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Essential Thor #3
Essential Thor, Vol. 3
Trolls, giants, aliens and clowns await in the third thunderous anthology of Thor! The Mighty One faces a god of death! A living planet! Ragnarok itself and...a jail term!? Kang the Conqueror, the Super-Skrull and more! Featuring the first appearance of the scintillating Sif! Plus: the origin of that perennial perilous party crasher, the Wrecker! Guest-starring Adam Warlock and Galactus! Collecting: Thor #137-166
608 pages, Paperback
First published July 10, 1969
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Stan Lee
7,563 books2,340 followersStan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber) was an American writer, editor, creator of comic book superheroes, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Thor as a superhero, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Daredevil, the Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Scarlet Witch, The Inhumans, and many other characters, introducing complex, naturalistic characters and a thoroughly shared universe into superhero comic books. He subsequently led the expansion of Marvel Comics from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation.
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January 12, 2016
1960s Marvel Thor is a funny old beast. Lee and Kirby obviously loved this book, as it was one of the last books they co-created that they passed off onto other creators, and it shows.
Jack Kirby in particular did some of his best work on this book. It's chock-full of his fantastic, dynamic, space-age illustrations, so a Kirby fan like myself has a lot to drool over.
As far as the writing goes, however, it's a mixed bag. Some of the longer story-arcs, such as the Galactus arc in particular, are great. Cosmic theatrics of the first order. The book does occasionally become nonsensical (not in a good way) and a little repetitive, though, which can get to you when you're reading a bunch of issues back-to-back.
The other thing that grates for me is the cod-Shakespearian dialogue Thor and rest of the Asgardians used in this era. The first thing that annoys me about it is that it's not even good cod-Shakespearian dialogue! The second thing that annoys me about it is that it makes absolutely no sense for a bunch of Norse gods to be spouting this kind of dialogue! Are we supposed to believe that the Asgardians (who are immortal after all) spent the Elizabethan period in Stratford-on-Avon and loved the way people spoke so much they adopted it? Nuts to that, amigos! I am SO glad Marvel has, for the most part, chosen to drop these speech patterns in Thor-related books, or at least tone it down a bit.
Anyway, despite my issues with this book, I can't bring myself to give a book with such great Kirby artwork anything less than four stars, so four stars it gets.
Jack Kirby in particular did some of his best work on this book. It's chock-full of his fantastic, dynamic, space-age illustrations, so a Kirby fan like myself has a lot to drool over.
As far as the writing goes, however, it's a mixed bag. Some of the longer story-arcs, such as the Galactus arc in particular, are great. Cosmic theatrics of the first order. The book does occasionally become nonsensical (not in a good way) and a little repetitive, though, which can get to you when you're reading a bunch of issues back-to-back.
The other thing that grates for me is the cod-Shakespearian dialogue Thor and rest of the Asgardians used in this era. The first thing that annoys me about it is that it's not even good cod-Shakespearian dialogue! The second thing that annoys me about it is that it makes absolutely no sense for a bunch of Norse gods to be spouting this kind of dialogue! Are we supposed to believe that the Asgardians (who are immortal after all) spent the Elizabethan period in Stratford-on-Avon and loved the way people spoke so much they adopted it? Nuts to that, amigos! I am SO glad Marvel has, for the most part, chosen to drop these speech patterns in Thor-related books, or at least tone it down a bit.
Anyway, despite my issues with this book, I can't bring myself to give a book with such great Kirby artwork anything less than four stars, so four stars it gets.
June 21, 2017
This book collects 30 issues of Thor from Issue 137-166. It's a massive volume given that these are Silver Age issues with back up "Tales of Asgard" including the first few issues and full 20 page stories in the last few issues.
Thor takes a few steps forward and a few steps back. In the first half of the book, the war against the Trolls is okay, but then Thor is depowered by Odin so he's only got his strength for---reasons. The stated reason eventually is Thor's lack of humility but he really hadn't shown a lack of humility. Unlike Odin's earlier reactions to Thor's desire for Jane Foster, Odin's actions in this book are entirely arbitrary and capricious. While that might reflect general view of God or any gods, in the context of Thor, it really betrays the character.
The depowered Thor meets up with the Crime Circus, a perfectly okay foe for the early days of Daredevil and Spider-man, but not really a worthy foe for Thor in the late Silver age.
In addition, the Tales of Asgard began to wear thinner. There was less to say and it was with good reason, Thor stopped carrying these back up stories.
Then the book got very good in its seconds half as Thor had to deal with the potential coming of Ragnorak. It was an epic multi-issue story bringing together so many together and so much action, it was just tremendous.
Then the book featured Thor, Galactus, and Ego the Living Planet in conflict. Here, the superb nature of Jack Kirby's art work shines through as we're given some epic threads and moments.
Finally, we get a chapter in the Adam Warlock saga, though at this time, the character was simply known as "Him."
This is also very good stuff. The other big positive of the book is that with Jane Foster out of the picture, Sif is Thor's love interest and she's a more interesting character and also can contribute to the action. She makes even the lesser stories better.
Overall, this isn't quite as good as Volume 2, but when the book is good, it makes up for the weaker stories in the first part of the volume.
Thor takes a few steps forward and a few steps back. In the first half of the book, the war against the Trolls is okay, but then Thor is depowered by Odin so he's only got his strength for---reasons. The stated reason eventually is Thor's lack of humility but he really hadn't shown a lack of humility. Unlike Odin's earlier reactions to Thor's desire for Jane Foster, Odin's actions in this book are entirely arbitrary and capricious. While that might reflect general view of God or any gods, in the context of Thor, it really betrays the character.
The depowered Thor meets up with the Crime Circus, a perfectly okay foe for the early days of Daredevil and Spider-man, but not really a worthy foe for Thor in the late Silver age.
In addition, the Tales of Asgard began to wear thinner. There was less to say and it was with good reason, Thor stopped carrying these back up stories.
Then the book got very good in its seconds half as Thor had to deal with the potential coming of Ragnorak. It was an epic multi-issue story bringing together so many together and so much action, it was just tremendous.
Then the book featured Thor, Galactus, and Ego the Living Planet in conflict. Here, the superb nature of Jack Kirby's art work shines through as we're given some epic threads and moments.
Finally, we get a chapter in the Adam Warlock saga, though at this time, the character was simply known as "Him."
This is also very good stuff. The other big positive of the book is that with Jane Foster out of the picture, Sif is Thor's love interest and she's a more interesting character and also can contribute to the action. She makes even the lesser stories better.
Overall, this isn't quite as good as Volume 2, but when the book is good, it makes up for the weaker stories in the first part of the volume.
June 23, 2020
Here be another ‘Essential Thor Volume’ for ye to read, mortals. This is the point at which the Thunder God became more godly, more cosmic and yea, more awesome. Stan Lee contributed to the elevated atmosphere by having the Asgardians speak in an old-fashioned, cod Shakespearian dialogue. Verily, I remembreth a letter in the pages of the original comic wherein some varlet did opine that it wath nonsense for Norse Gods to speak in the language of early North American Quakers. Was this a good criticism? I say thee nay! To be literally exact, the comics would have to be scripted in Old Norse. This would have limited the readership to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, E.R. Eddison and a few other scholars mostly known by their initials and even they wouldn’t have enjoyed it. No! They would have written in every month complaining that King Kirby’s plots had diverged significantly from the original sagas and that there was no such thing as uru.
This volume runs from Mighty Thor #137 (Feb 1967) to Mighty Thor #166 (July 1969). I noted the dates on the book with particular interest for reasons I will go into later. The pencil art in all this is by Jack (King) Kirby and most of the inking is done by Vince (makes Kirby fans wince) Colletta. It has to be said that nobody winced at the time and many fans wrote highly favourable letters about Colletta’s scratchy style. It was only when the original pencil art came to public view years later, mostly in the pages of ‘The Jack Kirby Collector’, that his faults were highlighted. His main fault was rubbing out pencils he couldn’t be bothered to ink. That which he did ink, he did ink quite well, but he was meant to ink all of it. For contrast, Mighty Thor # 143 is embellished by Bill Everett, who did a great job. Compare the background buildings in # 143 to those in # 144 and you can see the difference. Colletta reduced Kirby’s intricate designs to checkerboards or silhouettes to make life easier for himself. Interestingly, the front credits of this volume list Vince Colletta and Joe Sinnott as inking issues #151-152, though the comics don’t. Joe must have helped out and claimed credit belatedly for the reprints.
Enough nerdy nit-picking! The stories are what count and what a great bunch of stories they are. Mostly. It starts with the trolls making war on Asgard, aided by the mighty Orikal, a creature from another dimension whom they have imprisoned and forced to help them. This is followed, for a change of pace, by some one issue stories set on Earth. Thor fights the Super-Skrull, Replicus and the Growing Man. Then it gets all Asgardian again with the evil Enchanters and this leads into a great run of yarns set on Earth, with the Circus of Crime, the Wrecker, Loki and the Destroyer making life difficult for the Thunder God and his friends. Then it’s back to Asgard to fight Mangog, in a rather drawn out tale. The last third of this book is filled with recycled villains, the Colonisers, Galactus, Ego the Living Planet and Pluto. Kirby’s art deteriorates into big panels and too many splash pages to stretch thin plots. It still looks great, mind, but he seems to have lost interest, and therein hangs a tale.
Some folks reckon that Kirby lost interest after Fantastic Four # 67 in October 1967, the story of Him, that guy who grew in a cocoon and became Adam Warlock later. They say that Stan changed this story a lot, Kirby didn’t like it and stopped creating new characters. Using the Internet, I have noted that October 1967 coincides with Mighty Thor # 145 ‘Abandoned On Earth’ which launched the Wrecker, Hela, Destroyer run, arguably some of Kirby’s best work. It seems to me that his interest in Thor continued for a little longer. The decline and its relative, started after the Mangog epic. I say relative because even when he had lost his great enthusiasm for Marvel, the King was still a pro and still turned in some damn fine artwork. But the glory days of brilliant new creations were done.
As it happens, I incline to date the glory days earlier than most and would say that ‘Essential Thor Volume 2’ is even better than this one. The plots were tighter in 1964-66 and the art was more realistic, albeit less Kirby-esque. However, it’s like comparing the Mona Lisa to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It’s all great and it’s all available cheaply now in glorious black and white so get it while the getting is good.
Eamonn Murphy
This review first appeared at https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/
This volume runs from Mighty Thor #137 (Feb 1967) to Mighty Thor #166 (July 1969). I noted the dates on the book with particular interest for reasons I will go into later. The pencil art in all this is by Jack (King) Kirby and most of the inking is done by Vince (makes Kirby fans wince) Colletta. It has to be said that nobody winced at the time and many fans wrote highly favourable letters about Colletta’s scratchy style. It was only when the original pencil art came to public view years later, mostly in the pages of ‘The Jack Kirby Collector’, that his faults were highlighted. His main fault was rubbing out pencils he couldn’t be bothered to ink. That which he did ink, he did ink quite well, but he was meant to ink all of it. For contrast, Mighty Thor # 143 is embellished by Bill Everett, who did a great job. Compare the background buildings in # 143 to those in # 144 and you can see the difference. Colletta reduced Kirby’s intricate designs to checkerboards or silhouettes to make life easier for himself. Interestingly, the front credits of this volume list Vince Colletta and Joe Sinnott as inking issues #151-152, though the comics don’t. Joe must have helped out and claimed credit belatedly for the reprints.
Enough nerdy nit-picking! The stories are what count and what a great bunch of stories they are. Mostly. It starts with the trolls making war on Asgard, aided by the mighty Orikal, a creature from another dimension whom they have imprisoned and forced to help them. This is followed, for a change of pace, by some one issue stories set on Earth. Thor fights the Super-Skrull, Replicus and the Growing Man. Then it gets all Asgardian again with the evil Enchanters and this leads into a great run of yarns set on Earth, with the Circus of Crime, the Wrecker, Loki and the Destroyer making life difficult for the Thunder God and his friends. Then it’s back to Asgard to fight Mangog, in a rather drawn out tale. The last third of this book is filled with recycled villains, the Colonisers, Galactus, Ego the Living Planet and Pluto. Kirby’s art deteriorates into big panels and too many splash pages to stretch thin plots. It still looks great, mind, but he seems to have lost interest, and therein hangs a tale.
Some folks reckon that Kirby lost interest after Fantastic Four # 67 in October 1967, the story of Him, that guy who grew in a cocoon and became Adam Warlock later. They say that Stan changed this story a lot, Kirby didn’t like it and stopped creating new characters. Using the Internet, I have noted that October 1967 coincides with Mighty Thor # 145 ‘Abandoned On Earth’ which launched the Wrecker, Hela, Destroyer run, arguably some of Kirby’s best work. It seems to me that his interest in Thor continued for a little longer. The decline and its relative, started after the Mangog epic. I say relative because even when he had lost his great enthusiasm for Marvel, the King was still a pro and still turned in some damn fine artwork. But the glory days of brilliant new creations were done.
As it happens, I incline to date the glory days earlier than most and would say that ‘Essential Thor Volume 2’ is even better than this one. The plots were tighter in 1964-66 and the art was more realistic, albeit less Kirby-esque. However, it’s like comparing the Mona Lisa to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It’s all great and it’s all available cheaply now in glorious black and white so get it while the getting is good.
Eamonn Murphy
This review first appeared at https://www.sfcrowsnest.info/
January 5, 2019
It seems that Thor's greatest enemy is Odin. Almost all of the challenges he faces are because Odin has thrown a tantrum and stripped Thor of his powers; and almost everything is resolved by Odin giving him his powers back. Except for the times where Odin (or, in one case, Zeus - and in another, Ego, the Living Planet) just intervene and remove the threat.
Each issue, Lee and Kirby have to come up with a new reason for Odin to take Thor's powers away. It must have been very challenging!
What really makes this volume great is Balder. He is so awesome. And there's a lot of him here. For the second half of the volume, he's more Thor-y than Thor.
Each issue, Lee and Kirby have to come up with a new reason for Odin to take Thor's powers away. It must have been very challenging!
What really makes this volume great is Balder. He is so awesome. And there's a lot of him here. For the second half of the volume, he's more Thor-y than Thor.
September 16, 2017
Kirby and Lee are at the top of their game as Thor goes cosmic and continues to be one of my favorite titles from Marvel. Lots of good stuff in here.
March 5, 2013
"Me sayeth to Stan Lee: Dost thou ever readest thine own dialogue? Me thinkest: Not!"
Thor ist einer meiner Lieblingscomichelden. Nachdem ich als Kind die Comics gelesen habe, und dann 20 Jahre lang "abstinent" war, habe ich natürlich die Essentials von Marvel verschlungen. Einige der Essentials (als Beispiel die Fantastic Four- oder Spider-Man-Reihe) sind heute noch so gut zu lesen wie damals und besser als die meisten aktuellen Comics. Thor hat aber, und das gilt insbesondere für diesen Band, nicht so gut die Zeit überstanden.
Während Essential Band 1 und 2 von Thor noch immer brilliant sind und vorbehaltslos empfehlenswert, ist Band 3 von einer überaus nervenden Laberigkeit betroffen - Lee übertreibt hier den "Faux-Shakespeare" total, das Wort "I" (ich) kommt praktisch nicht mehr vor, alle Personen reden nur noch in der dritten Person von sich, und das in einer Art, dass einem, gelinde gesagt, das Kotzen kommt vor lauter Heldentümelei und schleimigen Pathos (sogar für Superhelden ist das total übertrieben). Kaum lesbar, nie war Stan Lee so schlecht.
Natürlich rettet Kirby den Band, es ist zwar nicht sein bestes Werk, aber Kirby kann eigentlich nichts falsch machen, er war und bleibt der beste Superheldenzeichner, den die Branche gesehen hat. Soviel Dynamik und vor allem Diversität was die außerirdischen/mythologischen Figuren angeht, sah man nirgends vorher und wird man auch nie wieder sehen.
Besser als die normalen Monatsgeschichten fand ich im Übrigen die "Tales of Asgard", die sich zu Beginn des Bandes noch den Platz mit den "normalen" Geschichten teilen - hier zeigt sich Thor von seiner besten Seite, mit viel Sense of Wonder und mythologischer Action. Dagegen können die normalen Monatsgeschichten nur verlieren.
Thor ist einer meiner Lieblingscomichelden. Nachdem ich als Kind die Comics gelesen habe, und dann 20 Jahre lang "abstinent" war, habe ich natürlich die Essentials von Marvel verschlungen. Einige der Essentials (als Beispiel die Fantastic Four- oder Spider-Man-Reihe) sind heute noch so gut zu lesen wie damals und besser als die meisten aktuellen Comics. Thor hat aber, und das gilt insbesondere für diesen Band, nicht so gut die Zeit überstanden.
Während Essential Band 1 und 2 von Thor noch immer brilliant sind und vorbehaltslos empfehlenswert, ist Band 3 von einer überaus nervenden Laberigkeit betroffen - Lee übertreibt hier den "Faux-Shakespeare" total, das Wort "I" (ich) kommt praktisch nicht mehr vor, alle Personen reden nur noch in der dritten Person von sich, und das in einer Art, dass einem, gelinde gesagt, das Kotzen kommt vor lauter Heldentümelei und schleimigen Pathos (sogar für Superhelden ist das total übertrieben). Kaum lesbar, nie war Stan Lee so schlecht.
Natürlich rettet Kirby den Band, es ist zwar nicht sein bestes Werk, aber Kirby kann eigentlich nichts falsch machen, er war und bleibt der beste Superheldenzeichner, den die Branche gesehen hat. Soviel Dynamik und vor allem Diversität was die außerirdischen/mythologischen Figuren angeht, sah man nirgends vorher und wird man auch nie wieder sehen.
Besser als die normalen Monatsgeschichten fand ich im Übrigen die "Tales of Asgard", die sich zu Beginn des Bandes noch den Platz mit den "normalen" Geschichten teilen - hier zeigt sich Thor von seiner besten Seite, mit viel Sense of Wonder und mythologischer Action. Dagegen können die normalen Monatsgeschichten nur verlieren.
June 2, 2014
This is a great book, more or less. Thor has this strange ability to captivate me, with this idea that there are these strange Asgardian political factors that get in Thor's way, when he likes Earth.
Thor's girlfriend (well, more girl that he loves but doesn't want to settle down with at all, not even hug), Sif, shows up. That's probably my favorite part. They go on adventures together, and their relationship affects the way he battles.
The individual issues are hit or miss. There are some awesome things in here: the first story, where trolls stage a coup against Odin, was incredible. It was just battle and weird setbacks, very quick read. I also liked the RIngmaster and his gang of criminal carnies, they're always kind of unintentionally creepy and interesting.
But Stan Lee, bless his world reknowned writing prowess, kind of stinks sometimes. And here it shows from time to time. There's a few issues that are entirely Thor/Odin saying "OMG, something bad is going to happen", and then it's "NEXT ISSUE" before the battle. A lot of pontificating. Thor must've said "Nay, thou art battling with the power of Thor, the immmortal..., etc." like 1,000 times. It gets annoying. You want to see him struggle, not ramble in mid-battle.
The Adam Warlock thing was kind of cool (they call him "Him", but that's him....him), and Galactus was ok, also filled up a lot of those lame "battle portending issues" I mentioned tho.
Jack Kirby's art seems to work on mythological figures (in fact, he created a lot them for himself to draw, throughout his career). His faces get a little flat and weird occasionally.
All in all, a solid albeit frustrating read.
Thor's girlfriend (well, more girl that he loves but doesn't want to settle down with at all, not even hug), Sif, shows up. That's probably my favorite part. They go on adventures together, and their relationship affects the way he battles.
The individual issues are hit or miss. There are some awesome things in here: the first story, where trolls stage a coup against Odin, was incredible. It was just battle and weird setbacks, very quick read. I also liked the RIngmaster and his gang of criminal carnies, they're always kind of unintentionally creepy and interesting.
But Stan Lee, bless his world reknowned writing prowess, kind of stinks sometimes. And here it shows from time to time. There's a few issues that are entirely Thor/Odin saying "OMG, something bad is going to happen", and then it's "NEXT ISSUE" before the battle. A lot of pontificating. Thor must've said "Nay, thou art battling with the power of Thor, the immmortal..., etc." like 1,000 times. It gets annoying. You want to see him struggle, not ramble in mid-battle.
The Adam Warlock thing was kind of cool (they call him "Him", but that's him....him), and Galactus was ok, also filled up a lot of those lame "battle portending issues" I mentioned tho.
Jack Kirby's art seems to work on mythological figures (in fact, he created a lot them for himself to draw, throughout his career). His faces get a little flat and weird occasionally.
All in all, a solid albeit frustrating read.
February 26, 2014
The first quarter of the book didn't have much of Loki in it, which made me a sad Loki minion. It's just not as interesting to me without him in it, even though the other characters have grown on me.
I much prefer Sif to Jane, as Sif is a goddess and warrior... and Jane ended up being a shrinking violet.
I much prefer Sif to Jane, as Sif is a goddess and warrior... and Jane ended up being a shrinking violet.
April 27, 2010
Reading this stuff has really upped my enjoyment of Jack Kirby. However I think the essential's black and white printing would take away from the experience. Kirby's work leaves a much different impression in color, me thinks.
Now, I have found my enjoyment of these stories bears a very strong correlation with the degree to which Asgard and the realms of the World Tree are used. The more earthbound the story, the lesser the fun. The more the story involves the funky space fantasy of Asgard in all of its psychedelic colors (if you read it in color and not the essentials printing) the better.
This collection does contain the reveal on who/what is Donald Blake. Which I knew the answer to but it was nice to actually see it told. I also was not certain if it was under Lee and Kirby's watch or someone else's. For some reason I am glad to know that the creators of Thor were the ones who gave Donald Blake his explanation.
I would assume the explosion of Kirby's imagination in the ways of portraying the Norse myths is a strong influence on his New Gods work. And it, all the more, makes me really want to read his New Gods material.
Now, I have found my enjoyment of these stories bears a very strong correlation with the degree to which Asgard and the realms of the World Tree are used. The more earthbound the story, the lesser the fun. The more the story involves the funky space fantasy of Asgard in all of its psychedelic colors (if you read it in color and not the essentials printing) the better.
This collection does contain the reveal on who/what is Donald Blake. Which I knew the answer to but it was nice to actually see it told. I also was not certain if it was under Lee and Kirby's watch or someone else's. For some reason I am glad to know that the creators of Thor were the ones who gave Donald Blake his explanation.
I would assume the explosion of Kirby's imagination in the ways of portraying the Norse myths is a strong influence on his New Gods work. And it, all the more, makes me really want to read his New Gods material.
August 18, 2016
I had read most of these 30 issues of The Mighty Thor when they were originally published in 1967-1969, when I was between the ages of 8 and 11. A few of the stories were less than I remembered, but some, most especially the epic run from 148-157, when Thor faced the Wrecker, his lover Sif in the body of the Destroyer, Loki, Ulik, and the Mangog, stand up as exciting and extraordinary even now that I'm 57. Jack Kirby was at the top of his game throughout the comics in this collection, though Vince Colletta inks had a tendency to erase whole backgrounds in certain panels. I do wish the book would have gone four issues further so I could remember the origin of Galactus that the story was leading up to, but maybe someday I'll pick up Vol 4 and watch the decline and fall of such a great comic book.
October 10, 2020
The parts on earth felt a bit so-so to me. Some good fights and some less good ones. The first appearance of the Wrecker was nice though. I saw a lot of him later on in the marvel timeline so it was interesting to see his origin. The Mangog Saga was a bit too drawn out for my taste, but the story itself was solid. The part in space is where it really took off. Thor and Galactus facing off was awesome. Still, it felt a bit weird that Thor would be on the same power level as Galactus, even with help. With how strong Galactus is in the modern marvel comics, i don't think we'll ever see something like that fight again.
All in all i think this volume, the last one, and the next one, are the highlights of 60's/70's Thor.
All in all i think this volume, the last one, and the next one, are the highlights of 60's/70's Thor.
September 27, 2014
Una lunga, gioiosa avventura epica, a tratti comica, molto spesso drammatica. Il Thor di Lee e Kirby è senza dubbio un capolavoro a livelli appena inferiori rispetto ai loro Fantastici Quattro.
Come lettura, se amate i disegni di Kirby, sappiate che il b/n li esalterà e sarà difficile mantenere un ritmo veloce. Ci si perde letteralmente in quei disegni.
Vince Colletta fa un buon lavoro, in miglioramento continuo, come inchiostratore. Non è il più adatto alle matite del Re, questo è vero, ma verso la fine del volume è quasi all'altezza di Joe Sinnot.
Come lettura, se amate i disegni di Kirby, sappiate che il b/n li esalterà e sarà difficile mantenere un ritmo veloce. Ci si perde letteralmente in quei disegni.
Vince Colletta fa un buon lavoro, in miglioramento continuo, come inchiostratore. Non è il più adatto alle matite del Re, questo è vero, ma verso la fine del volume è quasi all'altezza di Joe Sinnot.
February 5, 2009
Reprints Thor #137-166. Thor battles the Ulik, the Enchanters, Magog, Galactus, Pluto, and Him. Classic Thor, but a bit repetitive of the first 2 Essential Thors. Thor defies Odin, Odin gets angry, Thor is punished, Odin forgives him, and Thor is restored in time to save the day. The Tales of Asgard back-up ended in this collection which is disappointing, but it did give the series more room to expand.
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July 2, 2012I had some trouble getting into this one, but I think that's because I was distracted by the more current runs of Thor that I've been reading. I really enjoyed it once I ripped myself away from the newer stuff and focused on this volume. Looking forward to vol. 4 now!
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