The Immortal Thor, Vol. 4: The Son of Thor

The Immortal Thor (Collected Editions)

by Al Ewing, Jan Bazuldua (Artist), Matt Hollingsworth (Colorist)

Myth-making writer Al Ewing continues his unpredictable saga! In Asgard, Thor weighed his obligations as All-Father and as Gaea’s child – and what he owed to both sides of his nature. Meanwhile, on Earth, a risen evil sought new gods to challenge the old – and found them in Thor’s earliest foes. That puts the God of Thunder on a collision course with the Radioactive Man, the Grey Gargoyle, the Cobra and Mister Hyde! All have plenty reason to hate him – and working together, they have the power to end an All-Father’s reign! Plus: What shocking game is the Enchantress playing? And a cavalcade of artists joins the fun to tell Tales of Asgard!

Collecting IMMORTAL THOR #16-20.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Fantasy, Comic Book, Superheroes, Science Fiction

120 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2025

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.3 stars

I’m enjoying this run, overall, but can’t help but be slightly disappointed that it’s not quite shaping up to be the all-time classic I was hoping it would be.

[Tyler Jenkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

This run has been so consistently good. Al Ewing you genius. The cover art has been phenomenal and the interior art is some of the best Marvel has on an ongoing series right now. The writing is insane and it keeps going to new places that I’m not expecting. Looking like the next volume is going to be a very dark one, look forward to reading it.

[Frédéric · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too long, too convoluted, and I feel like I'm going nowhere. What's more, the quality of the artwork has drastically declined.
Honestly, I can't wait for it to end.

[Dakota Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thor fights some forgettable goons, which is fine, but feels out of place in a series that has featured the Gods beyond the Gods and is threatening Thor's demise (eventually). I guess Dario Agger is back up to no good, forming a super squad of anti-heroes for...reasons.

A bigger element of The Son of Thor is, well, in the title. Enchantress comes crawling back to Thor with goodness in her heart - she just wants her son back alive! Her good son! Seriously, the good one! No other! And then... whoopsie-daisy, Thor's got a son (Magni) from an alternate universe. Strange stuff, which is right up Al Ewing's alley. We even get a universe tour issue with Magni, which is sorta fun and very weird.

Ye olde Gods show up again towards the end and it all gets a little wishy-washy. Toranos is dead? Utgar-Loki is sneakin' around? Skurge wants his death back? I'm never sure what the next volume will hold in this run.

[Alex Sarll]

Pulling back from the cosmic and divine a little, Al reintroduces some of the more manageable foes from Thor's early Marvel years, characters who in the interim have tended to be shuffled into the general pool of also-ran villains because sending them up against a god seems a little unfair: Grey Gargoyle, Cobra, Mr Hyde, Radioactive Man. But approached with a little ingenuity, turns out they still work. And with some back-up, of course, which is where I'm more hesitant; it's not like evil CEOs have become any less relevant as big bads, more's the pity, but it's really not that long since the Jason Aaron run on Thor was making heavy use of Roxxon and Dario Agger, so this still feels maybe a little soon? The other weak spot in a generally excellent run is the art, which at one point gives us a scene where Magni confronts Hyde, and on an inset panel I genuinely couldn't tell at first which one the face was. Still, I thought to myself at the time, at least it's stopped playing musical chairs – only for the next issue to have a different artist pretty much every page. Make your faults your style, I guess. And the two issues after that are back in the groove, a deeply meta dig (albeit one which still works as mythic smackdown too) into how it must feel to be a joke character redeemed by an epic death scene...who because of the increased popularity thus garnered, then keeps being brought back from the grave, undermining that scene a little more each time.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

It feels like we're slowly building to some conclusion. As with previous volumes I think I like where Ewing is heading, I like the vibes, and I enjoy the journey well enough, but it feels scattered. Like, once it's all out on paper it just needs a good hard edit to make it a tighter narrative

[Tyler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read as individual comics, ratings below:

#16= 4 stars
#17= 3 stars
#18= 3 stars
#19= 3 stars
#20= 4 stars

Overall rating of 3.5 stars

[Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Dario Agger plot is 10x more entertaining than the Utgard / Norse Elder Gods storyline...

We've got a Thor who's on the ropes. His reputation is maligned. He's still looking for a way to avoid the Black Winter vision of his future death. This arc is a lot of spinning in place and...getting ready to die(?). If it was a chance to tie up loose ends, I feel like it's well on its way.

If they could just skip through the Elder Gods bit and give me more of this Dario Agger chess game for power, I'd be thankful. That's the true page turner in this whole Ewing arc. Asgardians went from accessible and engaging to stale and boring.

Bonus: Eyeless Donald Blake with the cameo we didn't know we needed...
Bonus Bonus: Enchantress lies? Nobody saw that coming?!
Bonus the Third: How many times have they resurrected Executioner now? Seriously.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

I gotta admit, this Thor run isn't doing much for me. The main story here is Thor fighting a bunch of old school, now second tier villains all at the instigation of Dario Agger. Then Thor's son from an alternate future comes in and he looks enough like Thor that I had problems telling them apart. I think part of the reason I'm not connecting with this is the old-timey language the Asgardians have reverted to.

Jan Bazuldua's art isn't as polished here as I've seen in the past. It's letting Matt Hollingsworth do the heavy lifting filling in the lack of details and backgrounds with his colors. I know Bazuldua can do better.

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good, but not particularly well-focused. There are three main threads here: Thor fights a group of second-tier villains, all given new levels of power by Dario Agger (I wish he'd stayed dead); Thor meets his son from an alternate universe; and the Elder Gods make an incursion into Asgard to remind Thor he can't run from his death. The art isn't bad in this volume. But there's so much happening in every direction, that it all doesn't really hang together. I get the sense Ewing is trying to do to Thor what he did to the Hulk, but it just isn't happening.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 4 out of 5]

The trials of Thor continue, with a new group of Masters of Evil on the prowl, and a wicked plot by the Enchantress that turns Thor's life on its head.

More solid stuff from Ewing. Perhaps not as ambitious or revolutionary as the first three arcs, but some great stepping stones as the story heads towards its conclusion. Enchantress's trick has the potential for interesting things down the line, and seeing a pissed off Thor take on the Masters is worth the price of admission alone.

[Guy Raber · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this more than the previous volumes in Ewing's run. The son of thor stuff feels earned and it's a classic Ewing example of bringing back specific plot points from lesser known runs (Jurgens). I also think it's genuinely a funny, engaging set of issues. And the little blurb after Thor deals with Utgard Thor about whether killing an ancient being is a sign of strength, great comics!

[Matt Sautman · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent continuation of Ewing’s exploration of Thor’s mythology, adding nuance to Enchantress while also merging together elements from different comic timelines into a more cohesive whole. The significance of this story may be overlooked by fans less familiar with the character’s larger history.

[Jim Gutzwiller · Rating 5 out of 5]

Immortal Thor Vol. 4: The Son of Thor

So what twisted plans have the Enchantress set into motion? We meet once again with Thor's son, but why? Thor is being set up on Earth, to appear to be a murderer. What is going on?

[Ziyad Baksh · Rating 3 out of 5]

solid verse

Thor contemplates how to meet his fate on the road to meet it head on.

a decent read that pulls from Thor's comic history.

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5. A slow burn to something bigger with some tips to the past.