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Thor (2007) (Collected Editions) #6
Thor: Siege Aftermath
Thor goes to Hell! In the aftermath of Siege, heavy metal horror and adventure! Fan-favorite writer Kieron Gillen continues his bestselling and critically acclaimed Thor run, reteamed with Doug Braithwaite. A lingering menace created by fiendish Loki as an afterthought returns to wreak havoc on the Asgardians! Can Thor and his unlikely allies defeat this devastating force of destruction?! Or in their weakened state after the battles of Siege, will this new, ancient enemy prove too strong?
Collecting: Thor 611-614
Collecting: Thor 611-614
160 pages, Paperback
First published November 10, 2010
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February 19, 2016
A decent enough conclusion to Gillen's short-lived run on Thor. The guy had a hell of a job to do with the title, picking up the pieces after Straczynski's exit, setting up the Siege event, and then laying ground for his own Journey Into Mystery and Fraction's Thor all in just 10 (or so) issues. And I am confident that he did the best possible job. Yes, it's not all great, the plotting and the storytelling are a bit rocky, but hey, we got closure. At least his run ends in a much better place than JMS's.
January 24, 2011
This volume, which collects the story arc "The Fine Print," blessedly marks the end of Kieron Gillen's run writing Thor.
Gillen had big shoes to fill when J. Michael Straczynski left. Unfortunately, he never rose above the level of "passable." This story, however, marked the nadir of his run on the title. I honestly couldn't tell you what this was about. The mystical mumbo jumbo was so thick that the story failed to engage me on even the most basic level.
The only reason I'm giving this two stars is because the art is pretty good. Nearly every panel could have been the LP artwork for a NWOBHM or thrash metal album from the early '80s.
Even the art has a few problems. I noticed one instance in which Balder has a map laid out on a table, and all it says on it is "scan of Asgard?" written in pencil. Pretty sloppy.
Gillen had big shoes to fill when J. Michael Straczynski left. Unfortunately, he never rose above the level of "passable." This story, however, marked the nadir of his run on the title. I honestly couldn't tell you what this was about. The mystical mumbo jumbo was so thick that the story failed to engage me on even the most basic level.
The only reason I'm giving this two stars is because the art is pretty good. Nearly every panel could have been the LP artwork for a NWOBHM or thrash metal album from the early '80s.
Even the art has a few problems. I noticed one instance in which Balder has a map laid out on a table, and all it says on it is "scan of Asgard?" written in pencil. Pretty sloppy.
December 25, 2013
Not too shabby...After some of Loki's scheming during Siege, Thor and Tyr must journey into Hel. There they discover that Hela is under siege by undead Valkyries that Bor (Thor's grandfather) cursed eons ago. In order to stop them, Thor must retrieve Hela's sword from Hell (not Hel the domain of Hela, but the domain of Mephisto). Tyr stays in Hel with Hela to hold off another Siege...
Thor uses the old noggin on this one, as well as the muscles; Mephisto is kinda funny here, coming across like a perverted troublemaker who's having a laugh.
It sounds ridiculous, and if you didn't follow Loki's scheming during Siege you'll be totally lost.
It was actually not that bad I thought.
It was accompanied in the TPB by a Loki/Mephisto story from the Stan Lee era Thor; in which Loki switches bodies with Thor to steal his power and defeat him.
I'm sure some will think it's ridiculous, but compared to the ridiculous running around all over the paranormal with Batwoman I just finished; at least Thor and the Hel(l)s had already been established and make far more sense.
Not for everyone, but I did like it.
Thor uses the old noggin on this one, as well as the muscles; Mephisto is kinda funny here, coming across like a perverted troublemaker who's having a laugh.
It sounds ridiculous, and if you didn't follow Loki's scheming during Siege you'll be totally lost.
It was actually not that bad I thought.
It was accompanied in the TPB by a Loki/Mephisto story from the Stan Lee era Thor; in which Loki switches bodies with Thor to steal his power and defeat him.
I'm sure some will think it's ridiculous, but compared to the ridiculous running around all over the paranormal with Batwoman I just finished; at least Thor and the Hel(l)s had already been established and make far more sense.
Not for everyone, but I did like it.
October 22, 2013
I liked this a lot more on a second read-through. It's very different than the terrestrial action of Siege, but it offers up some wonderful metaphysics, and a thus a great adventure in Hel. The ending is a little obscure, but parts of it nicely set up Gillen's Journey into Mystery.
July 26, 2018
Reading the different scheming ways of Loki, Mephisto, and Hela are always fun. Here, the Disir and the newly perished Asgardians are in play as well. Kieron Gillen tells a good story but there is so much overwrought narration that it drags down what could have been an adventurous book. The are by Braithwaite and Elson was very good, especially the scenes in Hell... and Hel. Overall, a good book with better plot than dialogue.
November 30, 2017
This was horseshit too. What is the point in including a TPB a story that makes no sense because huge chunks of it are missing?
And also, christ, what's with the Goddess of Cleavage and her pining after her beloved Bill? While he's in the afterlife whooping it up and not missing her in the slightest. Fucking awful sexual politics.
And also, christ, what's with the Goddess of Cleavage and her pining after her beloved Bill? While he's in the afterlife whooping it up and not missing her in the slightest. Fucking awful sexual politics.
May 9, 2022
Thor against dark Asgardian secrets in Mephisto’s realm. Gillian and Braithwaite bring to life a tale of sacrifice and deception that is bolstered by Thor’s first encounter with Mephisto by Stan Lee and Neal Adams.
May 22, 2019
2.5 stars. Didn't find the Disir storyline very enjoyable.
April 23, 2022
Well that was dumb.
September 15, 2020
This was a somewhat mixed bag.
The first part contains four issues of Kieron Gillen's run on Thor, dealing with the aftermath of the Siege event (which, incidentally, just might explain the collection's title...), with Richard Elson and Doug Braitwaite taking turns on the art. Hela, driven from her normal base of operations, has been granted some real estate in Mephisto's Hell, where she has built a sort-of-Valhalla for those fallen during the Siege of Asgard. She is set upon by the Disir, fallen cannibal Valkyrie who discovered a loop-hole in the curse they were put under, now in the service of Mephisto (who, true to his nature, plays all sides here). Hela requests help and so Thor once again goes to Hel(l) to grant it.
Okay, but not Gillen's best work.
The second part of this collection for some reason reprints three issues of Thor by Stan Lee, the first being pencilled by Jack Kirby and terribly badly inked by Vince Coletta. It's still beyond me how that man got so many jobs for such a long time. The following two issues were by Neal Adams and Joseph Rubinstein, a much, much better inker (and long-time collaborator of Kirby's, who sadly passed away just a few days ago), a combination I had not seen before.
The story is nothing special and has a number of holes and deals with Loki swapping his and Thor's places, initially explaining this through a face-swap via magical mask, but then both apparently had actually traded bodies with all their powers and capabilities, including Thor knowing magic and, worse, Loki being able to wield Mjolnir.
Well, the less said about this, the better. (Has not aged well.)
The first part contains four issues of Kieron Gillen's run on Thor, dealing with the aftermath of the Siege event (which, incidentally, just might explain the collection's title...), with Richard Elson and Doug Braitwaite taking turns on the art. Hela, driven from her normal base of operations, has been granted some real estate in Mephisto's Hell, where she has built a sort-of-Valhalla for those fallen during the Siege of Asgard. She is set upon by the Disir, fallen cannibal Valkyrie who discovered a loop-hole in the curse they were put under, now in the service of Mephisto (who, true to his nature, plays all sides here). Hela requests help and so Thor once again goes to Hel(l) to grant it.
Okay, but not Gillen's best work.
The second part of this collection for some reason reprints three issues of Thor by Stan Lee, the first being pencilled by Jack Kirby and terribly badly inked by Vince Coletta. It's still beyond me how that man got so many jobs for such a long time. The following two issues were by Neal Adams and Joseph Rubinstein, a much, much better inker (and long-time collaborator of Kirby's, who sadly passed away just a few days ago), a combination I had not seen before.
The story is nothing special and has a number of holes and deals with Loki swapping his and Thor's places, initially explaining this through a face-swap via magical mask, but then both apparently had actually traded bodies with all their powers and capabilities, including Thor knowing magic and, worse, Loki being able to wield Mjolnir.
Well, the less said about this, the better. (Has not aged well.)
August 13, 2016
This comic demonstrates *exactly* why I generally stick with manga: when manga are released, they release volumes 1, 2, 3 etc collected IN ORDER; and they might jump around in the timeline a bit &/or keep some surprise revelations in store or sneak in the odd bit of largely-unobtrusive crossover, but they WILL eventually tell all (or near enough to grant reader satisfaction).
They do NOT release a volume consisting of story chapters 1, 2, 3, 5 where chapters 1-3 are all building up to a climactic battle with oodles of troweled-on foreshadowing, then open the very next chapter with one page of 'okay, so in an unspecified SEPARATE VOLUME *not* included in this collection, the climactic battle we were talking about TOTALLY happened, and this important character died spectacularly, but we won't show you that part cuz he's not the headliner (who a large proportion of readers agree is not nearly as interesting as the character who JUST FREAKING DIED in a lazily glossed-over one-panel summary), onward to the aftermath of the thing you were waiting for but got cheated out of seeing! ;D '
That is either CRAPPY EDITING or BAD STORYTELLING. >8-l
Now go slap the marketing guy who suggested it and whatever fool approved it, because fans would totally have forked out the cash for another volume of melodramatic yet logically-laid-out narrative/action rather than suffering this kind of nonsensical and vaguely insulting plot-block.
They do NOT release a volume consisting of story chapters 1, 2, 3, 5 where chapters 1-3 are all building up to a climactic battle with oodles of troweled-on foreshadowing, then open the very next chapter with one page of 'okay, so in an unspecified SEPARATE VOLUME *not* included in this collection, the climactic battle we were talking about TOTALLY happened, and this important character died spectacularly, but we won't show you that part cuz he's not the headliner (who a large proportion of readers agree is not nearly as interesting as the character who JUST FREAKING DIED in a lazily glossed-over one-panel summary), onward to the aftermath of the thing you were waiting for but got cheated out of seeing! ;D '
That is either CRAPPY EDITING or BAD STORYTELLING. >8-l
Now go slap the marketing guy who suggested it and whatever fool approved it, because fans would totally have forked out the cash for another volume of melodramatic yet logically-laid-out narrative/action rather than suffering this kind of nonsensical and vaguely insulting plot-block.
May 19, 2013
I think maybe I don't care about Thor the way I don't care about Superman. They're both ubernoble superdudes who don't seem to have much to them beyond their duty to protect or whatever. Although they're also both pretty clever, which I appreciate. In any case, Thor's adventures in hell are fairly entertaining mostly because of Mephisto, who is a snarky devil. There's still a fair bit of "What the hell is going on?" but I like the art, and I always dig when heroes have to team up with villains against a greater foe.
The included classic Lee/Kirby story—a Thor/Loki body-switch tale—has a very different characterization of Mephisto, but it's much simpler and easier to follow. A fun romp that actually elevates the trade a bit.
The included classic Lee/Kirby story—a Thor/Loki body-switch tale—has a very different characterization of Mephisto, but it's much simpler and easier to follow. A fun romp that actually elevates the trade a bit.
June 4, 2011
A much better outing from Gillen, likely due to the fact that he had gained full creative control. The ending is muddled and the story loses tension as it moves forward, but the scenario Gillen has created here works much better than his previous entries.
The bonus story by Lee and Kirby shows just how different comics have become. It's tough to read the dialogue without laughing, as seemingly every character narrates his own life. I get that these are "classics," but they really don't stand the test of time.
The bonus story by Lee and Kirby shows just how different comics have become. It's tough to read the dialogue without laughing, as seemingly every character narrates his own life. I get that these are "classics," but they really don't stand the test of time.
September 7, 2012
I think I'm done with Thor for a while. Things were great when Stracynski was writing the series, but now it's just dull. Thor becomes muscle with no character and Balder is as dumb as they come. Seriously, I don't know how anyone could let that guy be king. This volume was decent for action, but the series used to be cool and mean something. Now it's skippable. I might give Loki's "Journey Into Mystery" a try, but I'll be putting my Thor reading to rest.
August 31, 2016
Not a bad story. There were some things that I didn't understand (especially the end, the flashback to Loki and the girl, Keira? and what all was going on with that) even though I have read Siege and a handful of tie-ins. It had a bunch of filler in the end though that was classic Thor comics, so the title story was short (I think that's deceiving when a volume is like 1/2 and 1/2).
April 22, 2014
Not the best Thor book in fact it's pretty mundane. The action in minimal and the story is barely entertaining. The art is well drawn but this Loki reversal story is old hat and nothing new. Hela needs to save hel from the desir but it's just one big Loki show, not shocked at all.
March 4, 2014
Thor travels to Hel and Hell to save the souls of the gods who died during siege. There's some fun bits here and the villains are well thought out. You don't really need to have read Siege to enjoy this volume. Mephisto as always steals the show. A good read.
September 25, 2014
This bind up has three issues by Gillen, an three by Stan Lee. It's kinda hilarious to see the difference. Man has the medium changed.
Also, tricksters written by Gillen continue to be my favourite.
Also, tricksters written by Gillen continue to be my favourite.
January 19, 2011
The story was decent and the art was good, that being said...I can't wait for Matt Fraction to take over.
August 28, 2011
I loved this one, I mean I saw a few issues of Thor where he was in Hell and Hel. I wanted to read the full story. I am so glad I did, it is great. I loved the bonus old Thor story included to
September 27, 2012
Notes: skim-read for the relevant post-Siege Thor/Loki parts. Thor #611-614.
January 11, 2013
Hmm. No matter who the author is, I can't seem to find any enjoyment in Thor. I'm going to give Fraction a whirl, then I'm done.
January 29, 2013
Largely superfluous, focused too specifically on one particular element of Siege instead of dealing with the aftermath in a more general way. Enjoyed the reprints in the back, though.
June 26, 2013
I seem to have something against Thor right now, because I dislike everything where he is. But in Siege Aftermath he looked really weird. And I'm not entirely sure what was happening in the story.
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November 22, 2013it is great
November 29, 2013
Kieron Gillen showing his talent.
January 6, 2014
Individual issues on marvel unlimited
May 10, 2015
I think I actually enjoyed the 1970's comic more than the main story. I'm also surprised Capt Obvious doesn't make an appearance in old comics.
November 10, 2015
Really boring. Good art! No plot to speaketh of!
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