Two Outta Three Ain’t Bad
Thor: God of Thunder #7
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artist: Esad Ribic
Colorist: Ive Svorcina
Letterer: Joe Sabino
Published by Marvel Comics, 2013
Where Gods Go To Die
This has been a fun series so far, and I expect this issue to be just as good. First, we met Gorr, the God Butcher, and saw that he was on a crusade to kill all the gods. After five issues of him slaughtering deities and battling Thor, he jumped into the future with present-day Thor hot on his heels.
Then in the last issue, we jumped back in time to see where Gorr’s vendetta against the gods came from and learned how he lost everything because his gods wouldn’t listen to him.
In this issue, we begin to see how Thor is gonna take down this vicious foe…hopefully.
It’s an exciting story that I’m really enjoying, and I can see how the topic is compelling – how many times have people throughout history asked their god for deliverance or some kind of favor only to feel that their gods aren’t listening to them?
But in the Marvel Universe, Thor is listening, and he actually has three incarnations that fight to prove that he’s interested in what happens in the Universe.
So as we saw previously, present-day Thor jumped through time after Gorr but ended up showing up over 900 years after the Butcher started destroying Asgard. Fortunately, his older self is there, and the 2 of them motivate each other to prepare to take on the murderer to end his deicide agenda.
It’s good seeing the bearded Thor and his clean-shaven younger self interacting and trading quips, but then we see the even younger (unworthy, axe wielding) Thor being tortured and enslaved by the God Butcher. He’s being forced to build the device Gorr has designed to end things once and for all…the God Bomb.
Verdict
As with the previous six issues of this series, I really enjoyed this one. Each installment packs on intricate and vital pieces of the story and the reader can clearly see how this epic tale is unfolding. The art is dynamic, the dialog is great, and the plot is top-notch.
There’s only one verdict I can provide for this issue, and as with the previous issues in this series, I rate this issue a definite Must Read and strongly encourage you to give it a read, it’s one of the best series I’ve looked at from Marvel during this time period.
This comic can be found on Comixology, on Marvel Unlimited, or at your local comic book shop.
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