Thor: Spiral

Thor (1998) (New Editions) #9

by Dan Jurgens, Christopher J. Priest, Marlan Harris

For years, Thor lived on Earth as protector, champion and Avenger - endearing himself to the entire world. Having lived a mortal's life, Earth's well-being was of paramount importance to the Asgardian God of Thunder. His ascension to the throne interfered with that mission. Asgard's interests forced Thor to ignore Earth. So wielding a power only the greatest of gods might possess, Asgard's liege transported his realm to the skies above Manhattan, the better to guide and protect the whole of humanity. Now, see how the Thunder God's presence on Earth affects the lives of people both ordinary and extraordinary - and not for the better. Collecting THOR (1998) #59-67 and material from MARVEL DOUBLE-SHOT #1

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Mythology, Superheroes, Adventure

168 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 2011

About the author

Dan Jurgens is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw, and Booster Gold. Jurgens had a lengthy run on the Superman comic books including The Adventures of Superman, Superman vol. 2 and Action Comics. At Marvel, Jurgens worked on series such as Captain America, The Sensational Spider-Man and was the writer on Thor for six years. He also had a brief run as writer and artist on Solar for Valiant Comics in 1995.

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thor lording over the world is starting to stagnate. The ideas are huge but the stories are mundane and predictable. This is a pretty big collection and besides some behind the scenes machinations from some nameless baddies, the antagonists are absent. Every hero needs great villains. Thor has them but they aren't very present here. The art was good by the Lai brothers, Medina, and Bennett but their wasn't a lot for them to blow you away with. Overall, the book is sliding the wrong direction.

[Harley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best thor comic but still alright.

Pros
Good art
Good charecters
Alright story

Cons
D9uble shot is not a comic, it is more just letters.
The first comic was more noir and does not work i did not understand why it was Noir.
Thor clamed as the "bad guy", thor is not bad and made 0 sense, prob christians wrote it and got triggered at Pagans.

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'll admit it is exploring some interesting places in terms of what real-world impact the presence of Norse gods would have in the world. Though I can't imagine reading this monthly, as Thor's folly is so extended.

There's some intelligent work here, if not always enjoyable. It could draw to a significant conclusion.

[Michael Keskeys · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story posits what if Thor was treated as a religion, what do people do when there's an actual god who can answer their prayers. Plus Asgard comes to earth for the first time, a motif that they'll revisit a few years later . I

[David Austin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of a mess, Thor is increasingly distant, people are morons.