The Mortal Thor #14

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• 10

  Nerd Initiative - ShawnFoles

  Aug 19, 2026

  What a great 800th issue of Thor. I’ve really enjoyed the run that Ewing has been on with this series, so it was great to see that it wasn’t just abandoned for the sake of an anthology. That said, the additional stories for the issue were all so well done that I would love to see expanded versions or series based on either of them. Read Full Review

• 9.7

  Comic Watch - Jamison Nilsson

  Aug 19, 2026

  Thor #800 is a celebration of nearly all things Thor. Don't miss it! Read Full Review

• 9.0

  AIPT - David Brooke

  Aug 19, 2026

  Thor #800 delivers a worthy celebration of the character by focusing on the persistence and heroism that have carried him through eight hundred issues. Al Ewing and Pasqual Ferry's main story pushes Sigurd through a brutal mythological trial while advancing The Mortal Thor in meaningful ways, particularly with Loki and Odin. The backups broaden the celebration with very different perspectives on worthiness and Thor's enduring legacy, with Jesse Lonergan's inventive layouts proving especially impressive. Newcomers may struggle with the main story's unusual status quo, but as both a milestone and the next chapter of Ewing's run, this is a strong package. Read Full Review

• 9.0

  Comic Crusaders - Al Mega

  Aug 19, 2026

  Eight hundred issues is a ridiculous number when you really think about it. Characters get rebooted, rewritten, killed, resurrected, replaced, renumbered, deconstructed and reconstructed so many times that eventually the real enemy becomes creative exhaustion. Thor #800 does not feel exhausted. That may be its biggest victory. Instead of asking us to applaud because the odometer rolled over, this team looks at the miles, hears the engine still growling and floors the damn thing again. Longtime Thor readers get the mythology, callbacks and philosophical weirdness they came for. Ewing fans get another chapter in his grand argument about stories shaping reality. Art heads get three radically different visual approaches. Newer readers may hit some turbulence, but the core idea still punches through: a hammer does not make Thor. Power does not make Thor. Even godhood alone does not make Thor. Somewhere beneath all of it lives a choice to stand back up when everything says stay down. Read Full Review

• 6.5

  Fanlight Zone - Josh Allen

  Aug 19, 2026

  As an issue, it’s fine. But for being the 800th issue of Thor it feels like a misstep for the issue to have played out like it does. If you haven’t kept up you’ll be confused. and wonder why it got featured in such a milestone issue. If you have kept up, you’ll enjoy it. The artwork continues to be a standout feature of the series, which make the issue enjoyable. Read Full Review