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Thor (1966) #468-471
Thor: Blood and Thunder
Collects Thor (1966) #468-471, Silver Surfer (1987) #86-88, Warlock Chronicles #6-8 And Warlock And The Infinity Watch #23- 25.
When the God of Thunder goes berserk, the most powerful heroes in the universe may not be able to stop him! See Thor tear through the ranks of Beta Ray Bill, the Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, Dr. Strange, Drax the Destroyer and Thanos! And when the mad Thor gets his hands on the Infinity Gem of Power, even Odin may be powerless to stop him
When the God of Thunder goes berserk, the most powerful heroes in the universe may not be able to stop him! See Thor tear through the ranks of Beta Ray Bill, the Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, Dr. Strange, Drax the Destroyer and Thanos! And when the mad Thor gets his hands on the Infinity Gem of Power, even Odin may be powerless to stop him
306 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 13, 2011
About the author
Ron Marz
1,653 books127 followersMarz is well known for his work on Silver Surfer and Green Lantern, as well as the Marvel vs DC crossover and Batman/Aliens. He also worked on the CrossGen Comics series Scion, Mystic, Sojourn, and The Path. At Dark Horse Comics he created Samurai: Heaven and Earth and various Star Wars comics. He has also done work for Devil’s Due Publishing’s Aftermath line, namely Blade of Kumori. In 1995, he had a brief run on XO-Manowar, for Valiant Comics.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
Marz’s more recent works includes a number of Top Cow books including Witchblade and a Cyberforce relaunch. For DC Comics, he has written Ion, a 12 part comic book miniseries that followed the Kyle Rayner character after the One Year Later event, and Tales of the Sinistro Corps Presents: Parallax and Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion, two one-shot tie-ins to the Green Lantern crossover, The Sinestro Corps War.
His current creator owned projects include “Dragon Prince” (Top Cow) and “Samurai : Heaven and Earth” (Dark Horse).
Photo by Luigi Novi.
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August 6, 2017
This made me realize how ignorant I was about Asgard, Odin, and Thor, characters I didn't care or even wanted to care about, just like the avengers, I don't know if it was just this book or if most of the Thor reading will be like this...plenty of cosmic, plenty of POWER and plenty of awesome writing.
I really enjoyed this book 'tis something I truly recommend.
Ps: will search for an omnibus of Thor.
I really enjoyed this book 'tis something I truly recommend.
Ps: will search for an omnibus of Thor.
February 27, 2016
Thor has gone crazy and it is up to Sif, Beta Ray Bill, Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, Garmora, Thanos (?!), Drax, Dr. Strange, and a bunch of others to take him down. This collection had everything I could want from a cosmic Thor story; bad Shakespeare dialogue, super space battles, psychedelic magic duels, and muscle-bound heroes.
December 18, 2018
Shockingly bad. This is basically the epitome of the uninspired, bland crap Jim Starlin did after his brilliant Infinity Gauntlet.
Let’s get the art out of the way; it sucks. There are few, if any, redeeming qualities to it. Everyone looks like a lumpy, misshapen blob. The faces are expressionless. Every panel appears as though it was rushed, with absolutely no care, love, passion, vision or art. The coloring sucks to. I happen to know for a fact that in 1993, there were better colors than this available. Everything is so garish... every color clashes... there’s no method to the madness. It literally hurt my eyes.
This story is pure shit. I had no emotional investment. Thor’s an asshole. Let’s get him to Odin. Abra cadabra and he’s no longer an asshole. Oh yeah, Thanos was there for no reason because this is a Jim Starlin story. THAT’S IT! It’s impossible to care when the story is that weak.
There were quite a few fights, and I regret to inform you you that every single fight with the exception of one was a “hero vs hero misunderstanding.” You know, the most boring and uninteresting possible type of fight.
Do not waste your time. I don’t care how badly you want to be able to say you’ve read all of Jim Starlin’s Adam Warlock/Thanos/Infinity Stones/Pip the Troll shit. Just skip this. Please.
Let’s get the art out of the way; it sucks. There are few, if any, redeeming qualities to it. Everyone looks like a lumpy, misshapen blob. The faces are expressionless. Every panel appears as though it was rushed, with absolutely no care, love, passion, vision or art. The coloring sucks to. I happen to know for a fact that in 1993, there were better colors than this available. Everything is so garish... every color clashes... there’s no method to the madness. It literally hurt my eyes.
This story is pure shit. I had no emotional investment. Thor’s an asshole. Let’s get him to Odin. Abra cadabra and he’s no longer an asshole. Oh yeah, Thanos was there for no reason because this is a Jim Starlin story. THAT’S IT! It’s impossible to care when the story is that weak.
There were quite a few fights, and I regret to inform you you that every single fight with the exception of one was a “hero vs hero misunderstanding.” You know, the most boring and uninteresting possible type of fight.
Do not waste your time. I don’t care how badly you want to be able to say you’ve read all of Jim Starlin’s Adam Warlock/Thanos/Infinity Stones/Pip the Troll shit. Just skip this. Please.
June 5, 2017
I'm reluctantly giving this a 4 instead of a 3. The art ranged from "that's cool" to "oh my god is that lumpy piece of clay looking thing supposed to be the Silver Surfer!?!?" And the story had both padding issues (2 issues dedicated to the trolls of Asgard) and yet didn't really explore the coflict as well as it could have. Thor goes insane and gets an infinity gem. There's a lot to do here. Yet Thor takes a backseat in most of his own story.
So why 4 stars?
Because damn was this a fun book. If only for the pure insanity of some of the brawls. Thor beats the crap out of like 10 heroes plus Thanos. Speaking of Thanos, hes got some of his best moments here. And Thanos's battle with Odin was one of the best superhero throwdowns I've ever read. So, yeah, fun.
So why 4 stars?
Because damn was this a fun book. If only for the pure insanity of some of the brawls. Thor beats the crap out of like 10 heroes plus Thanos. Speaking of Thanos, hes got some of his best moments here. And Thanos's battle with Odin was one of the best superhero throwdowns I've ever read. So, yeah, fun.
April 9, 2020
The art in this collection is atrocious. I mean, egregiously so. Even by the standards of the 90’s, it’s bad.
Which really interferes with the story for me. Which could’ve been told with half the cast, in two issues.
Which really interferes with the story for me. Which could’ve been told with half the cast, in two issues.
October 20, 2019
I have no idea what happened other than that this story completely lacked all momentum until Thanos showed up. And then what happened?
May 22, 2020
Reprints Thor (1) #468-471, Warlock and the Infinity Watch #23-25, The Warlock Chronicles #6-8, and Silver Surfer (3) #86-88 (November 1993-February 1994). Thor is plagued with visions of a Valkyrie, and a trip into the cosmos has not cured him. Sif and Beta Ray Bill worry that Thor is suffering from Warrior’s Madness, and Warrior’s Madness has no cure and only can result in banishment. Warlock and the Infinity Watch learn of Thor’s plight and find themselves allied with Dr. Strange and Silver Surfer in a desperate attempt to save the Norse god before it is too late!
Written by Ron Marz and Jim Starlin, Thor: Blood and Thunder is a Marvel Comics crossover series from the 1990s. The series follows the events of The Infinity Crusade and The Infinity Watch—Volume 1 and features the art of Tom Grindberg, Angel Medina, Tom Raney, Kris Renkewitz, Andy Smith, M.C. Wyman, and Bruce Zick. The Warlock Chronicles #6 was also included in The Infinity Watch—Volume 2.
The 1990s comic book world is pretty divisive, and this period of comics is a good example of why. The story is boisterous and overblown along with the art, and a thirteen part crossover is hard to choke down today when entire series rarely last thirteen issues. Thor: Blood and Thunder has some good but that is also tied into the negative.
For the most part, the story works. You have Thor driven mad and almost a side character in his own series. This leads to the problem of how to stop a mad god. This is compounded by the issue that the person who can most help Thor (aka Odin) cannot learn of his condition. The series plays around with this but the story is extended so long with so many juts that you lose interest while reading it.
As a Warlock and the Infinity Watch story it is a bit better. The Infinity Watch is cold and standoffish during most of its run, but here, you get to see them working as a team to extinguish a problem. I always enjoy Warlock teaming up with Silver Surfer as kind of “frenemies”, and in this volume you add the extra “frenemy” of Thanos (and a pretty good knockdown fight with Odin).
The series has a number of artists and the styles jump all over the place. I do like when series aren’t interrupted by event series, but when reading a collection like this, I kind of like some flow. You have something like Tom Grindberg’s art that looks like it borrows from Mike Mignola and its contrast with something like Andy Smith which feels underdone at points and over-inked at other points. It makes reading segments of the collection more difficult and “skimworthy”.
Overall, Thor: Blood and Thunder is average or slightly better. It isn’t as mind-numbing and is more developed than some of the other collections from the period (including much of the Infinity War and Infinity Crusade), but it still feels bloated and unnecessary at points. In contrast to today’s comics, the series is much wordier and a nice throwback to simple superhero smash-em-up titles. The exploits of Warlock and the Infinity Watch continued in The Infinity Watch—Volume 2.
Written by Ron Marz and Jim Starlin, Thor: Blood and Thunder is a Marvel Comics crossover series from the 1990s. The series follows the events of The Infinity Crusade and The Infinity Watch—Volume 1 and features the art of Tom Grindberg, Angel Medina, Tom Raney, Kris Renkewitz, Andy Smith, M.C. Wyman, and Bruce Zick. The Warlock Chronicles #6 was also included in The Infinity Watch—Volume 2.
The 1990s comic book world is pretty divisive, and this period of comics is a good example of why. The story is boisterous and overblown along with the art, and a thirteen part crossover is hard to choke down today when entire series rarely last thirteen issues. Thor: Blood and Thunder has some good but that is also tied into the negative.
For the most part, the story works. You have Thor driven mad and almost a side character in his own series. This leads to the problem of how to stop a mad god. This is compounded by the issue that the person who can most help Thor (aka Odin) cannot learn of his condition. The series plays around with this but the story is extended so long with so many juts that you lose interest while reading it.
As a Warlock and the Infinity Watch story it is a bit better. The Infinity Watch is cold and standoffish during most of its run, but here, you get to see them working as a team to extinguish a problem. I always enjoy Warlock teaming up with Silver Surfer as kind of “frenemies”, and in this volume you add the extra “frenemy” of Thanos (and a pretty good knockdown fight with Odin).
The series has a number of artists and the styles jump all over the place. I do like when series aren’t interrupted by event series, but when reading a collection like this, I kind of like some flow. You have something like Tom Grindberg’s art that looks like it borrows from Mike Mignola and its contrast with something like Andy Smith which feels underdone at points and over-inked at other points. It makes reading segments of the collection more difficult and “skimworthy”.
Overall, Thor: Blood and Thunder is average or slightly better. It isn’t as mind-numbing and is more developed than some of the other collections from the period (including much of the Infinity War and Infinity Crusade), but it still feels bloated and unnecessary at points. In contrast to today’s comics, the series is much wordier and a nice throwback to simple superhero smash-em-up titles. The exploits of Warlock and the Infinity Watch continued in The Infinity Watch—Volume 2.
February 12, 2026
This collection is a product of the '90s, for good or bad. The battle between our heroes and Odin, particularly Odin versus Thanos, is a tour-de-force. Most of the chapters suffer from below average art, though the stories are a mix of mystical cosmic philosophies and good old-fashioned super-hero action. It's interesting to see Thanos as a protagonist, as he mostly serves the forces of good here. I would recommend this story if you enjoy '90s super-hero art, or you really like Warlock and the Infinity Watch, Thor, the Silver Surfer, and Doctor Strange.
October 3, 2022
This thirteen comic length epic follows Thor's decent into madness and how Lady Sif, Beta Ray Bill, Warlock and the Infinity Watchalong with Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Odin, and even Thanos fight to bring Thor out of his crazy.
It is a mixed bag of a Thor that was totally unbeatable (not sure that he was ever that unbeatable in any of the other comics that came before this storyline, but...oh well).
It was fun and a fast read.
It is a mixed bag of a Thor that was totally unbeatable (not sure that he was ever that unbeatable in any of the other comics that came before this storyline, but...oh well).
It was fun and a fast read.
April 30, 2018
I don't read much Thor, but read this because of the Thanos and Warlock tie-ins. Decent story, well written, great artwork, and it spans several titles. Not a required read for die-hard Thanos/Warlock fans, but still a good story.
February 8, 2023
Thor goes insane and starts seeing a beautiful woman. He decides that everyone is against him. The fun in this story is from all the different people trying to help him. The bad is that the artwork is bad, jarringly so at times. A decent read.
December 3, 2023
I don’t typically enjoy many superhero comics from the 90s, but this one is a lot of fun. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but the art is eye catching, and it’s an interesting story with a lot of characters I like reading.
May 15, 2018
The mighty Thor has gone mad... Who will help him? What will happen to him? What will he do?
Find out from this fast and action paced graphic novel...
Find out from this fast and action paced graphic novel...
May 31, 2019
Awesome book, fun ride. :)
February 29, 2020
not sure how i felt about this one. the storyline is not as epic as you'd think from the title, but thanos is, as always, an excellent character
January 8, 2021
Thor goes crazy and tries to kill everyone.
January 29, 2018
I wanted to like this more than I did. It had a lot of elements and people involved that I dig (Thor going insane, the consequences of mental manipulation, Thanos being a kind-of-good guy, Jim Starlin and Ron Marz writing cosmic stories, bulky bruisers drawn by Tom Grindberg, and additional over-the-top action by Angel Medina and Bruce Zick, who's new to me, and of course the nostalgia factor) but there are enough issues drawn by weaker superhero artists and plot elements that seem haphazard and arbitrary that I couldn't get fully into it.
October 10, 2014
An okay read, but suffered a lot from the "heroes battle each other because of misunderstandings" syndrome.
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