The Official Thor thread

[Xofenroht]

Or Banner will exert control, and asked to be killed.




See, that would suck, and ruin the entire comic for me. Thus, I choose bias, and claim that's not so.

Choose what you want, but it's written right there on the page not to mention they said Gaiman added some input and that's definitely the theme in "American Gods".

 

[Havok83]

good first issue and I dont even like Thor. So glad to see Copiel get a regular gig, bc his art is amazing

 

[The observer]

I kinda like this thread more . The first issue was pretty kick ass i thought. I also liked the "With Faith Comes Strength" spin they are putting onto Thor. And I really liked how they made him come back in such an out of the way place. It gives Thor/Donald Blake alot more room for creation and imagination. I mean if it took place in New York...what could you really do?

the writer decided oaklahoma because people in mythology run into their gods in abandon places, alone, than in the most crowded place possible

 

[Mr. Green]

I think JMS' wording is open to interpretation. The way I read it, he was implying that either the gods draw power from the belief of humans or the gods themselves were reborn in human bodies after Ragnarok, much the way Don Blake returned right after Ragnarok. Or, I guess, maybe both.

That's how I read it and I instantly thought of the whole, "Lost Gods" thing that Ellis and Deodato did in the 90s where Odin, Red Norvell, and a whole bunch of other Asgardians were scattered across the Earth in human form.

That kind of dissapoints me because it's been done before and in Thor: Dissassembled it seemed like Oeming was aiming for an outcome that was NOT repetetive.

Man, Oeming would be SO MUCH BETTER on this title than JMS.

 

[Spade]

I never really liked the Lost Gods concept back when I first got into reading Thor, but this issue looks like it might be worth a read based on the positive reviews.

 

[Kitsune]

I never really liked the Lost Gods concept back when I first got into reading Thor, but this issue looks like it might be worth a read based on the positive reviews.

It's a good start... I'm waiting to see where they take it, but I have hopes for the series.

 

[Calavera]

i loved it

 

[TheCorpulent1]

2) The speaker in Thor #1 was simply saying that gods/deities are simply ideas formed in the heads of people, from their imagination, rather than that people were created by gods/deities. Because Thor is an idea-based entity, he must live on as long as there are those who need him. Gods/deities were created in our imaginations out of the need to believe in a higher power. That's exactly what the speaker is saying, it's not a new concept at all, just one that's sort of new to Marvel. It's not about "faith based powers" either so much as it is about "faith based existence".

I got that, and it's a fine idea for a lot of mythological stories. I just think it's terrible for Thor. It does fit JMS' tendency to re-imagine characters in new ways, though. Hopefully Thor's re-imagining will wind up being as utterly inconsequential as Spider-Man's was. I wouldn't really have to care about Thor being little more than humans' insecurities given life in that case.

That's how I read it and I instantly thought of the whole, "Lost Gods" thing that Ellis and Deodato did in the 90s where Odin, Red Norvell, and a whole bunch of other Asgardians were scattered across the Earth in human form.

That kind of dissapoints me because it's been done before and in Thor: Dissassembled it seemed like Oeming was aiming for an outcome that was NOT repetetive.

Man, Oeming would be SO MUCH BETTER on this title than JMS.

I didn't particularly like it back then, either, but the way I read Thor #1, this seems like it could be different. When Ellis put the gods in human form, he kept them in human form, even after they remembered who they were. JMS seems to be implying here that the gods may be stuck in human form and not remember who they are, like Thor when he was stuck as Don Blake. So long as they return to their fully divine forms after Thor finds them, I'm cool with it.

 

[Kitsune]

i loved it

It was much better than cats... I will read it again and again.

 

[PhotoJones]

Choose what you want, but it's written right there on the page not to mention they said Gaiman added some input and that's definitely the theme in "American Gods".

Gaiman's work outside of Marvel has always been good, if not great not. But, I've never liked his Marvel work. His ideas and stories just don't work for me in that setting.

 

[Elijya]

Has he ever done anything for Marvel other than 1602 and Eternals? I thought those were both pretty good. Not great, but definitely not bad.

 

[Themanofbat]

I bought Thor #1 today... first time I bought a Thor comic for the sole purpose of it being simply a Thor comic.

I admit that I like the idea of seeing Donald Blake again...

I did it for you Corpy...

 

[LouFerignoDemon]

Has he ever done anything for Marvel other than 1602 and Eternals? I thought those were both pretty good. Not great, but definitely not bad.

Eternals felt like it puttered out in the end, as well as 1602.

Like, the build up was decent, and the ideas were there, and then...it ended short it felt.

 

[Vartha]

Well I thought it was a good start too. Still think this 1st issue should have been double sized just to get most of the "catch up" info out of the way.
As for the gods needing mortals thing, I think it's both Motals needing the gods and Gods needing mortals. I really don't think it's a one way street.
I don't think the 60 second rule will return, there's no reason for it.
I'm hoping that the Serch for the Asgardians won't be turned into God pack idea, rather a search for the Artifacts of Asgard. You have to figure, If Thor is Asgard, then more than likely each Asgardian has some Artifact that they could be conected to as well. Like maybe Sif's Sword would hold Sif, for an example. Every Asgardian seemed to have a weapon of Choice, so why not use that idea.

 

[3dman27]

Well I thought it was a good start too. Still think this 1st issue should have been double sized just to get most of the "catch up" info out of the way.
As for the gods needing mortals thing, I think it's both Motals needing the gods and Gods needing mortals. I really don't think it's a one way street.
I don't think the 60 second rule will return, there's no reason for it.
I'm hoping that the Serch for the Asgardians won't be turned into God pack idea, rather a search for the Artifacts of Asgard. You have to figure, If Thor is Asgard, then more than likely each Asgardian has some Artifact that they could be conected to as well. Like maybe Sif's Sword would hold Sif, for an example. Every Asgardian seemed to have a weapon of Choice, so why not use that idea.

that makes sense to me

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Well I thought it was a good start too. Still think this 1st issue should have been double sized just to get most of the "catch up" info out of the way.
As for the gods needing mortals thing, I think it's both Motals needing the gods and Gods needing mortals. I really don't think it's a one way street.
I don't think the 60 second rule will return, there's no reason for it.
I'm hoping that the Serch for the Asgardians won't be turned into God pack idea, rather a search for the Artifacts of Asgard. You have to figure, If Thor is Asgard, then more than likely each Asgardian has some Artifact that they could be conected to as well. Like maybe Sif's Sword would hold Sif, for an example. Every Asgardian seemed to have a weapon of Choice, so why not use that idea.

I thought only Thor, Odin, Valkyrie, the Executioner, and Balder had weapons of choice, really. Thor had Mjolnir, Odin had Gungnir, Valkyrie had Dragonfang, the Executioner had the Bloodaxe, and Balder had the Sword of Frey (at least during Simonson's run, although everyone's probably forgotten that by now). Hogun had that spiked mace, but I don't think it was a special weapon in any way. A crapload of Asgardians all used swords too, so it's not even like each of them had a unique type of weapon. Although I guess JMS could easily just make up magic weapons and say the Asgardians had them forever but just never really talked much about them. Which I would surprisingly be fine with. I've always thought Asgard could use more magical weapons.

 

[Vartha]

Well I seem to Remember from the Ragnarok arc Fandrall's choice of weapons were the Sword and Knives, and the last time we saw Sif she was given Dragonfang to lead the Valkries, but I've always remembered Sif using a sword.
So yeah it would seem logical that weapons would be the perfect artifacts to use. Volstagg even said during Raganrok, "Empty your souls into your weapons, men! Let your swords sing and axes cry!", Thing is I don't recall what weapon of Choice Volstagg used.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I hope Thor's return is better that how we all expected him to come back during Civil War.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It was.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

No no lol, I read issue 1. I meant his return including the first act of relevance/importance he performs. It better be better than whoopin Stark's ass.

 

[Vartha]

It would be more whipping Reed and Pyms butt for making Clor, Tony only saved the Hair used to make Clor.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

That's 3 asses in need of whooping, not 2

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I don't think Thor will be whooping anyone's ass anytime soon. It seems more like it'll be a discussion of why Tony sucks for making Clor in #3. I suspect it, plus the rest of the Civil War stuff, will result in Tony and Thor's no longer being friends, but I don't think they'll fight.

 

[Vartha]

Well there are supposed to be a fight, there's is supposed to be blows traded between Tony and Thor, gotta find that interview.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

See, before Thor died I wouldn't have doubted that in the least. Now, however, it seems like Thor is calmer and more philosophical than the short-tempered badass he used to be.