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3.25 AVERAGE
3.25 AVERAGE
Record for the higher number of "cat fights" for cm2 in a comic book.
adventurous
fast-paced
First book in the Master Marvel Reading List.
This book is three stories about Thor as a teen. The first half is Thor's first adventure. Odin sends Thor and his best friends Sif and Baulder off on a scavenger hunt for 4 things to make a magic sword. Standard fantasy quest. The adventuring party: Thor, Baulder and Sif. Thor is an arrogant, hot headed prince and Baulder is just "a nice guy", but Sif is clearly the most interesting. She has a chip on her shoulder for constantly being belittled, overlooked, or objectified by every loin-clothed wearing jock. And then the second story line comes along and she is reduced to fighting other women for Thor's affection and the third is literally the damsel in distress. Quite sad.
In terms of the Marvel Comic Timeline, this looks to be the first to happen, taking place about 1500 years ago.
This book is three stories about Thor as a teen. The first half is Thor's first adventure. Odin sends Thor and his best friends Sif and Baulder off on a scavenger hunt for 4 things to make a magic sword. Standard fantasy quest. The adventuring party: Thor, Baulder and Sif. Thor is an arrogant, hot headed prince and Baulder is just "a nice guy", but Sif is clearly the most interesting. She has a chip on her shoulder for constantly being belittled, overlooked, or objectified by every loin-clothed wearing jock. And then the second story line comes along and she is reduced to fighting other women for Thor's affection and the third is literally the damsel in distress. Quite sad.
In terms of the Marvel Comic Timeline, this looks to be the first to happen, taking place about 1500 years ago.
Fun and cute but mostly predictable stories and the readers always know no one's going to die so it got a little bit boring in some parts.
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I would say this series was pretty weak overall. The storyline across the three parts was pretty good (3.5⭐️), but the art (1⭐️) and dialogue (2⭐️) were just not good at all, averaging this out to a 2⭐️ series for me. Character motivations and development were all over the place and the “male gaze” was pretty consistently gross.
Neat comic series for pretty much all ages. Great for fans of the latest Marvel "Avengers" films, and cool bits of back-story for those who have read the series for a while. Language isn't too tough for reluctant young readers (save perhaps the odd couple of Norse utterances, but I'm sure some adults would struggle with some of those mouthfuls), and the younger, "teen-aged" characters are a lot more relatable to this audience, too. Amidst the evil plots and fight scenes, there are a lot of good messages, as well: Thor and Odin occasionally exchange musings about the roles and identities that the young warriors grapple with, and Sif is pretty vocal about her male companions undermining her abilities.
Great as standalones or tie-ins to the films or other series.
Great as standalones or tie-ins to the films or other series.