TOR Volume 3

Tor #3

by Joe Kubert

Nowhere in comic books was this statement more clearly personified than in Joe Kubert's Tor. A caveman banished from his tribe and forced to wander his prehistoric world alone (except for his loyal simian friend Chee-Chee), Tor faces not only the incredible menace of dinosaurs, but that of an equal if not greater threat - Man. The lone soul facing a world he only barely understands, refusing to compromise with a system he considers unfair and trying to find his place in the world, Tor could virtually be a statement about the role of the individual experiencing the homogenization of America in the 1950s. The prehistoric man genre at that time certainly wasn't totally new in popular culture, but in the hands of Kubert it had never been more dynamic. A master of draftsmanship and composition, Kubert has been a legend in the world of comics for over fifty years, and his work on Tor has for decades been one of comics' most highly regarded series. In this third and final Archive Edition, Kubert - at his artistic peak - revives his creation for the '70s and '90s and continues his sweeping yet personal tales of Tor's exile facing evil and teaches lessons of nobility, honor and friendship.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy

Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

About the author

Joe Kubert was a Jewish-American comic book artist who went on to found the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. His sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, have themselves become successful comic-book artists.

Kubert's other creations include the comic books Tor, Son of Sinbad, and Viking Prince, and, with writer Robin Moore, the comic strip Tales of the Green Beret.

Kubert was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1997, and Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998.

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Kubert art and storytelling. Great read. very recommended

[Bill Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Joe Kubert picked up the reins of his creation twenty years later and the result is magic. The story-telling is clear and the images burst with emotion. The heavy-handed narration of the previous volume is gone improving the flow of the story.

This volume of Tor is a master class on comics as an art.

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

These are even better than the ones in the previous volumes.

[Austin Gaines · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great art and great story telling. You can only do so much with a caveman fighting dinosaurs but this was surprisingly great. Big full color panels from the 80s and 90s by Joe Kubert in an oversized leather bound book. I was really surprised by how great this was. I doubt the earlier volumes from the 50s were anything like this.