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Journey into Mystery #626 – Review

Posted on August 21, 2011 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola & Andy Troy (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki cuts a deal with the biggest, toughest demon in limbo before seeking the aid of a very shiny resident of Asgard. What’s Good: One thing I’ve really appreciated about Kieron Gillen’s Journey into Mystery has [...]

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Thor #621 – Review

Posted on March 30, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry & Salvador Larroca (art), Matt Hollingsworth & Ulises Arreola (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: The Blood Legion battles the World Eaters for all the marbles. The Review: I’m really pretty torn over this comic. As a huge fan of Thor, there were things that really worked and [...]

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Thor #619 – Review

Posted on January 21, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Odin is greeted by a returned Loki and we learn some interesting facts about the World Tree courtesy of old One Eye before Balder and Tyr go on the attack. What’s Good: I’ve been going on and on about [...]

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Thor #618 – Review

Posted on December 12, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Asgard finds itself beseiged by World Tree refugees. What’s Good: Epic. That’s a pretty apt description of Fraction’s story thus far, and this issue only cements that. With refugees coming in from all over the World Tree, there’s a [...]

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Thor #617 – Review

Posted on November 14, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Thor awakens the resurrected Loki and Dr. Eric Solvang finally finds someone to listen to him as Uthana Thoth continues to expand his dominion. What’s Good: In all honesty, if you’ve liked Matt Fraction’s first two issues of Thor, [...]

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Thor #616 – Review

Posted on October 19, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Volstagg tries to get Thor to listen to a grave warning as the god of thunder comes to a decision about Loki. What’s Good: One of the things that has me most excited about Matt Fraction’s run is his [...]

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Thor #615 – Review

Posted on September 23, 2010 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: A new age for Thor and Asgard begins, as an ominous threat fills Asgard’s void and rages across the metaverse. What’s Good: Thor fans can breathe a sigh of relief; Matt Fraction arrives and his first issue is a [...]

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Thor #613 – Review

Posted on August 26, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Rich Elson (pencils & inks), Jim Charalampidis (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor journeys across hell on his quest for Eir-Gram while Tyr tries to hold the line. What’s Good: In this issue, Kieron Gillen’s latest story-arc really feels like it’s come together into something really special. There’s a [...]

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Thor #612 – Review

Posted on July 29, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (pencils), John Rauch & Andy Troy (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor and Tyr rush to the rescue as the Disir lay siege to Hela. What’s Good: In heading to hell to battle zombie valkyrie, Kieron Gillen’s Thor has managed to regain its identity, distancing itself from [...]

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Thor #611 – Review

Posted on July 2, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Rich Elson (art), Andy Troy (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: The souls of the Asgardians who fell during Siege come under attack in Hel. What’s Good: It sure feels good to see a good old fashioned Thor story, rife with occult baddies, Hela, and trademark Norse heroism. The last [...]

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Thor #610 – Review

Posted on May 30, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Doug Braithwaite (art), Andy Troy, Doug Braithwaite, & Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: The heroes of Asgard come to grips with Siege’s aftermath, while Thor concludes his unfinished business with his clone. What’s Good: This issue of Thor does what needs to be done in positioning the [...]

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Thor #609 – Review

Posted on May 1, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Billy Tan, Batt, & Rich Elson (art), Christina Strain & June Chung (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Loki faces the consequences, Kelda stands and fights, and Volstagg picks himself up. What’s Good: With Thor not being present this month, several supporting characters pick up the slack. Kelda, a character [...]

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Thor #608 – Review

Posted on March 26, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Guillen (writer), Billy Tan, Batt, & Rich Elson (art), Christina Strain & Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Siege continues as Tyr defends Asgard from the Hood and Volstagg tangles with Thor’s clone. What’s Good: Volstagg is really a formula that never fails at this point. He’s always a great mix of [...]

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Thor #606 – Review

Posted on January 30, 2010 by paladinking

by Kieron Guillen (writer), Billy Tan (pencils & inks), Batt (inks), John Raunch & Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor battles the Doom-controlled Destroyer and Balder ventures into the Latverian dictator’s secret lab. What’s Good: Guillen has done such a fantastic job in writing a comic so seamlessly linked to Straczynski’s [...]

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Thor #605 – Review

Posted on December 25, 2009 by paladinking

by Kieron Guillen (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Batt (inks), Christina Strain, Emily Warren, & Paul Mounts (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor confronts Doom, only to discover the Latverian dictator’s pet project. What’s Good: Billy Tan is putting out the work of his life on this comic. I’ve never really been a big [...]

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Thor #604 – Review

Posted on December 4, 2009 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Billy Tan (pencils), Batt (inks), Christina Strain (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Balder begins his war with Doom, as the Latverian dictator’s experiments stand revealed. What’s Good: Gillen and Tan have a very unenviable task in following one of the greatest Thor runs of all time. Thankfully, Gillen tries [...]

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Thor: Defining Moments Review

Posted on November 27, 2009 by paladinking

by J. Michael Straczynski (writer), Marko Djurdjevic (pencils & inks), Danny Miki & Allen Martinez (inks), Christina Strain (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Bill’s final fate is determined while Sif and the Warriors Three battle the doombots. What’s Good: If you approach this book as just another 22-page issue of JMS’ run on [...]

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Thor: God-Size Special #1 – Review

Posted on December 22, 2008 by rsg8101

By Matt Fraction (writer) Doug Braithwaite (art) Dan Brereton (art) Mike Allred (art) Andy Troy (color) Laura Allred (color) Frank D’armata (Color) The Story: After realizing that their collective memories of their former compatriot Skurge the Executioner have been manipulated, Thor, Balder and Loki travel the nine worlds to uncover who or what is behind [...]

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