Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Thor #7 Review

THOR #7
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Marko Djurdjevic

Thor is the book with absolutely no story, but somehow still manages to be one of the best books on the shelves. It also gets the award this month for having the two hardest to spell creator names in the business, so kudos for making my life hell when I try to use their names. Speaking of which, Djurdjevic's pencils were excellent and I like them more than the digital / painted look most of his covers have.

This issue has Thor being put to bed in the Odinsleep Thorsleep and confirms he still has the Odinforce Thorforce. Somehow, this process separates Thor from Dr Blake and results in Blake cracking some horrible jokes as he tries to leave Asgard. Not sure where he's going or what he's looking for post-separation, but it involves some old Avengers contacts.

The rest of the issue takes place with Thor in his sleep. He meets up with his father, Odin, and we get a flashback to how Odin's father died and a nice full circle effect as it shows how Odin's offspring, Thor, basically did the same thing to Odin as he did to his father, ie, let him die, did nothing to bring him back and took control for himself. The flashback to Odin's father was great and easily the best part of the issue. I loved the, paraphrasing, "We had no reason to fear them for were we not gods?" line before his father fell into the trap and was killed.

The only thing I didn't get was how this issue says Thor knew Odin could not be brought back because he died before Ragnarok, yet the previous issues had him discussing with others whether he should bring back Odin and how he didn't want his kind of backwards thinking predetermining everyone's fates. If he knew he couldn't bring him back, why bother with those conversations? I like the change, but it would have been better if Thor just found out about it not working in the Thorsleep instead of supposedly already knowing about it. It's really a small detail, but it caught my eye. Nothing story breaking about it and no reason for a demerit in my eyes.

Verdict - Must Read


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