In the end, I was overall satisfied with the first issue of King In Black: Return Of The Valkyries. Aside from that one plot point which wasn't entirely clear, this is the Valkryie story we have all been waiting for a long time now. Read Full Review

Jane Foster's travels between the lands of the living and the dead have consistently played host to some of the hero's most bizarre and unsettling encounters, and it's no different in the "King in Black" story. Read Full Review

Jane encounters a familiar face to MCU fans, with the soul of The Sentry in the balance. It's pretty good. Read Full Review

Even aside from being a crossover tie-in, the Valkyries ride again in a fun return to form through the afterlives in the midst of a horrific storyline on Earth. Read Full Review

King In Black: Return of the Valkyries holds a lot of promise for what could be a fascinating angle on the realm of death while the current harbinger of death, Knull, looms over Earth. This issue does just enough to whet your appetite for what is to come, but it does so in a flat way not quite delivering enough to keep the momentum going. Read Full Review

I liked the ongoing, and this is pretty much more of that but with more King in Black. It's good.

I missed this series (or I guess I missed the previous series) and its interesting look at death in a superhero universe. Its good to see it again. King in Black has some really interesting mini-series and I haven't yet felt lost for not reading the main book.

Nice.

Return of the Valkyries
Issue: 1

Publisher: Marvel @marvel
Writer: Jason Aaron @jasonaaron & Torunn Grønbekk @groenbekk
Artist: Nina Vakueva
Colors: Tamra Bonvillain @tamra.bonvillain
Letters: Joe Sabino @joesabinoletterer
Cover: Skottie Young @skottieyoung & Jean-Francois Beaulieu

While ferrying the soul of the Sentry to Valhalla, Jane Foster, the last of the Valkyries, encounters a horde of dead creatures wishing to claim his soul as their own. With Sentry enveloped by the creatures, Jane plunges her All Weapon into the beasts, and much to her surprise, a young woman adorned in similar armor emerges to join in her quest.

Finally, the proper introduction of Tessa Thompson’s @tessamaethompson Valkyrie has arrived in the Marvel universe! The Exiles version did not live up to the excitement, but this is the one and I hope she is here to stay. Great issue. At first I questioned Sentry being given the honor to reside at Valhalla but then reflected on the fact that he’s often been victimized himself in order to perpetrate his more heinous actions.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)
Reviewed by: @meanadam of The Comic Book Club of Instagram
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Really dug it. Interesting character stuff, and great art and panel layouts.

Valkyrie runs into trouble (and a potential ally) while trying to take the Sentry to Valhalla. I sense good character and plot ideas rumbling beneath the surface. But the flowery prose embroiders the edges of those ideas instead of diving deep into them. The visuals are good on characters, but don't express the full wonder of the cosmic/mystic settings. This is a good start, but I see room for improvement.

I'm not reading King In Black, but this seems to be self contained enough that it doesn't matter.

Not big on Thor titles, but this is intriguing , and at least it is set in the present tense as opposed to that boring Namor King In Black tie -in.
That level was what I expected while reading this.
Instead, the writer was smart enough to include the Sentry and added a couple of sexy grim reapers. One that has amnesia and the other in charge of the Sentry's transition who runs into the symbiotes on the other side.
I am willing to check out another issue, despite my dislike of Norse - Marvel. Aaron is vetted.
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