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Thor by Jason Aaron #15
King Thor
Superstars Jason Aaron & Esad Ribic conclude their epic Thor story! The creators of the legendary THOR: GOD OF THUNDER series that kicked off one of the most epic runs in Marvel his-tory are back together for one last ride with the almighty Lord of Asgard! Seven years ago, Jason and Esad introduced the Thor of the far future, All-Father of a broken realm and a dying uni-verse, as he stood in battle against the Butcher of Gods, wielder of All-Black the Necrosword. Now that nefarious blade has returned, in the hands of Thor's all time greatest enemy - his brother, Loki - for one final, cataclysmic showdown. Behold the book no comics fan should miss - the celebration of the end of a truly marvelous era.
COLLECTING: KING THOR 1-4
COLLECTING: KING THOR 1-4
112 pages, Paperback
First published March 18, 2020
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,358 books1,681 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 28, 2020
Well, DAMN, what a run that was! I can’t quite believe Jason Aaron’s been writing Thor for seven years. I guess it had to end eventually but I’m really going to miss him. And what about that artwork? Hoo boy! It’s enough to make want to hang up my brushes for good.
The next creative team’s got some HUGE boots to fill. Good luck, folks...
The next creative team’s got some HUGE boots to fill. Good luck, folks...
April 24, 2022
WOW WHAT AN END!
So ends Aarons run on Thor which was epic and this volume is just that, so its Loki vs Thor but what happens when Gorr returns again and this time with much more power and challenges Thor and the very universe at large.. its King Thor vs Gorr for the very existence of the universe and by Thor-damned lines its epic. I swear I was having the best time reading it, every page is a payoff of the last 7 years of stories and Aaron makes it like that and the fights are epic and the ending just so emotional and the lines especially just wow! Plus the art.. just too good! One of the greatest endings to a comic run, a must recommend!
So ends Aarons run on Thor which was epic and this volume is just that, so its Loki vs Thor but what happens when Gorr returns again and this time with much more power and challenges Thor and the very universe at large.. its King Thor vs Gorr for the very existence of the universe and by Thor-damned lines its epic. I swear I was having the best time reading it, every page is a payoff of the last 7 years of stories and Aaron makes it like that and the fights are epic and the ending just so emotional and the lines especially just wow! Plus the art.. just too good! One of the greatest endings to a comic run, a must recommend!
December 20, 2019
Well this is the true ending to Jason Aaron's Thor run.
Was it good? Bringing back King Thor, facing off against the God Butcher AND Loki. I mean, how much more epic can you be? This is really one big long battle which ends in a bloody showdown for the fate of...well every single god and pretty much everything. With King Thor using his final stand with his daughters and Loki, will it be enough to end GodButcher for good?
The first two issues are fantastic. It's one big super saiyan like fight with Thor and Loki going at it, and then Thor and Godbutcher. It shows the relentlessness king never bowing down to no one. Then we have the final two issues, which slow down a bit, and a unexpected last issue which is actually bitter sweet. I enjoyed issue 4 a lot too, but issue 3 suffered for me in a lot of ways, and I wasn't all too thrilled with that issue. However, with a nice wrap up and two fantastic opening issues, this is still very much worth reading. A easy 4 out of 5.
Was it good? Bringing back King Thor, facing off against the God Butcher AND Loki. I mean, how much more epic can you be? This is really one big long battle which ends in a bloody showdown for the fate of...well every single god and pretty much everything. With King Thor using his final stand with his daughters and Loki, will it be enough to end GodButcher for good?
The first two issues are fantastic. It's one big super saiyan like fight with Thor and Loki going at it, and then Thor and Godbutcher. It shows the relentlessness king never bowing down to no one. Then we have the final two issues, which slow down a bit, and a unexpected last issue which is actually bitter sweet. I enjoyed issue 4 a lot too, but issue 3 suffered for me in a lot of ways, and I wasn't all too thrilled with that issue. However, with a nice wrap up and two fantastic opening issues, this is still very much worth reading. A easy 4 out of 5.
December 20, 2019
The first half of this final Jason Aaron Thor book was, unfortunately, quite shaky and underwhelming, not to mention featuring some of the most phoned in Esad Ribic art I've ever seen (like this or this). After the first two issues I was aiming at a 2 star rating, but thankfully Aaron rehabilitated himself in a major way with the final two chapters, especially the final one, which was absolutely pitch-perfect and a lovely sendoff for the entire run that made me nostalgic for those earlier years especially. Overall, I ended up being quite happy with how this gargantuan saga has ended, and am looking forward to re-reading it all at once sometime in the future (hopefully it won't take Marvel much longer to finally solicit omnibus editions with the correct reading order).
January 13, 2026
A satisfying conclusion to Jason Aaron's run on Thor, with a welcome addition to Esad Ribić's art, who did work on the first two volumes, featuring Gorr, the God Butcher. As someone who only read the first two volumes of his run, this was still a satisfying read.
I'm always pulled out of a comic when the creative teams change, which is why I kind of dipped after the first 11 or so issues of his Thor run, but this reads like a continuation of those first few issues, so I don't feel as though I've really missed anything. The Saga of Jane Foster--which I understand was about half the focus of Jason Aaron's run, wasn't even mentioned in this miniseries, so it flows pretty well with those first two volumes.
I did not like the occasional art change in the last two issues, though there was enough of Esad Ribić's art in this to give it a pass.
So for those who have read "the Saga of Gorr the God Butcher", I would highly recommend this to you, as it's a solid conclusion to not just his tale, but Thor--the REAL Thor's tale. This is where I'll end the review before I start rambling about Jane Foster becoming Thor, which makes zero sense, considering Thor is Thor Odinson's name, not something you receive by being able to hold Mjölnir...
I'm always pulled out of a comic when the creative teams change, which is why I kind of dipped after the first 11 or so issues of his Thor run, but this reads like a continuation of those first few issues, so I don't feel as though I've really missed anything. The Saga of Jane Foster--which I understand was about half the focus of Jason Aaron's run, wasn't even mentioned in this miniseries, so it flows pretty well with those first two volumes.
I did not like the occasional art change in the last two issues, though there was enough of Esad Ribić's art in this to give it a pass.
So for those who have read "the Saga of Gorr the God Butcher", I would highly recommend this to you, as it's a solid conclusion to not just his tale, but Thor--the REAL Thor's tale. This is where I'll end the review before I start rambling about Jane Foster becoming Thor, which makes zero sense, considering Thor is Thor Odinson's name, not something you receive by being able to hold Mjölnir...
August 9, 2022
Fun epilogue to Jason Aaron's Thor, and almost an epilogue to the entire Marvel universe. With the return of the cinematic villain that started his saga, billions of years in the future starring Old Man King Thor and his granddaughters, it feels like a satisfying and ultimate end of ends. No big crossover necessary, nice and self-contained.
And it's a story about stories as well, as it should be. There is some criticism I suppose about stakes, about whether this story "matters" as an alternate future or whatever. That's missing the point. It's the finale to Jason Aaron's Thor, and there will be other Thors (which he references well, with quick tales of what might have been and others' takes...) There will be other issue number ones by author authors, and indeed there already are, but this will forever be the conclusion Jason Aaron's own visionary God of Thunder.
And it's a story about stories as well, as it should be. There is some criticism I suppose about stakes, about whether this story "matters" as an alternate future or whatever. That's missing the point. It's the finale to Jason Aaron's Thor, and there will be other Thors (which he references well, with quick tales of what might have been and others' takes...) There will be other issue number ones by author authors, and indeed there already are, but this will forever be the conclusion Jason Aaron's own visionary God of Thunder.
August 18, 2021
King Thor marks the end of Jason Aaron's long run on the God of Thunder and is basically a farewell letter to the character, and also a last attempt to close the God Butcher saga that was clearly put to the side by editorial pressure, in favor of Jane Foster's Thor that ended being pretty good as well, but completely ruined that initial storyline, and unfortunately four issues were just not enough, this ending felt super rushed and incomplete, including the art by Ribić, it reads more as a preview of what it could have been, and because of that this book should only be recommended to completists.
October 18, 2020
A great sign off for Aaron in what is undisputed as the best Thor run ever written.
What joy this run brought to me and such great exploration of the character and his universe, a dream come true for any Thor fan.
What joy this run brought to me and such great exploration of the character and his universe, a dream come true for any Thor fan.
March 22, 2020
Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic reunite for a final four issue story that wraps up the Future Thor storyline and Aaron's run on the God Of Thunder once and for all. With the return of Loki and the God Butcher, this last story promises to pull out all the stops, and it doesn't disappoint.
Aaron is the master of grandiose dialogue and jaw-dropping action sequences, so pairing him with Ribic, who opened up Aaron's run all those years ago, was a perfect idea. These final four issues involve some of the craziest situations in all of comic-dom as Thor, Loki, and Gorr battle it out with the fate of the entire universe at stake, and it's just superb. With rousing narration from Aaron and some last minute additional help from superstar artists from across his seven (?) years on the character, King Thor's the perfect coda for everything that's gone before.
How do you follow that? You've got big shoes to fill, Donny Cates.
Aaron is the master of grandiose dialogue and jaw-dropping action sequences, so pairing him with Ribic, who opened up Aaron's run all those years ago, was a perfect idea. These final four issues involve some of the craziest situations in all of comic-dom as Thor, Loki, and Gorr battle it out with the fate of the entire universe at stake, and it's just superb. With rousing narration from Aaron and some last minute additional help from superstar artists from across his seven (?) years on the character, King Thor's the perfect coda for everything that's gone before.
How do you follow that? You've got big shoes to fill, Donny Cates.
June 20, 2020
Jason Aaron does Thor: The End as he wraps up his 100 issue run on Thor. At the end of time as the universe dies of entropy, All-Father Thor rages against Loki and the legacy of Gorr, the Butcher of Gods. I was never a big fan of the whole Gorr storyline, but once you've resigned yourself to it, this is a perfectly fine ending to it. Bonus point for author's afterword, which is a bit cheesy but a lot moving.
October 31, 2020
I'm going to try to rate this book alone and not this whole run, which has brought me so much entertainment. This book has a nice callback bookend to Aaron's overall run. Some silliness and not wonderful art in the last issue stop this from being 5 stars but its hard to complain. As for the whole run, this may be my favorite run on any superhero title ever. Aaron is sure to go down as the greatest Thor writer of all time. Its been a hell of a ride. Im sad to see it end but im forever grateful its a journey I got to go on.
July 22, 2020
2.75 stars. Kind of boring. No cool revelations, no cool reveals. This was like a bootleg version of the God of Thunder arc, just not as compelling. Another long drawn out fight with Gorr that was nowhere near as good as the first go around. Esad Ribics Art wasn’t even as good.
September 5, 2020
The ending kind of flailed around too much. The premise of Ragnarok is always nice when well executed. Gorr is dope but there's too much prancing about.
December 21, 2019
The perfect conclusion to one of the best runs in Marvel's modern history. No other writer understands Thor as Aaron does.
December 23, 2019
Like an encore where the band plays a greatest hit that everyone knew they’d come back out onto stage to play, King Thor is Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic returning to their God Butcher storyline for their farewell power-ballad encore. It’s as good as you remember—even if there’s nothing very special or surprising about it. Then a few guests come on stage to play with the band for the final number.
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March 31, 2020
3.5*
Not the greatest ending to Thor but still worthy of the entire run
Not the greatest ending to Thor but still worthy of the entire run
July 19, 2022
"The thunder must be heard"
Everything needs to come to an end, and i believe that Aaron and Ribic did it the right way. The most honest way that it was possible.
We got King Thor, the All Father from the future, facing the Necrosword again, now possessed by Loki. And yeah, Gorr is back as well, more powerful than ever.
It was great to see how everything connected, since Gorr's debut back in 2012, 'til this miniseries right here. And how Thor understands what it is to be a God, to be The God of Thunder. His granddaughters had a good plot on this one, too, along with Shadrak and another important characters and gods. And that last page? Yeah, and Aaron saying in his final letter that he had that page on his mind since the beginning? It was really emotional.
For a final word, this run and all of his characters, will stay in my heart forever, with Jane having a especial seat, on the window. Jane Foster's arc as the Mighty Thor is probably the best thing that Marvel had, in my opinion, in the last fifteen years or so. It's just not a superhero story, it's an open letter against conservadorism, bringing questions about religion and our cultural machism in the society. It's a letter about how woman can fight her battles alone, being themselves, battling against men, gods or a terrible disease. That's why i just love when Marvel shows up and just changes the status quo of everything, just how they did with Jane, Miles, Riri, Sam, Kamala, as the list goes on. It's the kind of changes that bring a fresh wind for their titles, for new readers.
So, it's hard to say goodbye, but the memories will stay, until the day that i will say hi again to this run again. I've heard the thunder, and it will sound inside of me for a long time.
Everything needs to come to an end, and i believe that Aaron and Ribic did it the right way. The most honest way that it was possible.
We got King Thor, the All Father from the future, facing the Necrosword again, now possessed by Loki. And yeah, Gorr is back as well, more powerful than ever.
It was great to see how everything connected, since Gorr's debut back in 2012, 'til this miniseries right here. And how Thor understands what it is to be a God, to be The God of Thunder. His granddaughters had a good plot on this one, too, along with Shadrak and another important characters and gods. And that last page? Yeah, and Aaron saying in his final letter that he had that page on his mind since the beginning? It was really emotional.
For a final word, this run and all of his characters, will stay in my heart forever, with Jane having a especial seat, on the window. Jane Foster's arc as the Mighty Thor is probably the best thing that Marvel had, in my opinion, in the last fifteen years or so. It's just not a superhero story, it's an open letter against conservadorism, bringing questions about religion and our cultural machism in the society. It's a letter about how woman can fight her battles alone, being themselves, battling against men, gods or a terrible disease. That's why i just love when Marvel shows up and just changes the status quo of everything, just how they did with Jane, Miles, Riri, Sam, Kamala, as the list goes on. It's the kind of changes that bring a fresh wind for their titles, for new readers.
So, it's hard to say goodbye, but the memories will stay, until the day that i will say hi again to this run again. I've heard the thunder, and it will sound inside of me for a long time.
August 17, 2022
In his first issue of his Thor run, way back in Thor: God of Thunder #1, Jason Aaron introduces three versions of Thor. The present-day Thor, the young, passionate, arrogant Thor during the time of the Vikings, and the old, weary King Thor, far in the future, one of the last beings in the universe.
Through time travel, these three Thors team up to fight Gorr the God Butcher, the villain of that first arc. And even after Gorr has been long left behind, Aaron occasionally has issues about young Thor and old King Thor. The young Thor stories tend to be pretty stand-alone. He battles dragons, he falls in love with a mortal woman, he goes to Egypt and meets Apocalypse, etc. But the King Thor stories all built upon each other and were clearly telling a story. Alongside his granddaughters, Thor restores the barren post-apocalyptic earth and creates a new species of humans to live upon it. Meanwhile, while Gorr is dead, his evil sentient sword, All-Black the Necrosword, lives on, slowly corrupting powerful forces in the universe: Galactus, Ego, Loki... We also see glimpses of what is to come as Thor's granddaughters have a vision of Thor battling a corrupted evil Loki.
That all comes together in this volume, the final five issues of Aaron's run, all of which are set in the future and starring King Thor and his granddaughters.
And it was worth the wait. It's big and climactic and fully ridiculous and it serves as a beautiful capstone for Jason Aaron's entire Thor run, which has a really good reputation and is still way better than that reputation leads you to believe.
It's masterful.
Through time travel, these three Thors team up to fight Gorr the God Butcher, the villain of that first arc. And even after Gorr has been long left behind, Aaron occasionally has issues about young Thor and old King Thor. The young Thor stories tend to be pretty stand-alone. He battles dragons, he falls in love with a mortal woman, he goes to Egypt and meets Apocalypse, etc. But the King Thor stories all built upon each other and were clearly telling a story. Alongside his granddaughters, Thor restores the barren post-apocalyptic earth and creates a new species of humans to live upon it. Meanwhile, while Gorr is dead, his evil sentient sword, All-Black the Necrosword, lives on, slowly corrupting powerful forces in the universe: Galactus, Ego, Loki... We also see glimpses of what is to come as Thor's granddaughters have a vision of Thor battling a corrupted evil Loki.
That all comes together in this volume, the final five issues of Aaron's run, all of which are set in the future and starring King Thor and his granddaughters.
And it was worth the wait. It's big and climactic and fully ridiculous and it serves as a beautiful capstone for Jason Aaron's entire Thor run, which has a really good reputation and is still way better than that reputation leads you to believe.
It's masterful.
nope
July 7, 2020*sigh*
Listen, Aaron is a talented enough writer, and the art for his Thor series have always been topnotch. And if I liked the male Thor character any, I would be content!
But listen. In the back of this volume is a letter from Aaron saying that he's an atheist, which I found hilarious, because the way he writes Thor? He's written in a seriously Christianized manner.
In Aaron's universe, Thor is The Most Important and Bestest Ever God to Ever God, and at the end of this storyline even becomes the only thing holding back the end of the universe itself. Sure, all of the Norse gods have their shining moments of awesome in Aaron's series, but Thor is the only one allowed to be mindblowingly awesome and epic and whatever.
That's not how it works in the Norse mythology. All the Gods have their purposes and attributes, and none is more important than the others (despite what Brodinists might tell you, Odin is not the end-all, be-all). And there is nothing more boring than a white, blonde-haired, blue-eyed dude being the bestest ever.
So yeah, I won't be reading this volume, and if Aaron ever writes Thor again, I won't be reading those, either. Not unless he takes time to actually consider how heavily Christanized Western culture is and how to rethink his point of view on religion, which relies on one God being The Ultimate God Above All Others.
Listen, Aaron is a talented enough writer, and the art for his Thor series have always been topnotch. And if I liked the male Thor character any, I would be content!
But listen. In the back of this volume is a letter from Aaron saying that he's an atheist, which I found hilarious, because the way he writes Thor? He's written in a seriously Christianized manner.
In Aaron's universe, Thor is The Most Important and Bestest Ever God to Ever God, and at the end of this storyline even becomes the only thing holding back the end of the universe itself. Sure, all of the Norse gods have their shining moments of awesome in Aaron's series, but Thor is the only one allowed to be mindblowingly awesome and epic and whatever.
That's not how it works in the Norse mythology. All the Gods have their purposes and attributes, and none is more important than the others (despite what Brodinists might tell you, Odin is not the end-all, be-all). And there is nothing more boring than a white, blonde-haired, blue-eyed dude being the bestest ever.
So yeah, I won't be reading this volume, and if Aaron ever writes Thor again, I won't be reading those, either. Not unless he takes time to actually consider how heavily Christanized Western culture is and how to rethink his point of view on religion, which relies on one God being The Ultimate God Above All Others.
October 3, 2020
Jason Aaron wraps up his epic Thor run with a visit to the end of all things, where Old Man Thor is brawling with Old Man Loki when good old Gorr, the God Butcher, arrives on the scene with the Necrosword. King Thor is suitably dramatic for a "here, at the edge of the universe" narrative, but it's definitely a bit too pompous and bombastic to offer much emotion.
Aaron's non-stop narrator sounds like he's reading pages from the Old Testament. Much like Return of the King, there are several endings, at least one of which explains how the world is a story that never ends. It's treacly. But hey, the art is gorgeous, the action is huge, and some of the dialogue rings true.
Aaron's essay at the end was a high point for me. He spends a paragraph explaining how his vision for Thor is the same as his vision for "God" or whatever you might call it. I was surprised to find myself nodding, thinking, "Yeah. I get that."
Aaron's non-stop narrator sounds like he's reading pages from the Old Testament. Much like Return of the King, there are several endings, at least one of which explains how the world is a story that never ends. It's treacly. But hey, the art is gorgeous, the action is huge, and some of the dialogue rings true.
Aaron's essay at the end was a high point for me. He spends a paragraph explaining how his vision for Thor is the same as his vision for "God" or whatever you might call it. I was surprised to find myself nodding, thinking, "Yeah. I get that."
March 19, 2022
Amazing (belated) conclusion to an amazing run.
Aaron and Ribic had already impressed me big time with the God Butcher run. Ambitious and violent it showed that Aaron is at ease with cosmic stakes just as well as with rural noir.
Excellent plot, brilliant prose, witty dialogues...
Here it ends with a (thunder) bang, as inspired and grand than the previous issues. Long wait but worth it.
Add Esad Ribic's incredible art, infusing powerfulness and greatness to an already breathtaking plot.
5* but that’s just cause I can’t rate higher than that.
Aaron and Ribic had already impressed me big time with the God Butcher run. Ambitious and violent it showed that Aaron is at ease with cosmic stakes just as well as with rural noir.
Excellent plot, brilliant prose, witty dialogues...
Here it ends with a (thunder) bang, as inspired and grand than the previous issues. Long wait but worth it.
Add Esad Ribic's incredible art, infusing powerfulness and greatness to an already breathtaking plot.
5* but that’s just cause I can’t rate higher than that.
August 24, 2020
Bueno, personalmente, como final de la etapa de Aaron de Thor, me gustó más el final de la serie principal; King Thor lo considero un ‘extra’ que aporta más bien poco, pero me alegro de que Aaron pudiera terminar su recorrido en Thor con este mini arco tal y como él quería, y es que Thor le debe mucho. Thor Jane Foster siempre será uno de mis cómics favoritos ever (y el que más me ha hecho llorar) y sólo por eso y por todo lo que ha hecho con el personaje de Jane, Aaron se ha convertido en uno de mis escritores de cómics imprescindibles. Espero que siga mucho tiempo por Marvel y que Avengers y Valkyrie (la mejor) le duren.
September 5, 2022
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August 9, 2020"The universe is a dessicated husk. Soon there will be only entropy. An inert sea of all-consuming nothingness. These are but life's final twitches. Behold the dying of the light."
Well, that's a definite lockdown plus heatwave mood. I think this is the eighth and definitely final (so long as you don't count Valkyrie) new volume of Aaron's long Thor run, reuniting him with the artist of the first and best, Esad Ribic. Like that God Butcher storyline, to which it refers back more than to most of what's come between, it is Very Metal, and none the worse for that: grand halls crumbling and battles with planets are exactly the sort of OTT spectacle I like in a Thor comic. If it occasionally leans on the bit I liked least in Aaron's era, a somewhat old-fashioned and unsympathetic take on Loki, it at least makes gestures towards adding a little of the new nuance; plus, the ancient Thor at the end of all things, and his granddaughters, remain excellent company. It also plays several of the tricks which, especially in the final installment of a long series, get me every time - meta musings on the power of stories; flash-forwards hinting at ages of strange, unseen adventures; apotheosis for the hero (how does that work when he's already a god? Oh, it works). What more can one say than yes, it's very much worthy.
Well, that's a definite lockdown plus heatwave mood. I think this is the eighth and definitely final (so long as you don't count Valkyrie) new volume of Aaron's long Thor run, reuniting him with the artist of the first and best, Esad Ribic. Like that God Butcher storyline, to which it refers back more than to most of what's come between, it is Very Metal, and none the worse for that: grand halls crumbling and battles with planets are exactly the sort of OTT spectacle I like in a Thor comic. If it occasionally leans on the bit I liked least in Aaron's era, a somewhat old-fashioned and unsympathetic take on Loki, it at least makes gestures towards adding a little of the new nuance; plus, the ancient Thor at the end of all things, and his granddaughters, remain excellent company. It also plays several of the tricks which, especially in the final installment of a long series, get me every time - meta musings on the power of stories; flash-forwards hinting at ages of strange, unseen adventures; apotheosis for the hero (how does that work when he's already a god? Oh, it works). What more can one say than yes, it's very much worthy.
August 26, 2020
Finalmente vemos Jason Aaron, depois de tantos números com Odinson, Jane Foster, e outras versões de Thor, retornar àquele Thor que nos conquistou nos primeiros números do seu título na Nova Marvel. Com o retorno do Rei Thor e seu trio de netas nesta edição também temos a volta de seu algoz, o Carniceiro dos Deuses. Mas também temos uma terceira força tensional nesta roda que é a presença apocalíptica de Loki. Voltamos a sentir aquele medo cósmico que nos abalou tanto no arco A Bomba Divina e seguiu adiante. Esaad Ribic e sua maravilhosa arte sabem nos transportar para esse tipo de realidade, um mundo mitológico em que tudo pode acontecer, em que o medo espreita a cada pedra virada. Contudo, uma coisa que me decepcinoou bastante neste encadernado é que não contamos inteiramente com a arte de Ribic, mas de diversas pequenas participações de vários desenhistas que estiveram ou não presentes nas páginas de Thor ao longo desta jornada de quase cem edições por parte de Jason Aaron. Assim que este volume 4 ou minissérie do Rei Thor é um encerramento só que não, que lança possibilidades de novas histórias e que por isso deixa um gostinho de quero mais logo quando o tempo se encerrou.
March 6, 2020
*read as single issues*
As I started reading Thor when Jane Foster became Thor I haven’t read Jason Aaron‘s whole run on Thor but what I read I really enjoyed and this was a really nice ending to such an epic run. I liked that these issues really dealt with the fact that Thor is a God and what that means. That he will be there even when most of the universe has died and how powerful he really is.
I‘m not sure if this story really needed four issues as I did not enjoy the first few issues as much but especially the last one was great so it’s definitely worth a read.
As I started reading Thor when Jane Foster became Thor I haven’t read Jason Aaron‘s whole run on Thor but what I read I really enjoyed and this was a really nice ending to such an epic run. I liked that these issues really dealt with the fact that Thor is a God and what that means. That he will be there even when most of the universe has died and how powerful he really is.
I‘m not sure if this story really needed four issues as I did not enjoy the first few issues as much but especially the last one was great so it’s definitely worth a read.
April 14, 2020
It's a fitting end to Aaron's run, bringing back some of the essential themes and characters of the past seven years. It works better thought of as an epilogue in some ways. Thor had a good wrap-up, and this miniseries -- while exciting -- does more to help fill out Aaron's thinking than it does to complete any hanging plot points. If you've stuck around the series this long (and you should, it's been great), you'll want to see it closed out. If you haven't read any of Aaron's Thor, this one won't make much sense, so you'll want to start at the beginning of his run.
July 22, 2020
A nice conclusion (finally) to Jason Aaron's Thor. It's hard to consider it as an individual story -- the battle here felt like it circled the drain a little longer than it needed to, and the art was surprisingly shaky in places, but needless to say, Jason Aaron's entire saga is one for the re-read stack.
August 25, 2020
A good end to the Jason Aaron Thor run. Lots of action and he ties up a few loose ends. I like how BIG he made this story, it was a fun ride. The art is great from Ribic, it really packs a lot to look at in each panel. The way the ending just expands is super cool and really give the story depth.
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