Thor: God of Thunder #4

Thor: God of Thunder (Single Issues)

by Jason Aaron, Esad Ribić (Artist)

Will King Thor join the list of those who have perished against the monstrous might of the God Butcher?

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Fantasy, Comic Book, Superheroes, Adventure, Graphic Novels

23 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 9, 2013

About the author

Jason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.

Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.

In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.

Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.

In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.

In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.

After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.

Reviews

[Nicolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Modern Thor, the Avenger, searched the entirety of creation for the whereabouts of the God-butcher, but like a plague, there was no rhyme or reason in the way he selected his victims, no pattern. All that was left where the bodies of fallen gods. This was the case until Avenger Thor revisited the cave of his second encounter with Gorr.

[Simona · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 5/5

În acest număr ne este prezentată o altă imagine a lui Thor, o imagine din viitor când îl regăsim pe Zeul Tunetului într-o stare deplorabilă. Rămas singur și în suferință acesta ajunge să își ceara moartea de la creaturile negre ale Zeului Măcelar însă nu este omorât. Suferința sa este prelungiă în Asgard.

În același timp, Thor din prezent se află în peștera prezentată în numărul trecut unde rămăsesem într-un oarecare suspans. Se pare că nu este singur aici ci îl descoperă pe un alt zeu pe nume Shadrak care ne oferă mai multe detalii despre Zeul Măcelar cunoscut sub numele de Gorr.



Descoperim cât de măcelar este acesta cu adevărat și cât de mult iubește suferința zeilor, Shadrak fiind unul dintre zeii care de multe ori și-a pierdut mințile și a fost supus la diverse torturi. Încă de la început acest număr ne pregătește cu detalii care bagă frica în noi mai ales când aflăm că Gorr este un "artist" suprem care i-a tăiat pleoapele lui Shadrak numai pentru a-l face pe acesta să vadă cum familia sa este torturată.

Sub conducerea lui Gorr par să fie niște așa numiți monștrii negri care par destul de înfiorători atât prin aspectul lor cât și prin acțiunile lor.

Revenit în Orașul Invincibil alături de Shadrak, Thor descoperă că monștrii negri au ajuns și acolo iar pentru a afla unde se află Chronux, o lume secretă, Zeul Tunetului se va lupta cu aceștia.



Thor din viitor apare din nou în scenariu, mai motivat un pic ca la început dar puterile îl lasă destul de repede.

Finalul îl surprinde pe Thor cel din prezent venit la o posibilă viitoare luptă pe care abia aștept să o citesc! După tot ce a făcut și după ce am văzut cum arată Gorr (se pare că numele și aspectul lui se potrivesc de minune) chiar cred că merită cotonogit bine de tot cu stil. :-)



Acest număr a fost destul de sângeros și față de cel anterior care emana glaciaritate, acesta s-a aflat aproape la polul opus.

Traducerea de Mihaela Agape mi s-a părut potrvitiă și cred că nu s-a pierdut din esența inițială. Scenariul lui Jason Aaron a fost mai energic de această dată și cred că ne pregătește bine pentru o viitoare luptă adevărată. Desenul lui Esad Ribic și culoarea realizată de Ive Svorcina au fost picăturile care au pus totul pe roate și au dat mai mult dinamism acestui număr.

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can't. Stop. Reading.

[Andrómeda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was always more suited to swinging a hammer than I was to wearing a crown. Ultimately, I wasn’t fit to hold either.

[Octavia Cade · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know I keep banging on about structure with these reviews, but I do think the story structure here is so effectively done and finely judged, and this particular issue is a high point. There are three different storylines going on here, all concerning the same character at different stages of his life, and the use of colour to differentiate them is clear and useful. Of those three storylines, I found the one of the old, dying Thor to be the most affecting. I mean, it's an easy pathos but it works - especially when you compare it to the bit that didn't work as well for me. The whole Chronux storyline, what with its pool of blood, just isn't grabbing me. Also, I'm not sensing much interesting motivation from the God Butcher here, I have to say. It's all the-gods-are-useless-cancers-on-the-universe which, yes, I tend to agree, but so are lots of things and it doesn't really excuse the bloodbath. I feel like I've read this sort of thing before. Many times, in fact.

[Vyshakh Aravindan · Rating 4 out of 5]

#4 – Three Thors, One Fate
We see each Thor—past, present, and future—struggling in different ways against Gorr. King Thor defends a ruined Asgard alone; present Thor faces Gorr’s constructs; young Thor is imprisoned. The narrative structure begins to shine here, showing how one villain has haunted a god across millennia.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm continuously impressed by the scope of this.

[M Pereira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Neat story, spanning three eras of Thor's life.

[Elena]

"dios de las canciones y las volteretas"

[Annji · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to cull the number of titles on my standing order but Thor will always remain on the list. Aaron's run has been pretty spectacular so far. Long may it continue!