Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok - Prelude

Marvel Cinematic Universe

by Will Corona Pilgrim, Greg Pak, Walter Simonson (Illustrator)

The stage is set for 2017's far-out fantasy epic, Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok! Catch up on the incredible events of Thor: The Dark World and learn where major players including Odin, Loki and Thor himself stand ahead of the next blockbuster chapter in Asgardian lore! And revisit the origin of Ragnarok's other headline star, the Incredible Hulk! Plus: Classic comic-book tales featuring the two mightiest Avengers of all! Thor enters the underworld to face Hela - and the Hulk does savage battle on an alien world! It's cinematic action in the Mighty Marvel Manner! COLLECTING: MARVEL'S THOR: RAGNAROK PRELUDE 1-4, THOR (1966) 361, INCREDIBLE HULK (2000) 95

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Marvel, Superheroes, Fantasy, Mythology, Graphic Novels Comics

136 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

This may be the biggest waste of money trade ever. It collects 4 issues that recap the Incredible Hulk movies and Thor The Dark World, then throws in an original Thor story by Stan Lee and a rando Hulk story. It is pitched as a prelude but really it could be called 'bunch of random stuff tenuously held together by the fact that these characters appear in Thor Ragnarok. What a rip off.

[Renata · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel like these movie preludes are usually pretty flimsy but I loved Thor Ragnarok so I picked this one up. It's dumb. Like 1/3 of it is a comic recap of the Ed Norton Hulk movie. Why. Is there anyone in the world who's like "Yes I'm going to see Thor Ragnarok but I need this quick prelude first because I have no idea what the Hulk is."

The random old Thor comics tacked on the end are fun though.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

More knew about Hulk!

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 1 out of 5]

How much you liked the movie? THAT much you're going to hate this one.

[Dawn F · Rating 2 out of 5]

This collection of comics is really just a recap of the Hulk movie and Thor: The Dark World. The only thing of interest is the inclusion of The Mighty Thor 362 from 1985 where we meet both Hela and Skurge, the Executioner and got to know a bit more about them. In this comic half of Hela’s face rots, as it is in the original mythology, but wasn’t in Ragnarok, and it was good to see that this part of her was not being ignored.

[SA · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh, this was boring and needless. It's literally four issues reconstructing key scenes from the Ed Norton Hulk and the second Thor movie. The characters look -- nothing like their movie counterparts, which makes this volume even more pointless.

One note, I thought this in Thor: Dark World, but it's particularly evident in the comics -- Dark Elves really look like cousins of Cybermen (from Doctor Who).

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing. Basically the first two comics retell The Incredible Hulk and Thor The Dark World. And then the final comic had nothing to do with the films at all.
Seriously, I'm always disappointed in these preludes, they either just repeat one of the movies or have nothing to do with the MCU storylines at all. There's no real point to read them and they're usually way too expensive to bother buying.

[Ian Morales · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up out of mere curiosity. Why I expected anything substantial, I don't know. It was a quick and easy review of happenings from the previous movies. Nothing more. Fans of the 'Thor' comic series and movies are already familiar with everything in this prelude. I think it is more of a fun collectible than anything else.

[Tamara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like other reviews, I was disappointed by the 2-part recap of the Hulk movie (which I understand he is a main character in Thor Ragnarok) but I wanted more Thor, less Hulk (it felt like the Thor Dark World movie adaptation was rushed because of this). I would have liked another story of Thor battling the character Malekith rather than the Hulk as Gladiator story at the end.

[Joseph · Rating 1 out of 5]

LAME!!!

Waste of time. Take the Incredible Hulk movie with Ed Norton and Thor The Dark World and that is what it is. Nothing more, nothing less. I was thinking this would have been a bridge from the last movie to the new one, but it is not... The two stories are separate.

Got it from the library, so no loss money wise, but time wise I guess so.

[Matthew Stevenson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Incredibly disappointing. This collection contains a recap of the Incredible Hulk movie, a recap of Thor: The Second Thor movie and two other single issues that loosely connect to Thor: Ragnarok.

I normally give these things a read purely for the original content and minor tie-ins to MCU canon, but this is 100% disappointment. Avoid.

[Ahdom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was hoping for something to fill the gaps leading up to Ragnaroc, but instead got an adaptation of The Incredible Hulk film and Thor: The Dark World. As far as that is concerned, it did just that. I enjoyed it for what it was and the artwork was great!

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Previous movies in comic form, and retreads of planet hulk and an 80’s Thor. Don’t waste your time.

[LibraryKath · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh, basically a rehash of the MCU without all the best bits.

[Nathanial Garrod · Rating 2 out of 5]

Skip this one. Just a summary of the Incredible Hulk movie and Thor 2: The Dark World.

[Constantine Melios · Rating 2 out of 5]

MCU marathon

[Rey · Rating 2 out of 5]

absolutely never getting over how dirty the mcu did bruce banner

[M Pereira · Rating 2 out of 5]

A combination of some original comics set in the MCU and then a couple of historical comics which the Thor Ragnarok film is based on. It felt all exposition heavy