The (Insert Synonym for "Official" Here) Thor Thread

[Johnny Blaze]

Ok, thanks for clearing that up for me Corpy.

Was he the same one who destroyed the Dark Gods in the Death of Odin TPB?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Uh ... I don't know, what issues was that in?

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Nevermind. I just gazed through the TPB, and it was indeed Desak. He didn't kill them though...they escaped.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Ok, you had me worried there. I was sure I remembered King Thor kicking Perrikus' ass a few issues after he "killed" Desak in #50.

 

[slipalong]

Damn. I'm so out of touch. I haven't read Thor since Kevin MAsterson was Thor and the big mystery was the secret identity of Bloodaxe!!

After that, I only ever picked up Thunderstrike...

WHO THE HELL WAS BLOODAXE ANYWAY???

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Jackie Lukas, according to http://users.ev1.net/~peanut/

 

[slipalong]

Can't read sod all on the website but thanks for that Corpy!!

I'll have to dig out my comics from the attic to have a look at the character.

Wasn't she a fellow architect and possible love interest for Kevin Masterson??

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I think she was. My Thor collection's kind of lacking in the Masterson years. That's actually the next part I was gonna hunt down after the Simonson stuff.

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Originally posted by TheCorpulent1
Ok, you had me worried there. I was sure I remembered King Thor kicking Perrikus' ass a few issues after he "killed" Desak in #50.

You probably remembered right...I gotta go hunt down the Lord of Asgard trade now...eBay here I come...

 

[JINoside]

Go here, and Click on the link to the Dan Jurgens Interview. It just finished....

http://www.comicboards.com/thor/

 

[TheCorpulent1]

RC: Maybe you should take this time to get back in good with all of the Thor fans you ticked off with your take on Superman and Thor’s powers? Superman vs. the Odin-Powered Thor . . . who wins?

DAN JURGENS: The Odin-powered Thor.

RC: By a big margin?

DAN JURGENS: Yeah.

Woohoo!

Nice interview but it's more a commentary on the state of the business than anything about Thor or the other projects he's working on.

Oddly enough, Jurgens also has the same favorite Marvel hero and villain I do: Spider-Man and Dr. Doom.

 

[Razorbat]

Take That, Supes! Shame we'll likely never see it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I know. I wish Marvel and DC could work this kind of thing out more often. It doesn't even have to be a big event to explain why they cross over. Just a simple story where the two characters run into each other, same as any other cameo.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Thor #76 preview:

Good GOD I can't wait for this issue!! I love so much about these 4 pages. The text on Thor's hammer finally being in a font that makes some damn sense, the way those pages mimic Don Blake's discovery of Thor's hammer in Journey Into Mystery #83 ... it's all so perfect! AAAAAAH, NEXT WEEK NEEDS TO GET HERE!!!

 

[Johnny Blaze]

Lookin' good. I hope to see Magni lay the smacketh down on Loki and his Mom.

 

[LobokDaikon]

I just started reading Thor a couple of days ago, with v2. I'm on issue 15 or so now, it's been pretty sweet. I thought that Thor's speech would get annoying, but instead I really enjoy it now. Jurgens and especially JRjr kick so much ass. Hopefully I'll catch up to the new issues soon so I can stay current with the rest of you. I'm going to be starting on Iron Man v2 really soon as well.

Question about Thor, though. How exactly (if there is an 'exactly') does Thor fly with Mjolnir? Does he throw it and then instanteously catch it again? Or does he never let go, and the spinning is simply a wind-up? Also, can he change his trajectory or is his flightpath essentially just a huge jump? I know he can hover, as he's done so by spinning Mjolnir beside him, though that doesn't make sense going by how I think his hammer-flying works.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Supposedly he puts his wrist in the leather thong at the end of Mjolnir's hilt, spins it, throws it, and then catches the thong before it slips off his wrist. However, he flies with Mjolnir exactly as if he's flying through his own means (a la Superman or Vision) rather than Mjolnir propelling him, so I've just decided to assume that Mjolnir has some kind of anti-gravitational power in it. Beyond that I think it's just chalked up to suspension of disbelief.

With the Odinpower, though, Thor is able to fly on his own. I think I remember seeing Magni flying unaided in an earlier issue too.

 

[LobokDaikon]

Ok, cool, thanks. I'm fine with a little suspension of disbelief, but I just didn't know what was really going on.

 

[Mr. Fear]

bump

 

[Docker2.0]

Crap! Didn't know there was an official Thor thread. I'll close the one I opened up.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

In response to your question in your other thread, I love Thor bunches. Jurgens is rocking with the future Thor stuff. Magni's an awesome character. Loki's the best he's been in years.

I've got mixed feelings about the revamp to coincide with Avengers. I do miss seeing Thor on the Avengers and in regular continuity but the future Thor stuff is really, really good right now. Jurgens' run since the death of Odin has been on par with some Walt Simonson's greatest stories but, on the other hand, Oeming has a deep affinity for Norse mythology, which gives me some hope that he may not totally botch Thor. At this point I'm just constantly trying to remind myself that people say change is good. Some people do.

 

[ThorFan]

Joe Quesada announced that the new writer on Thor will be Michael Avon Oeming, and on Captain America, the writing chores will be handled by Robert Kirkman. Both titles will tie into the "Avengers Dissasemble" storyline. Scott Eaton will pencil Captain America and Andrea DiVito will pencil Thor titles.On his Image Message Board Kirkman commented

"Scot Eaton is on interiors, he's doing Thor right now... I know his Cap will be great. I just had a nice phone conversation with the guy and we are totally on the same page with what we want to do here.

You guys should enjoy it."

and on Bendis' Board, Oeming commented

"Thanks guys. I guess thanks to Brian panel in LA its official now Six issues, and its a self contained story, so if you never read Thor before, you can pick this up and not feel like your trying to catch up in the middle of something."

 

[ThorFan]

Oh yeah >

After the upcoming writers on Captain America, Thor and Iron Man tie up their arcs, the titles will start again with a new #1

 

[Mr. Fear]

I hate when they change volumes, it was ok when they went from Heroes Reborn to Buesik's era, but now it's just really annoying.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, that's Thor's son Magni. He's the god of strength, and is supposedly strength embodied, so he'd probably be even stronger than Thor. Which is... y'know... really, really strong.