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Thor (1966) #189-198
Thor: in the Shadow of Mangog
Banished to Earth and forced to live his life as a mortal, the once-arrogant Asgardian prince Thor learnt a harsh lesson in humility from his exile. Now, with his mighty uru hammer Mjolnir in hand, he uses his incredible power to protect bith Asgard and Earth from peril.
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224 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2014
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Gerry Conway
2,064 books89 followersGerard Francis Conway (Gerard F. Conway) is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics' vigilante the Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man. At DC Comics, he is known for co-creating the superhero Firestorm and others, and for writing the Justice League of America for eight years. Conway wrote the first major, modern-day intercompany crossover, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man.
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August 14, 2023
Collecting ten issues from the 1960s, this book sees Thor confront Hela, Goddess of Death, challenge Loki's conquest of Asgard and battle the all-powerful demon Mangog.
What I found somewhat surprising about this book, particularly given the era these stories were written and Stan Lee's involvement, was how detached from the Marvel Universe it feels. Sure, the Silver Surfer turns up for a bit but he's the only one from outside of Thor's mythos and I genuinely expected some of the Avengers at least to make cameo appearances. Instead, this book is a self-contained series of fantasy adventures with trolls, demons and evil gods. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does make this feel a isolated as a Marvel story.
Much worse for me was the awful and constant faux-Shakespearean dialogue.
All the thees, thous and doths rapidly become irritating and make the entire book a chore to read. I'm really not sure what prompted Stan Lee to adopt that style of language for Thor ("Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?") given the fact that there's no actual link between Norse mythology and Shakespeare's work, but I deeply regret that he did.
If this had just been a series of pulpy fantasy adventures from the 60s that would be just fine, but the terrible dialogue and jarring sense of it being part of and not part of the Marvel Universe just soured the whole experience for me.
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What I found somewhat surprising about this book, particularly given the era these stories were written and Stan Lee's involvement, was how detached from the Marvel Universe it feels. Sure, the Silver Surfer turns up for a bit but he's the only one from outside of Thor's mythos and I genuinely expected some of the Avengers at least to make cameo appearances. Instead, this book is a self-contained series of fantasy adventures with trolls, demons and evil gods. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does make this feel a isolated as a Marvel story.
Much worse for me was the awful and constant faux-Shakespearean dialogue.
All the thees, thous and doths rapidly become irritating and make the entire book a chore to read. I'm really not sure what prompted Stan Lee to adopt that style of language for Thor ("Doth mother know you weareth her drapes?") given the fact that there's no actual link between Norse mythology and Shakespeare's work, but I deeply regret that he did.
If this had just been a series of pulpy fantasy adventures from the 60s that would be just fine, but the terrible dialogue and jarring sense of it being part of and not part of the Marvel Universe just soured the whole experience for me.
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May 22, 2024
Not bad but nowhere near as good as its predecessor "when gods go mad" a few loose ends at the end so a shame panini never published a 3rd pocket book. Definitely worth a read and the art alone is worth giving it a read through.
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