What do you think?
Rate this book
Thor: God of Thunder (Single Issues)
Thor: God of Thunder #5
The shocking finale of the God Butcher! As three Thors from three eras race to stop the God Butcher, the full extent of his vicious scheme takes terrifying shape.
24 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 20, 2013
4 people are currently reading
31 people want to read
About the author
Jason Aaron
2,364 books1,682 followersJason 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.
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.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
March 19, 2023
Avenger Thor met Old King Thor for the very first time and mistook his future self for his own father Odin. What could be better than Thor? Two Thors it seems.
This story has aged well, which was not bad for the first-time Thor writer Aaron. But the key to this story longevity is Esad Ribic's Frank Frazetta influenced art.
This story has aged well, which was not bad for the first-time Thor writer Aaron. But the key to this story longevity is Esad Ribic's Frank Frazetta influenced art.
January 27, 2016
Rating: 5/5
Un nou număr din Thor care a fost destul de intens! Acțiunea îl are în centru destul de mult pe Zeul Măcelar, Gorr care ne plimbă prin trecut, prezent și viitor (unde și cred că se va petrece acțiunea în numerele care urmează).
Intrăm mai bine în mintea Măcelarului și observăm cum este consumat de dorința lui de a omorî toți zeii. Visul unei lumi fără zei este visul unui zeu măcelar care nu își mai cunoaște originea, rătăcitor al unei lumi de mult uitate.
Credeam că la finalul acestui număr aveam să fi scăpat de Gorr dar se pare că aceste 5 prime numere din Thor au fost doar o pregătire pentru tot ceea ce urmează: Gorr - începuturile!!
Întâlnirea lui Thor din prezent cu Thor din viitor se petrece la țanc, însuși Zeul Măcelar afirmând despre acesta că este "punctual". O serie de flashback-uri din peștera unde Gorr l-a torturat pe Thor ne fac să înțelegem că Zeul Tunetului a avut o oarecare influență "pozitivă" asupra lui Gorr, luminându-l într-un mod, fapt pentru care Măcelarul promite că Thor-ul nostru va fi ultimul omorât.
Sunt curioasă ce va urma în numerele următoare. Gorr pare destul de stăpân pe situație și chiar presimt niște scene mărețe în curând. :-)
Am fost mulțumită de acest număr și de o serie de detalii pe care le-am mai descoperit. Încă simt că mai lipsește ceva din punct de vedere informativ dar probabil că vom mai afla pe viitor tot ceea ce contează. Până atunci vă mai pot spune că acest număr a fost colorat în tonuri reci (mov, bleo, albastru), Gorr punându-și amprenta la fel ca și în numărul 3 când aceste culori glaciale domneau.
Un nou număr din Thor care a fost destul de intens! Acțiunea îl are în centru destul de mult pe Zeul Măcelar, Gorr care ne plimbă prin trecut, prezent și viitor (unde și cred că se va petrece acțiunea în numerele care urmează).
Intrăm mai bine în mintea Măcelarului și observăm cum este consumat de dorința lui de a omorî toți zeii. Visul unei lumi fără zei este visul unui zeu măcelar care nu își mai cunoaște originea, rătăcitor al unei lumi de mult uitate.
Credeam că la finalul acestui număr aveam să fi scăpat de Gorr dar se pare că aceste 5 prime numere din Thor au fost doar o pregătire pentru tot ceea ce urmează: Gorr - începuturile!!
Întâlnirea lui Thor din prezent cu Thor din viitor se petrece la țanc, însuși Zeul Măcelar afirmând despre acesta că este "punctual". O serie de flashback-uri din peștera unde Gorr l-a torturat pe Thor ne fac să înțelegem că Zeul Tunetului a avut o oarecare influență "pozitivă" asupra lui Gorr, luminându-l într-un mod, fapt pentru care Măcelarul promite că Thor-ul nostru va fi ultimul omorât.
Sunt curioasă ce va urma în numerele următoare. Gorr pare destul de stăpân pe situație și chiar presimt niște scene mărețe în curând. :-)
Am fost mulțumită de acest număr și de o serie de detalii pe care le-am mai descoperit. Încă simt că mai lipsește ceva din punct de vedere informativ dar probabil că vom mai afla pe viitor tot ceea ce contează. Până atunci vă mai pot spune că acest număr a fost colorat în tonuri reci (mov, bleo, albastru), Gorr punându-și amprenta la fel ca și în numărul 3 când aceste culori glaciale domneau.
February 2, 2021
Does it get any better than that?
August 30, 2018
I cannot possibly express how little interest I have in the whole opening sequence of the elder gods. Luckily this, and the God Butcher's deeply boring and unoriginal whining about how the gods failed him (what a disappointingly unsurprising motivation) are over quickly and the three different timelines begin to coalesce into something far more interesting. Current Thor meets Old Thor - and mistakes him for their father - and that's a bitter partnership I'm interested in seeing explored. But surprisingly my preference in this issue has gone decidedly to junior. Young Thor's torture and rescue is genuinely compelling, and watching him try to cover it all up is even more so. Pity the focus wasn't more on this because it speaks to a deep insecurity that I've never associated with the character before.
August 3, 2025
#5 – Gorr the Tragic
Gorr’s backstory is revealed. Once a devout man on a dying world, he turned against the gods after suffering profound loss and learning they existed but didn’t help. This issue humanizes Gorr while solidifying him as a fearsome villain driven by conviction rather than malice.
Gorr’s backstory is revealed. Once a devout man on a dying world, he turned against the gods after suffering profound loss and learning they existed but didn’t help. This issue humanizes Gorr while solidifying him as a fearsome villain driven by conviction rather than malice.
July 6, 2022
Excited to read the origin of Gorr next.
November 17, 2014
Adored the art in this!
Read
August 25, 2013No me hagas comprender a Gorr. Es demasiado asqueroso para eso.
Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews