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The Mighty Thor, Vol. 2: Lords of Midgard
The legend continues with Thors new and old! Loki spins a special ages-old tale of a young Odinson in action against a hulking great enemy. You wouldn’t like this Viking when he’s angry! But what incredible impact will this yarn from the past have on the present? Prepare for corporate espionage, Marvel-style, as some of the world’s most powerful and evil conglomerates go to war — with Thor caught in the middle! But if Roxxon and the rest aren’t enough trouble, Jane Foster must contend with a new enemy: S.H.I.E.L.D.! Whose side will Agent Roz Solomon be on? Worse still, somehow millions of lives will depend on the God of Thunder saving Roxxon’s evil executive, Dario Agger! All this and…the Exterminatrix and the Silver Samurai?!
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,360 books1,677 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.
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June 9, 2017
Unlike licking a toad (you never get as high as everyone says you do, sadly), reading a Jason Aaron comic rarely disappoints me (with one notable exception, as you can read about here). This volume of Thor continues the trend—solidly crafted, good art, entertaining shenanigans, and occasionally interesting revelations that I won’t spoil here (the hammer can do WHAT?!). Whether Thor’s rocking a twig and berries or motorboating mountains, Aaron has a good handle on the God(ess) of Thunder.
May 26, 2017
Dario Agger - a businessman so villainous he should by rights have a black top hat and cape and be twirling a pencil-thin moustache whenever he speaks - has been exploiting resources in the other realms for his company only. The other evil corporate bigwigs aren’t happy and decide to make an example of him by crashing his floating headquarters into Manhattan – Thor to the rescue! Meanwhile, two persistent SHIELD agents try to prove that Jane Foster is Thor and Mjolnir’s secret origin is revealed.
The Mighty Thor, Volume 2: Lords of Midgard is a decent Thor book but not among Jason Aaron’s better efforts. The first two issues follow young Thor, before he became worthy of the hammer, battling a Hulked-out Viking called Bodolf the Black. It felt overlong and unnecessary (pretty sure everyone reading this book already knows Loki is duplicitous), there for fans who miss classic Thor. Still, it’s an ok tale and Rafa Garres’ painted art is an interesting change of pace.
The main story of Dario Agger getting his just desserts wasn’t bad. Silver Samurai and Oubliette Midas are such enthusiastically over-the-top bad guys that they’re a delight whenever they turn up and the twist with Mjolnir was surprising. But the story just feels unmemorable. Thor does Thor stuff, baddies do baddie stuff, Russell Dauterman’s art is again good and the SHIELD agent subplot was pointless. It’s a readable but largely unimpressive story. I feel like at this point Dario Agger is played out as an antagonist and I’d like to see Thor go up against someone else going forward.
It was especially disappointing as I was hoping this book was going to be about the War of Realms which now looks to be the next volume. It was briefly teased here with the enjoyable cameo of a new character, Sir Ivory Honeyshot (fantastic name!), who’s leading a one-man resistance in some realm – I’m looking forward to reading his story.
The volume closes out with Mjolnir’s origin drawn by Frazer Irving who lends a neo-gothic veneer to the tale. Again, a solid, competently-made comic but nothing too exciting and easy to put down.
Lords of Meh-gard isn’t a bad read but definitely not a gripping one either – a serviceable, standard Thor comic that’s only ever ok.
The Mighty Thor, Volume 2: Lords of Midgard is a decent Thor book but not among Jason Aaron’s better efforts. The first two issues follow young Thor, before he became worthy of the hammer, battling a Hulked-out Viking called Bodolf the Black. It felt overlong and unnecessary (pretty sure everyone reading this book already knows Loki is duplicitous), there for fans who miss classic Thor. Still, it’s an ok tale and Rafa Garres’ painted art is an interesting change of pace.
The main story of Dario Agger getting his just desserts wasn’t bad. Silver Samurai and Oubliette Midas are such enthusiastically over-the-top bad guys that they’re a delight whenever they turn up and the twist with Mjolnir was surprising. But the story just feels unmemorable. Thor does Thor stuff, baddies do baddie stuff, Russell Dauterman’s art is again good and the SHIELD agent subplot was pointless. It’s a readable but largely unimpressive story. I feel like at this point Dario Agger is played out as an antagonist and I’d like to see Thor go up against someone else going forward.
It was especially disappointing as I was hoping this book was going to be about the War of Realms which now looks to be the next volume. It was briefly teased here with the enjoyable cameo of a new character, Sir Ivory Honeyshot (fantastic name!), who’s leading a one-man resistance in some realm – I’m looking forward to reading his story.
The volume closes out with Mjolnir’s origin drawn by Frazer Irving who lends a neo-gothic veneer to the tale. Again, a solid, competently-made comic but nothing too exciting and easy to put down.
Lords of Meh-gard isn’t a bad read but definitely not a gripping one either – a serviceable, standard Thor comic that’s only ever ok.
December 28, 2020
More great stuff with lady Thor, and I loved the origin story of Mjolinir.
April 26, 2017
OK, of the seven issues collected in this volume, we had two pretty poor filler issues featuring a fairly uninteresting flashback story with guest artwork that really wasn't to my tastes... 2 stars each for those issues...
Then we have four issues of the regular creative team delivering a solid Thor vs. Roxxon vs. some other baddies story with some really good cliffhangery WTF moments... A strong 4 stars for each of those issues...
Then, as a really rather awesome epilogue, we get the previously unrevealed origin of Mjolnir! We had another guest artist for this issue but this time I really liked the art. A squeaky 5 stars for the final issue...
That gives this book an overall score of (2+2+4+4+4+4+5) divided by 7 = 3.5 stars (roughly) which I'm going to round up to 4 because I'm feeling generous.
Then we have four issues of the regular creative team delivering a solid Thor vs. Roxxon vs. some other baddies story with some really good cliffhangery WTF moments... A strong 4 stars for each of those issues...
Then, as a really rather awesome epilogue, we get the previously unrevealed origin of Mjolnir! We had another guest artist for this issue but this time I really liked the art. A squeaky 5 stars for the final issue...
That gives this book an overall score of (2+2+4+4+4+4+5) divided by 7 = 3.5 stars (roughly) which I'm going to round up to 4 because I'm feeling generous.
October 24, 2017
Starts off with two issues of filler, telling some old story about Thor and Loki with awful art. I'm not happy to see evil Loki return. His character has been so much more interesting the last few years, seeming evil but actually doing good. He's supposed to be a trickster god after all.
Then we get back to the main story. There's a dumb SHIELD plot with two agents harassing Jane about Thor's identity. The addition of a capitalist Illuminati was neat. And I liked the corporate takeover attempt by Silver Samurai and Oubliette. Some crazy things with Mjolnir ensue and Roxanne and Thor actually have to work at saving Dario Augger. This part of the story was pretty great. We finish up with the origin of Mjolnir.
Then we get back to the main story. There's a dumb SHIELD plot with two agents harassing Jane about Thor's identity. The addition of a capitalist Illuminati was neat. And I liked the corporate takeover attempt by Silver Samurai and Oubliette. Some crazy things with Mjolnir ensue and Roxanne and Thor actually have to work at saving Dario Augger. This part of the story was pretty great. We finish up with the origin of Mjolnir.
April 19, 2022
This was really good omg!
So it pretty much just starts with a tale of Odinson in the viking age whenever someone would pray for him and he will appear like tale of Bodolf and how Thor would assist him in his fights but when he grew greedy and stopped praying, fates turned and then enter Loki and the saga of that time and whatever happened there and yeah its a fun throwback tale showing the enmity of these two across the ages.
And then in the present we have Silver samurai and Exterminatrix take down Agger after some corporate stuff happened and how these two fight and how Thor and Roz have to save Agger or else NYC is in danger and so we see Thor fight these two and there is some extreme cool fight scenes between Thor and them and I love that scene where she holds the bullet and omg it just shows her power plus the case of mistaken secret identity, the usual trope happens and I love the way it resolves itself and the way Aaron makes Roz a part of the story is awesome!
And then the retcon of the story of mjolnir which was cool I guess and yeah some people might not like it but me personally I do. It adds so much backstory to the hammer and makes it also an important member of the Thor mythos!
So it pretty much just starts with a tale of Odinson in the viking age whenever someone would pray for him and he will appear like tale of Bodolf and how Thor would assist him in his fights but when he grew greedy and stopped praying, fates turned and then enter Loki and the saga of that time and whatever happened there and yeah its a fun throwback tale showing the enmity of these two across the ages.
And then in the present we have Silver samurai and Exterminatrix take down Agger after some corporate stuff happened and how these two fight and how Thor and Roz have to save Agger or else NYC is in danger and so we see Thor fight these two and there is some extreme cool fight scenes between Thor and them and I love that scene where she holds the bullet and omg it just shows her power plus the case of mistaken secret identity, the usual trope happens and I love the way it resolves itself and the way Aaron makes Roz a part of the story is awesome!
And then the retcon of the story of mjolnir which was cool I guess and yeah some people might not like it but me personally I do. It adds so much backstory to the hammer and makes it also an important member of the Thor mythos!
January 1, 2018
This was a step down from the last volume.
So Thor is under investigation. Certain agents of shield believe Jane is Thor. Oh no! Yes her identity up until now was supposed to be a secret from everybody. We also have two side stories here. One about the history of the hammer and another about Thor's younger days as a viking. This all leads to what I assume is going to be a all out war between all the realms.
Good: The art is still great. Thor as a character is still fun and charming. I enjoyed the middle section a lot and there's ton of great banter in here. The fights are also really damn well done and exciting. This artist is amazing.
Bad: The backstories both bored me. I was not a fan of young viking thor as it lead to nothing. I also thought the hammer story wasn't well drawn and again didn't find it very interesting. I really don't find much without Jane-thor as interesting.
Overall this was okay but could have been better. Still reading it for the art alone though, amazing! 2.5/5
So Thor is under investigation. Certain agents of shield believe Jane is Thor. Oh no! Yes her identity up until now was supposed to be a secret from everybody. We also have two side stories here. One about the history of the hammer and another about Thor's younger days as a viking. This all leads to what I assume is going to be a all out war between all the realms.
Good: The art is still great. Thor as a character is still fun and charming. I enjoyed the middle section a lot and there's ton of great banter in here. The fights are also really damn well done and exciting. This artist is amazing.
Bad: The backstories both bored me. I was not a fan of young viking thor as it lead to nothing. I also thought the hammer story wasn't well drawn and again didn't find it very interesting. I really don't find much without Jane-thor as interesting.
Overall this was okay but could have been better. Still reading it for the art alone though, amazing! 2.5/5
August 14, 2025
Um encadernado divertido e interessante, que com certeza agrega muito na mitologia do personagem (mesmo os nerdolas se rasgando por conta da Thor mulher), pois além de avançar um pouco a trama do presente, há 2 tramas no gibi que contam sobre o passado de Thor e do seu martelo.
Em um primeiro momento da HQ, nós acompanhamos Loki narrando uma história do passado, em uma época dos Vikings. Tal conto, é permeado por inveja, luxuria, sentimento de grandeza e inferioridade, e até mesmo ostentação (em certo ponto), em que vemos um viking sentir inveja de um Deus (o qual ele mesmo rezou e pediu preces), chegando a ponto de pedir a benção de outro Deus para enfrentar o qual ele tinha inveja. E após o homem conquistar tudo que era possível na sua época e saciar suas vontades, sentiu o desejo de mais, enfrentando até mesmo o Deus que lhe forneceu tal poder.
Nesse sentido, é uma história que nos faz refletir sobre a ganancia dos humanos, somado ao sentimento de vazio e de a todo momento querer mais, resgatando o conceito de felicidade liquida de Bauman, que descreve sobre a banalização da felicidade, que se tornou passageira na sociedade moderna, mas que na HQ, mostra que até o mais forte dos vikings sofreu com essa questão.
Posteriormente a esse conto, temos o avanço na trama principal da HQ, focada no presente, em que temos Jane Foster fazendo parceria com uma agente da Shield para investigar o que está acontecendo com a empresa Roxxon e Dario Agger, tendo em vista que a ganancia de Agger mexeu com as estruturas financeiras da terra, por conta de sua recente parceria com Malekith e a conquista de outros reinos.
Somado a essa abordagem socio financeira, temos também um clima de desconfiança e espionagem envolvendo Loki e Agger, visto que Malekith está com um exercito maior e Agger está desconfiado e com medo de uam possível traição/guerra.
Por fim, temos uma trama focada no martelo da Thor, que continua – de certa forma – as tramas anteriores no que tange a identidade secreta da Thor. Na história, acompanhamos a jornada que o próprio martelo leva Jane Foster até uma biblioteca dos Deuses, onde vemos a origem do Mjölnir e a possível resposta se ele está realmente vivo ou não.
Em um primeiro momento da HQ, nós acompanhamos Loki narrando uma história do passado, em uma época dos Vikings. Tal conto, é permeado por inveja, luxuria, sentimento de grandeza e inferioridade, e até mesmo ostentação (em certo ponto), em que vemos um viking sentir inveja de um Deus (o qual ele mesmo rezou e pediu preces), chegando a ponto de pedir a benção de outro Deus para enfrentar o qual ele tinha inveja. E após o homem conquistar tudo que era possível na sua época e saciar suas vontades, sentiu o desejo de mais, enfrentando até mesmo o Deus que lhe forneceu tal poder.
Nesse sentido, é uma história que nos faz refletir sobre a ganancia dos humanos, somado ao sentimento de vazio e de a todo momento querer mais, resgatando o conceito de felicidade liquida de Bauman, que descreve sobre a banalização da felicidade, que se tornou passageira na sociedade moderna, mas que na HQ, mostra que até o mais forte dos vikings sofreu com essa questão.
Posteriormente a esse conto, temos o avanço na trama principal da HQ, focada no presente, em que temos Jane Foster fazendo parceria com uma agente da Shield para investigar o que está acontecendo com a empresa Roxxon e Dario Agger, tendo em vista que a ganancia de Agger mexeu com as estruturas financeiras da terra, por conta de sua recente parceria com Malekith e a conquista de outros reinos.
Somado a essa abordagem socio financeira, temos também um clima de desconfiança e espionagem envolvendo Loki e Agger, visto que Malekith está com um exercito maior e Agger está desconfiado e com medo de uam possível traição/guerra.
Por fim, temos uma trama focada no martelo da Thor, que continua – de certa forma – as tramas anteriores no que tange a identidade secreta da Thor. Na história, acompanhamos a jornada que o próprio martelo leva Jane Foster até uma biblioteca dos Deuses, onde vemos a origem do Mjölnir e a possível resposta se ele está realmente vivo ou não.
July 22, 2022
Este volumen tiene bastantes números y es largo. Empieza con dos capítulos sobre un enfrentamiento del joven Thor contra un vikingo que se volvió demasiado poderoso. Pero, finalmente, termina la historia anterior donde el may0r enemigo a combatir es Dario Agger y su temible compañía Roxxon. Pero en el baile intervienen miembros de un gran grupo criminal que se reúne en Berna: Kingpin, Sebastian Shaw, Darren Cross, Ezekiel Stane, Shingen HArada, Frr'dox (Shiar) y Wilhemina Kensington. Todos ellos y Oubliette Midas van a ponerle la vida de cuadritos a Agger y librarán una batalla en la que se verá inmersa la poderosa Thor junto con la agente Roz Solomon. En el número final se explica el origen no contado del Mjolnir. En esta parte del volumen ya no me parecieron tan interesantes las historias.
July 28, 2017
[Read as single issues]
This volume, after the massive events of volume 1, slows down for the opening two issues, illustrating a brawl between a Viking era Hulk and the young Thor from the God of Thunder series with storybook art by RM Guerra that will not be to everyone's taste, but I feel fits the way in which the story is told - as a fable told to Malekith by Loki, who is trying to convince the dark elf that he is trying to join the winning side for a change.
The bulk of the volume looks at Dario Agger, recurring antagonist and sometime minotaur, as he is targeted by the Exterminatrix and the Silver Samurai for termination - problem being, if he dies, so do a hell of a lot of people thanks to his failsafes. Enter Thor and Roz Solomon. The artwork is, as always, beautiful because Russell Dauterman is unbelievably talented. The fact that he and colourist Matt Wilson can turn out pages this stunning every month is astounding.
I'm having trouble working out if this volume actually collects issue #12, which is the untold origin of Mjolnir with gorgeous guest artwork by Frazer Irving that sheds new light on the hammer of Thor, and explains a hell of a lot about why it's acting the way it now acts.
Jason Aaron's Thor epic continues with more adrenaline-fueled action, despite a divisive diversion to open up with.
This volume, after the massive events of volume 1, slows down for the opening two issues, illustrating a brawl between a Viking era Hulk and the young Thor from the God of Thunder series with storybook art by RM Guerra that will not be to everyone's taste, but I feel fits the way in which the story is told - as a fable told to Malekith by Loki, who is trying to convince the dark elf that he is trying to join the winning side for a change.
The bulk of the volume looks at Dario Agger, recurring antagonist and sometime minotaur, as he is targeted by the Exterminatrix and the Silver Samurai for termination - problem being, if he dies, so do a hell of a lot of people thanks to his failsafes. Enter Thor and Roz Solomon. The artwork is, as always, beautiful because Russell Dauterman is unbelievably talented. The fact that he and colourist Matt Wilson can turn out pages this stunning every month is astounding.
I'm having trouble working out if this volume actually collects issue #12, which is the untold origin of Mjolnir with gorgeous guest artwork by Frazer Irving that sheds new light on the hammer of Thor, and explains a hell of a lot about why it's acting the way it now acts.
Jason Aaron's Thor epic continues with more adrenaline-fueled action, despite a divisive diversion to open up with.
October 9, 2016
My favourite sub-plot is the SHIELD agents who think Jane is faking dying of cancer and everyone being like "YOU IDIOTS LEAVE HER ALONE" and Jane just being like... "You realize you can't scare me, right?"
February 5, 2017
Jason Aaron continues his marvelous run on Thor. There are a couple of fill-in artists of much, much lesser quality than Dauterman which I think is a first. So, I'm not so surprised he needed a bit of a break. The fill-in artists don't touch the main story however, only side stories. Altogether remains of Marvel's best titles.
January 31, 2018
Man, I LOVE Jason Aaron on Thor. He just takes all the right chances. That's not to even speak about the artists. Just great stuff!
December 11, 2016
Wonderfully, ridiculously over-the-top sensibilities combine with great art and some solid character work. Ten tons of fun in a five ton bag. Get on it.
March 12, 2018
A little bit too much filler with alot of issues being back story with really average art. The story did continue and it was pretty good when it did but just not enough.
August 12, 2019
History is deeply informing the current conflict of this series, for both Thor and Loki. Based entirely on my Marvel movie knowledge*, that seems to be a common theme throughout their sibling rivalry, but it’s especially important here, where we spend a lot of time on backstory with different art styles. I particularly liked how those styles reflected the characters telling the story: Loki’s, for example, is dark, messy and murky.
It’s nice to see Jane Foster with a friend, though it seems sad that it appears to be a professional friendship—like who are her other friends? Why aren’t they here for her in her cancer struggle? Why is this woman alone in the world? Why are female heroes so often alone in their bad-assery?
* I got here through the Marvel movie renaissance and decided to start with this particular storyline because I wanted to read the story of a Lady Thor, so may not have full context.
It’s nice to see Jane Foster with a friend, though it seems sad that it appears to be a professional friendship—like who are her other friends? Why aren’t they here for her in her cancer struggle? Why is this woman alone in the world? Why are female heroes so often alone in their bad-assery?
* I got here through the Marvel movie renaissance and decided to start with this particular storyline because I wanted to read the story of a Lady Thor, so may not have full context.
November 22, 2018
I love the Lord High Librarian. Such a bitchy snob.
I like the continued story of Jane struggling to hold it together, and how Thor is just such a badass throughout the book.
I even love the ridiculous commitment to weird elven world-building...
This is one of the first books in a LONG while where a variety of artists is actually suited to the different kinds of stories being told. Bravo for actually threading that needle, and not just throwing whatever standup artist is available when schedules get tight.
I like the continued story of Jane struggling to hold it together, and how Thor is just such a badass throughout the book.
I even love the ridiculous commitment to weird elven world-building...
This is one of the first books in a LONG while where a variety of artists is actually suited to the different kinds of stories being told. Bravo for actually threading that needle, and not just throwing whatever standup artist is available when schedules get tight.
July 10, 2019
Loving this run on the new Thor. Has to be one of marvel's best characters and storylines at the moment. Always great when the writer and artist get it right - at the same time!
February 7, 2017
Waffling between 2 and 3 stars for this because where the fuck was Thor in this? I thought this was supposed to be her story and instead we have 2 issues of a gross unrelated story narrated by Loki and 1 issue about Mjölnir's origin. Vaguely interesting, but after everything else, kind of a punch in the face. When Thor was there, the story was great, even though I didn't really feel like what was happening within the story really related to her at all (apart from SHIELD trying to figure out her identity- which can we let go of that storyline now?). Please just give me more Thor in the next trade because she is fucking amazing.
December 7, 2018
Still good times as Thor and Mjolnir smash the dastardly forces of...late stage inter-dimensional capitalism?
Image credit Chaos Illustrations
I didn't care for the "filler" issues' art, but on the whole I enjoyed the collection.
Image credit Chaos Illustrations
I didn't care for the "filler" issues' art, but on the whole I enjoyed the collection.
November 12, 2018
This was a pretty good volume. The action continues with the Minotaur and Malketh plots, and we hear a story from Viking times told by Loki.
The art is good, and I kinda like the fact that the hammer is alive from an ancient storm. It's a good idea, hopefully it comes into play a little more.
The art is good, and I kinda like the fact that the hammer is alive from an ancient storm. It's a good idea, hopefully it comes into play a little more.
February 7, 2021
It was ok.
Do not care that much for the story and kinda gets repetitive a bit, I mean yeah ok sure, it's jane she has cancer and we know it, Thor feels unworthy and he's whining about it, and we get some boring glimpses of Thor's entourage that I never cared about except Sif.
Oh well..
Do not care that much for the story and kinda gets repetitive a bit, I mean yeah ok sure, it's jane she has cancer and we know it, Thor feels unworthy and he's whining about it, and we get some boring glimpses of Thor's entourage that I never cared about except Sif.
Oh well..
January 13, 2018
3,5*
Strange book. Not an amazing plot but so well done you can't rightly dismiss it.
It opens with 2 issues taking place in the Viking era that have no real purpose but to revel in the gigantic battle between young Thor and a Hulk-like opponent. Well told but rather pointless. Mostly painted art by Rafa Garres in a style that might not please to everybody.
The main action is in the 4 next issues where Dario Agger, the mean Roxxon executive, is sentenced to death by Oubliette Dominatrix and the Silver Samurai for not sharing the profits made in exploiting the asgardian realms.
This is weird, really. The plot is as subtle as a bulldozer: conspiracy/omnipotence of "the 1% of the 1%", over the top bad guys rivalizing in cruelty and psychopathy, parodic Shield agents intent on proving that Jane Foster is Thor...
Sounds like a disaster-to-be but it surprisingly ends up being not so bad. I still don't care much for the plot but somehow Jason Aaron knows his craft and hooked me in the story.
The action is intense, the punchlines hit right-the Shield duo is caricatural but a riot-and the twist of issues 10/11 is nothing but brilliant.
A Mjolnir dedicated issue ends the book. Mostly illustrated by Frazer Irving it shows that this hammer is more than it seems and that Aaron has a real knack for telling viking tales.
Strange book. Not an amazing plot but so well done you can't rightly dismiss it.
It opens with 2 issues taking place in the Viking era that have no real purpose but to revel in the gigantic battle between young Thor and a Hulk-like opponent. Well told but rather pointless. Mostly painted art by Rafa Garres in a style that might not please to everybody.
The main action is in the 4 next issues where Dario Agger, the mean Roxxon executive, is sentenced to death by Oubliette Dominatrix and the Silver Samurai for not sharing the profits made in exploiting the asgardian realms.
This is weird, really. The plot is as subtle as a bulldozer: conspiracy/omnipotence of "the 1% of the 1%", over the top bad guys rivalizing in cruelty and psychopathy, parodic Shield agents intent on proving that Jane Foster is Thor...
Sounds like a disaster-to-be but it surprisingly ends up being not so bad. I still don't care much for the plot but somehow Jason Aaron knows his craft and hooked me in the story.
The action is intense, the punchlines hit right-the Shield duo is caricatural but a riot-and the twist of issues 10/11 is nothing but brilliant.
A Mjolnir dedicated issue ends the book. Mostly illustrated by Frazer Irving it shows that this hammer is more than it seems and that Aaron has a real knack for telling viking tales.
August 6, 2022
This was a good one. The main plot concerns Dario Agger, CEO of Roxxon, part-time minotaur, and overall sociopath. After purchasing the rights to drill the realm of the elves for oil, the other CEO-supervillains of the world (particularly Oubliette Midas and the Silver Samurai) are angry at Agger that he isn't sharing his new business opportunities and engage in an extremely hostile takeover of Roxxon. This triggers Agger's failsafe which is set to blow up New York if his holdings are threatened.
It's a delightful satire of multimillionaire business CEOs and a nice break from all the build-up to the War of the Realms.
It's a delightful satire of multimillionaire business CEOs and a nice break from all the build-up to the War of the Realms.
May 15, 2021
Ah, the smell of misogyny in the reviews of this comic. How utterly predictable.
But in all honesty, this one of the greatest comic runs I've ever read. We needed a fresh rebirth of Thor-- he was boring. This arc gives him and everyone around him an exciting edge to his normally meh existence. It gives substance to the entirety of the myth/legend of the hammer.
I am so curious how they are going to play this all out in the movie.
But in all honesty, this one of the greatest comic runs I've ever read. We needed a fresh rebirth of Thor-- he was boring. This arc gives him and everyone around him an exciting edge to his normally meh existence. It gives substance to the entirety of the myth/legend of the hammer.
I am so curious how they are going to play this all out in the movie.
December 28, 2017
The art is gorgeous, the plot line is interesting enough, though occasionally a bit too predictable and thus lacking, on to the next installment!
June 26, 2018
Aaron knows how to write Thor. He managed to add somethings to the Thor mythology, without forcing it on the book or plot, and it's awsome.
I never thought I'd like Thor (or She-thor) but I do.
I never thought I'd like Thor (or She-thor) but I do.
December 21, 2016
2.5 stars
This volume definitely removed itself from previous installments in the series, I don't really understand the reasoning behind wasting 2 issues providing a story about Thor fighting a Viking Hulk monster just to reference it again very briefly again towards the end of the volume. Honestly, I would have just accepted that it was some genetic/radioactive experimentation that went wrong performed by Roxxon Corp and taken an extra 2 issues developing the female friendship between Jane and Roz, but whatever. Also, while the corporate espionage subplot was fun it didn't really serve a purpose for the overall series other than providing a way for Malekith to run about unchecked now that Roxxon has lost all of his power, which I would have rather seen come from a double crossing or something more in vein with the rest of the series. Overall, I feel like this was a filler volume which set the stage for something bigger in later volumes. I'm interested to see if the storm trapped in Mjolnir is expanded upon later in the series and will definitely be picking up the next volume.
This volume definitely removed itself from previous installments in the series, I don't really understand the reasoning behind wasting 2 issues providing a story about Thor fighting a Viking Hulk monster just to reference it again very briefly again towards the end of the volume. Honestly, I would have just accepted that it was some genetic/radioactive experimentation that went wrong performed by Roxxon Corp and taken an extra 2 issues developing the female friendship between Jane and Roz, but whatever. Also, while the corporate espionage subplot was fun it didn't really serve a purpose for the overall series other than providing a way for Malekith to run about unchecked now that Roxxon has lost all of his power, which I would have rather seen come from a double crossing or something more in vein with the rest of the series. Overall, I feel like this was a filler volume which set the stage for something bigger in later volumes. I'm interested to see if the storm trapped in Mjolnir is expanded upon later in the series and will definitely be picking up the next volume.
July 5, 2018
Roxxon como villano se siente un poco como relleno porque Thor realmente no tiene que hacer un esfuerzo para vencerlo; me gusta la dinámica entre los malvados y codiciosos CEOs, pero a pesar de que uno de ellos sea un minotauro que hace tratos con el mismísimo Loki, se sienten poco amenazadores. Sobran.
Me gusta que enseñen la historia de Mjölnir, y que Loki siga siendo el dios de las historias, y también me gusta Jane Foster golpeando a Odín en la cara. Lo aprecio bastante, pero se sintió relleno todo lo que sucedía en midgard.
En arte este cómic sigue siendo increíble.
Me gusta que enseñen la historia de Mjölnir, y que Loki siga siendo el dios de las historias, y también me gusta Jane Foster golpeando a Odín en la cara. Lo aprecio bastante, pero se sintió relleno todo lo que sucedía en midgard.
En arte este cómic sigue siendo increíble.
March 17, 2017
Still really enjoying this series. The idea of Earth-based companies vying for resources in Asgard (etc.) isn't one I'd thought of before. Lovely art, Thor kicking butt.... really good stuff.
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