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Thor (2018) (Single Issues)
Thor (2018-2019) #9
MEET EARTH’S NEWEST ROZ SOLOMON! With S.H.I.E.L.D. gone, Roz Solomon has been left adrift in a world full of homeless gods and mislaid hammers. Now this Asgardian ally is about to take on a surprising new role — and make a million new enemies. For the War of the Realms is coming…and the invasion of Earth may have already begun. Cue the Frost Giants!
26 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 9, 2019
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Jason Aaron
2,352 books1,678 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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January 10, 2019
This was a very different issue of Thor. For one thing, Thor wasn’t the main perspective. Heck, he hardly even made an appearance! But it was still really good. It had its intense moments, as well as a couple of laugh out loud moments, and a few cringe moments. It was really all well balanced.
This issue of Thor ties in with what is happening in the Avengers series. T’Challa is arranging a team to support the Avengers (intelligence gathering, ground support, tech support, collection, etc etc), and one of the characters he’s pulling had her origin in Thor. So in a way, it only made sense that she’d get a moment to shine while she worked through her new assignment.
It was a good issue, and it did a great job of highlighting all the ladies that Thor has gone through in recent time. I don’t envy Thor here – he’s taking another Avenger, and his ex is higher up in the support team. And realistically he’s going to come across a problem with that at some point in time… it’s just a matter of when. Good luck to him!
This issue of Thor ties in with what is happening in the Avengers series. T’Challa is arranging a team to support the Avengers (intelligence gathering, ground support, tech support, collection, etc etc), and one of the characters he’s pulling had her origin in Thor. So in a way, it only made sense that she’d get a moment to shine while she worked through her new assignment.
It was a good issue, and it did a great job of highlighting all the ladies that Thor has gone through in recent time. I don’t envy Thor here – he’s taking another Avenger, and his ex is higher up in the support team. And realistically he’s going to come across a problem with that at some point in time… it’s just a matter of when. Good luck to him!
January 10, 2019
This issue got me really excited for War of the Realms, I'm really enjoying the build up !!
July 19, 2019
ROZ SOLOMON DESERVES THE WHOLE WORLD AND BETTER
January 24, 2019
I have a difficult time with setup. It's one of the reasons I tend to dislike any issue #1, even if I end up liking the series that follows. So, I may be overcompensating with my rating on this one. I don't love it, because it has so much setup. But it excites me so much about what looks to follow that I couldn't give this only three stars. To me, it almost read to me as the start of a Marvel movie plot. It definitely has me interested in finding out what will happen next!
January 19, 2019
Barely a Thor issue. An update to Roz's character in preparation for War of The Realms. Del Mundo's art is stunning as usual.
March 11, 2019
An excellent character focused issue with Roz and the fallout for someone involved in the superhero world having to deal with the lesser villains/monsters/creatures.
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