{"id":91,"date":"2007-07-10T14:02:17","date_gmt":"2007-07-10T14:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/forestforthetrees\/2007\/07\/10\/comics-07-review-43-thor-1\/"},"modified":"2007-07-10T14:02:17","modified_gmt":"2007-07-10T14:02:17","slug":"comics-07-review-43-thor-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/forestforthetrees\/2007\/07\/10\/comics-07-review-43-thor-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Comics \u201907 \u2013 Review #43 – Thor #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thor #1<\/span>
\nMarvel Comics (24 pages\/$2.99)<\/span>
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\nWriter:<\/span> J. Michael Straczynski
\nArtist:<\/span> Olivier Coipel<\/p>\n

Following on from his excellent runs on Amazing Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four, Babylon-5 creator JMS turns his attention to arguably the Marvel Universe\u2019s most clich\u00e9d and one dimensional character. I know some writers who would love to write Thor, but I\u2019ve never really felt that the Thunder God was much more than a one trick pony. Even Walt Simonson\u2019s classic run on the title <\/a>focused more on his supporting cast than the titular hero. The one thing I felt was missing from most tales of Odin\u2019s favorite son has been any real sense of humanity. <\/p>\n

That humanity was always anchored in Thor\u2019s original alter-ego, the lame physician Dr Donald Blake. In this relaunch issue JMS takes the concept that Blake has been in \u201climbo\u201d for many years and uses it as a platform to spin the series focus through 180 degrees. The tone and underlying theme of the book is best summarized by the following dialog from Donald Blake:
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Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
It is not for gods to decide whether or not Man exists\u2026.. it is for man to decide whether or not the gods exist<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n


\nThis is one of the strongest title launches I\u2019ve read in a while and the combination of JMS\u2019s powerful scripting and Olivier Coipel\u2019s excellent artwork pulled me in from the first stage. This one has everything from cosmic grandeur to human pathos. Let\u2019s hope that it stays the course and what could easily have been a one-note power trip fulfills the promise of developing into a compelling human drama.<\/p>\n

Review copies supplied by Austin Books &amp; Comics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thor #1 Marvel Comics (24 pages\/$2.99) Writer: J. Michael Straczynski Artist: Olivier Coipel Following on from his excellent runs on Amazing Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four, Babylon-5 creator JMS turns his attention to arguably the Marvel Universe\u2019s most clich\u00e9d and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n