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The Mighty Thor #9 – Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writing), Pasqual Ferry & Pepe Larraz (art), Frank D’Armata, Frank Martin, & Wil Quintana (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Loki seeks the aid of Donald Blake and has a weird run-in with the Silver Surfer, Kelda begins to suspect the truth, and Asgardia begins the difficult task of governance. The [...]

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The Mighty Thor #8 – Review

Posted on November 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Frank D’Armata (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Review: This is one of those comics that I hate reviewing. On the one hand, it’s a pretty good read. It doesn’t do anything wrong, and does quite a bit right, but in order to manage this, it’s a book [...]

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The Mighty Thor #4 – Review

Posted on July 30, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: The Asgardians go to war with Galactus, as the big purple guy takes on Odin in a battle of wills. Also, Volstagg takes on the slavering hordes of Broxton. What’s Good: If there’s one thing that [...]

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The Mighty Thor #3 – Review

Posted on June 23, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Given an ultimatum, Thor rumbles with the Surfer. Meanwhile, Volstagg finds himself unwanted in Broxton. What’s Good: It always feels really good to get your money’s worth with a comic. I definitely felt like I got [...]

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Mighty Thor #2 – Review

Posted on May 25, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Olivier Coipel (penciller), Mark Morales (inker), Laura Martin (colorist), and Joe Sabino (letterer) The Story: Thor and Sif begin training a new team of heroes, Odin may be up to no good, and the Silver Surfer brings Asgard an ultimatum from his purple-hatted master. The Review: Now that’s more like it. [...]

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Avengers #13 – Review

Posted on May 18, 2011 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (script), Chris Bachalo (art & colors), Tim Townsend, Jaime Mendoza, Al Vey, & Wayne Faucher (inks), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: The Avengers recount the early days of Fear Itself. The Review: This is a very difficult issue to review. Quite frankly, if you don’t like Brian Bendis, particularly Bendis [...]

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Mighty Thor #1 – Review

Posted on April 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Oliver Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin, Justin Ponsor, & Peter Steigerwald (colors), and Joe Sabino (letters) The Story: Thor and Sif go on a dangerous mission to the heart of the broken World Tree while Silver Surfer searches for a new target for his master’s hunger. The Review: In [...]

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Journey Into Mystery #622 – Review

Posted on April 13, 2011 by paladinking

by Kieron Gillen (writer), Dougie Braithwaite (pencils), Ulises Arreola (colors), and Clayton Cowles (letters) The Story: Loki goes on a quest to discover the secret behind his elder self’s demise. The Review: This is quite possibly the best work of Kieron Gillen’s career, or at the very least, it’s among that work. Regardless, this [...]

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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 #620 – Review

Posted on February 24, 2011 by paladinking

by Matt Fraction (writer), Pasqual Ferry (art), Matt Hollingsworth (colors), and John Workman (letters) The Story: Odin summons some very powerful forces in his defense against the World Eaters. The Review: After a rocky issue last month, Thor comes back this issue with all guns blazing, leading to a much more enjoyable experience overall. That [...]

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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 #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 #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 #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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Siege #1 – Review

Posted on January 7, 2010 by paladinking

by Brian Michael Bendis (writer), Olivier Coipel (pencils), Mark Morales (inks), Laura Martin (colors), and Chris Eliopoulos (letters) The Story: Norman Osborn finds his reason to begin his assault on Asgard. What’s Good: This is some really impressive, massive work by Coipel and Martin. The art here is gorgeous and some of the best stuff I’ve [...]

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