THE RETURN OF THE GOD BUTCHER!
All-Father Thor believed the fight with his brother Loki - now empowered by the Necrosword and more bitter than ever - would be the bloodiest fight of his long life. But he's about to be proven wrong. Gorr the God Butcher has bided his time for millennia. Now, it is the end of all things. And the end of the last of the gods.
Rated T+
In the end, this is yet another great chapter in the endgame of Aarons work. There is a visible end looming over the horizon, and it doesnt necessarily promise to be a happy one. After all, when someone sets out to tell the final adventure of Thor at the end of the universe, its not likely youre going to end on anything but a bittersweet note. If youre not picking up this miniseries, you might just be missing out on one of the most essential Thor stories of all time. Read Full Review
If you love Thor, this issue and series are for you. If youve been ingrain in Jason Aarons run since day one, this issue is unequivocally for you. The passion and commitment that Aaron has for Thor simply pour off of every page. Read Full Review
Esad Ribic and Das Pastoras deliver some beautiful visuals in this issue. The contrast in styles is perfectly executed between the adventure of Thor's granddaughters and Thor's battle against Gorr. There isn't a lot of action in this issue, but there are some great visuals that speak to the epic scale of the story and its characters. Read Full Review
The creative team rightfully have their fun as they say goodbye to Thor in some of the biggest, most bombastic ways possible! Read Full Review
King Thor #3's only flaw is trying to use a fill-in artist (Das Pastoras) for four pages in the middle of the issue. Read Full Review
One issue from its conclusion, Aaron's Thor run continues to be The Best. Aaron does that thing he loves doing where he introduces a team of one-off characters who have such great designs and gimmicks that they feel like they could headline their own book--it's great as always. And the final page is KILLER, thanks to the pure genius of Esad Ribic. Seriously, the man is an artistic god. Long live Gorr.
One word to describe this issue: Epic. Aaron is going out with a bang
The Thundergirls bring awesome reinforcements to extend the fight against Gorr, but the baddie doubles down on his "all is lost, moo-hoo-hoo-ha" MO. I still have some doubts about the storytelling in art and words, but the truly cosmic scope and the tidy links to the original Gorr stories are just too dang good for me to rate this as less than great.
Prelude:
King Thor has been going wonderfully so far, let's see how Aaron goes on this issue.
The Good:
The Goddesses of Thunder are back and boy is it great.
I loved seeing the Gods of Answered Prayers. Such a great callback and something that makes sense with Aaron's themes in this series.
Ribic's art was great in this issue.
The Bad:
Gorr is becoming a bit too much, "Look what I can do now". He's getting too overpowered for this story for my liking.
Conclusion:
While it continues the great trend of writing from past issues, Gorr's power levels are getting a bit too nonsensical for me.
Haha All-Black the Necro-Verse, A+.
This is a really fun miniseries.
" We thought this universe was completely dead and lifeless... But it turns out... Gods find a way. And we found them. "
- The girls of thunder
The God of Psalms started doing something interesting but, it doesn't look like it's going anywhere. One more issue to find out.
Probably the weakest one so far but still a solid read with great art.
Edit:
I write this several days after I rated this issue because I needed to calm down. I did previously mention that I find this mini unnecessary, self-congratulatory, and disrespectful.
Now we crossed over to sick and wrong.
WHATEVER GOOD HAPPENS IN THE AFTERMATH OF EVIL DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE, BUT DESPITE THE EVIL. SO SAID EVIL DESERVES NO CREDIT FOR IT. ESPECIALLY NOT FROM THE PEOPLE THEY WRONGED!
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