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King Thor
King Thor #4
THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE YEARS-SPANNING, AWARD-WINNING SAGA! The sun has gone black. Midgard isn’t far behind. The entire Multiverse is dying — and with it, the last of the gods. An eternity ago, the God of Thunder heard a whisper: “Gorr was right.” Now Gorr the God of God-Butchers ascends to his final murder: the All-Father of all existence. Plus, a who’s who of Jason’s past THOR collaborators and a few surprise guests help close out the story in thunderous style!
42 pages, ebook
Published December 18, 2019
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,337 books1,695 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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August 21, 2023
4.5 stars.
Collective review for issues #1-4 can be found in this review of the King Thor collected edition.
Collective review for issues #1-4 can be found in this review of the King Thor collected edition.
December 24, 2019
And so ends Jason Aaron's run on Thor. Or at least, that's what I've been lead to believe. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that - but I think I'd be happy to hear that I was wrong about that bit of news. Perhaps I'm just grasping at straws there.
King Thor #4 was an intense issue. I knew it would be, between the buildup of the entire series as well as what has been happening these past three issues. But I still wasn't prepared for some of the events that unfolded within these pages.
Remember, this series essentially concludes Thor's tale - in the literal sense. This is the story at the end of Thor's (extended) lifetime. Yes, there are hundreds of plots that can happen between current continuity and then, but that still means there's a strong sense of permanency in what happens here. It's almost refreshing, in a way. Though it increases the heartache tenfold.
This was the conclusion the series, fans, and characters deserved. I'm hesitant to say more than that, because of spoilers and all that. I will say that I was very pleased with it, though I may need some time to cope with what happened (and with the fact that Aaron is done with Thor, but I've made that fact pretty clear at this point).
King Thor #4 was an intense issue. I knew it would be, between the buildup of the entire series as well as what has been happening these past three issues. But I still wasn't prepared for some of the events that unfolded within these pages.
Remember, this series essentially concludes Thor's tale - in the literal sense. This is the story at the end of Thor's (extended) lifetime. Yes, there are hundreds of plots that can happen between current continuity and then, but that still means there's a strong sense of permanency in what happens here. It's almost refreshing, in a way. Though it increases the heartache tenfold.
This was the conclusion the series, fans, and characters deserved. I'm hesitant to say more than that, because of spoilers and all that. I will say that I was very pleased with it, though I may need some time to cope with what happened (and with the fact that Aaron is done with Thor, but I've made that fact pretty clear at this point).
January 14, 2020
It's so hard to let go of Jason Aaron and what he did with Thor. I love the scope of the stories, I love the mythology, I love the meditation on what it means to be worthy. I've been here for it since Mighty Thor (as Jane Foster) and I'm delighted to know there's more I still have to read. This is one of the few comic runs I will be rereading. I just *wiping tears away* I might have to come back to this review, okay?
December 19, 2019
A breathtakingly beautiful, poignant, stunningly appropriate end to what has been a truly remarkable run. I now know the spirit of the thunder, and I feel so much richer for it. Stay worthy.
April 30, 2025
“God what a day huh Mr. Horse?” *flys into the sunset*
January 23, 2020
Just incredible. Can't believe Jason's run is done 😥 Definitely ended on a high note
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