'd be cool if Karnilla were like, "The love of my life died and none of his so-called friends and family ever batted an eyelash? Well, let's see how you like your golden child dying and being totally forgotten!" Crazy girlfriend revenge and all.

Yep. It's tolerable. I do find it a little hard to get excited over yet another retelling of Thor's origin featuring more 'youth of' details (though he's at least mildly amusing as a snarky teen) so I'm not inclined to get up and dance around the room over it, but what the heck. The artwork's OK--busy and melodramatic, sometimes near to caricature--which goes with a busy and melodramatic storyline that's also fairly loosely strung because it's trying to cover years' worth of ground and hasn't much choice but to sample lightly and keep moving. And on sitting back to look...I am really, really liking that Marko Djurdjevic cover.

Saw Ultimates 4 as well...not quite sure what to make of the situation that's been set up there, but I do love the look on Captain Britain's face, when his Thor starts talking to people he can't see.

Yeah, I kind of feel like I'd just recommend Son of Asgard and Ages of Thunder and people would get the same content but in a much richer, more engaging package than that one-shot. Ironically, it's probably my least favorite of the Avengers Origins one-shots. The rest of them were pretty spot-on. Then again, I guess I might be more critical of any presentation of Thor's origin, as opposed to the Scarlet Witch's or Ant-Man's.

 

[Vartha]

Yup, Thor's actually still alive in the dead zone Panthro lol
Loki knows Tanarus isn't who he's supposed to be. Must be the frost giant in Loki that sense it. lol

 

[Panthro]

And my desire to read modern Marvel drops another few points (though I hear Mark Waid's current on Daredevil is good so I'll pick up those trades when they come out).

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Really? That's kind of an awesome plot for a Thor story...

Yup, Thor's actually still alive in the dead zone Panthro lol
Loki knows Tanarus isn't who he's supposed to be. Must be the frost giant in Loki that sense it. lol

I'd guess it's Loki's own magic mojo. He learned a lot of it from Karnilla, so maybe he's less susceptible to her spells or something.

 

[Panthro]

I'm kind of disillusioned with Marvel comics in general right now. The film adaptations (Iron Man, Thor, Cap) are more fun than most of the books the company's been putting out. This just feels like another slap in the face.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

The film adaptations are condensing the best parts of the characters' most iconic runs into 2-hour bursts. The comics have been telling stories with the characters for decades now and have to keep telling inventive new stories with them for decades more. There's bound to be ups and downs--sometimes in the same issue, as is often the case with Fraction's Thor comics.

 

[Splat]

I'm really looking forward to this new arc, especially since Fraction is using characters that haven't been used since JMS brought everyone back.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I find it intriguing, but I'm like 99% certain Fraction will find some way to disappoint me with it. He hasn't failed in his run so far.

 

[Gamma Burst]

It's intriguing. Hopefully Fraction will deliver this time.

 

[Splat]

Journey into Mystery #632 preview

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=10720

 

[Drz]

Is there any reason why Dan Jurgens Thor run isn't in Omnibus format? Could it be their saving for Thor 2 movie?

 

[plushbug]

*sigh* I'm just hoping to hear, someday, that the comics' Thor will have made it back to any world I care about, as anyone I care to know. It was definitely weird to end up feeling as sorry as I did for Fraction's current edition when he got killed off...but as he comes off as more of a regressed mook the longer I look at what I've seen of him

Spoiler

and trust me, you would not BELIEVE how saying that makes me want to run out and apologize to every mookish kid I've ever known, because I immediately feel like honestly, none of the real ones I've ever known were even imaginable as this bad...

I still can't say I like him, or feel any more inclination to follow his adventures, than those of any previous imposter.

I do hope for the sake of everyone still caught up following this mess, that Fraction manages to get his act together with this current arc, and at least stop blowing out his more interesting beginning-of-arc ideas with dubious middle-through-end-of-arc sloppiness, but based on what I've seen from the past year's worth of material, not optimistic. Still open for alternative views as they come along (this latest one-shot origin, Rodi's, Ultimates), but as far as 616 is concerned, expect to make do with JIM and back issues until further notice.

In the meantime, we last saw Balder in the JIM issue where Loki went to Limbo to bargain with Surtur for the shadow of his sword. Their stories didn't overlap, but we were shown Balder with a party of other dead Aesir, out patrolling the badlands each day, looking to kill off the lesser demons that Surtur was using as a food source, and reckoning it was a better afterlife than he deserved. Now that Surtur's made it home to Muspelheim, hard to say what he'll be doing.

 

[Vartha]

Really? That's kind of an awesome plot for a Thor story...


I'd guess it's Loki's own magic mojo. He learned a lot of it from Karnilla, so maybe he's less susceptible to her spells or something.

I can see that too, makes more sense really lol





Since I can't do all of Asgard at once, I started doing the different building starting with Heimdal's Observitory

 

[Red]

Awesome.

 

[Texas]

Is there any reason why Dan Jurgens Thor run isn't in Omnibus format? Could it be their saving for Thor 2 movie?

Well, other than Marvel just reprinted his run in TP , uh no t:

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Good work, Vartha. I love the movie's version of Heimdall's observatory. I wouldn't mind seeing it make the jump to comics if and when Asgard is ever properly rebuilt.

Journey into Mystery #632 preview

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=10720

Heh, I love Ikol and Loki's recap at the beginning. "All will end in doom." "That's the spirit!"

 

[Vartha]

Journey into Mystery #632 preview

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=10720

hahaha Volstagg dressed as Santa Claus! That's going to bad lol

 

[Vartha]

Good work, Vartha. I love the movie's version of Heimdall's observatory. I wouldn't mind seeing it make the jump to comics if and when Asgard is ever properly rebuilt.


Heh, I love Ikol and Loki's recap at the beginning. "All will end in doom." "That's the spirit!"

Yeah I loved the whole idea of Heimdal's Observatory in the film over just standing at the end of Bifrost. lol
The "wheels" inside are prooving to be a challenge. Even being a repeating pattern in each quatered section, the placements are a pain. lol

 

[plushbug]

Hey, Vartha, that's neat! What are you creating this with?

 

[Vartha]

Using Google Sketch up. It's the only program that's both FREE with no Trial to worry about and very user friendly.
Basically if you enjoy building plastic models you'd enjoy Google Sketchup

Here's the inner workings so far.

 

[cthulhu]

Why dont you try Blender for this? Its free and some of the results are pretty impressive...

 

[plushbug]

Using Google Sketch up. It's the only program that's both FREE with no Trial to worry about and very user friendly.
Basically if you enjoy building plastic models you'd enjoy Google Sketchup

Here's the inner workings so far.

Ahh, yes, I've heard of this one from a friend who got into using it to design an earthship house, and really liked it. Neat!

 

[Splat]

Just read JiM #632 and KG continues to nail it. There are so many funny parts in this issue. If you've been on the fence about picking up the book this is a great jumping on point.