War of the Realms #3
| Event\Storyline | War of the Realms |
| Writer | Jason Aaron |
| Artist | Russell Dauterman |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
RECLAIM THE REALMS!
North America freezes into New Jotunheim. Europe becomes New Svartalfheim. Asia goes up in flames as the new domain of Queen Sindr and her fire goblins. Ulik the Troll lays claim to Australia while Amora the Enchantress raises an army of the dead in South America. Africa falls to the Angels of Heven while Roxxon Oil drops its stakes in Antarctica. Midgard now belongs to Malekith and his allies! The Avengers' last hope lies in a series of suicide missions across the realms, starting with the rescue of Thor-last seen surrounded by an army of Frost Giants in Jotunheim...
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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ComicBook.com - Adam Barnhardt
May 01, 2019While there's a lot of things going on in this title " and the many, many spinoffs " everything's contained in the main storyline nice and tight, with few questions going unanswered. Read Full Review
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10
Outright Geekery - Brian Wayne
May 05, 2019I am loving every bit of this event, but it seems the main issues are more about pushing the tie-ins than progressing the story. Read Full Review
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9.5
AIPT - Brian Clements
May 01, 2019There is not a more cohesive, talented, and innovative creative team in comics today, and giving Aaron, Dauterman, and Wilson the opportunity to play with the Marvel Universe of heroes and beings from the ten realms brings us the most visually impactful event in recent memory. Read Full Review
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9.4
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
May 01, 2019Russel Dauterman does great work with the art. There are moments of beauty mixed with amazing action scenes filled with brutality. Read Full Review
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9.3
Comicsverse - Matt Attanasio
May 01, 2019WAR OF THE REALMS #3 is as exhilarating as it is gorgeous. Aaron's fast-paced writing, coupled with Dauterman and Wilson's beautiful pages, make this the strongest issue of the massive crossover event so far. Read Full Review
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9.3
Sequential Planet - Pashtrik Maloki
May 07, 2019Reading this book is a complete joy because Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilsonhave such a wonderful chemistry. They give you a nice taste of everything they have on the menu just enough to leave you hungry for more. Read Full Review
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9.0
Monkeys Fighting Robots - Brandon J. Griffin
May 01, 2019WAR OF THE REALMS is exactly what major crossover epics are supposed to be. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comics Bookcase - Zack Quaintance
May 01, 2019War of the Realms is an event that feels more like a natural extension of a long-building storyline from Thor. This is a compliment. The third issue slows things down a bit, letting players from the wider Marvel line move into some interesting places. Read Full Review
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8.5
Weird Science Marvel Comics - Jim Werner
May 02, 2019Though this issue seems to really want to push some of the other tie-in books rather than get a lot of ground covered, I liked it. Jason Aaron gives the Event a bigger scope and Ryan Dautermans art is so darn good. I am still on the WOR trolley and cant wait for the next stop. Read Full Review
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8.5
Black Nerd Problems - Oz Longworth
May 03, 2019Bottom Line: Aaron is hitting it out of the park with what is essentially a top dollar summer blockbuster version of his Thor run. That's hard to pass up. Read Full Review
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8.5
Multiversity Comics - Matthew Garza
May 06, 2019"War of the Realms" #3 continues to be a shining example of what an event comic should be like: the culmination of six years worth of story with some major surprises and great payoffs. Thanks to Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson, the comic proves to be one of the most beautiful looking books on shelves today. Read Full Review
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8.5
On Comics Ground - Joanna Robinson
May 15, 2019North America freezes in New Jotunheim, Europe becomes New Svartalfheim. Asia goes up in flames as the Queen of Cinder claims it as her new domain. Ilk the Troll claims Australia, Amora the Enchantress raises an army of the Dead in South America. The Angels of Heven take over Africa and Roxxon Oil takes its Stakes in Antarctia. All of Midgard has been taken over and its up to all the Marvel Hero's to find the one person who can stop it: Thor Read Full Review
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8.2
Comic Watch - John Jack
May 02, 2019I will also say the timeline of this event feels really off with events happening out of sync, with characters being in two places seemingly at once (Punisher being the worst offender). This kind of stuff takes me way out of the event and makes me ask why I'm buying all these tie in books if they don't matter? Read Full Review
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8.0
Comic Book Revolution - Rokk
May 02, 2019The War of the Realms #3 was a blast to read. Aaron is delivering such a fun big event crammed full of kick-ass action and adventure. Dauterman is bringing his A-game and is making The War of the Realms one of the most beautiful big events in an incredibly long time. If you enjoy massive war stories with tons of action then you absolutely need to hop aboard The War of the Realms. Read Full Review
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7.9
IGN - Jesse Schedeen
May 01, 2019War of the Realms #3 offers more zany superhero fun, but the series is still missing something crucial. Read Full Review
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7.0
Newsarama - Matthew Sibley
May 03, 2019While this event is a capstone to Jason Aaron's long-standing Thor run, an underrated quality of War of the Realms is how much of a rollicking good time it is even if you haven't been following along since he started writing the character back in 2012. Read Full Review
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6.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
May 04, 2019The new issue of The War of the Realms stretches itself too thin with too many subplots, taking away from any real heart or soul to this event. Read Full Review
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6.0
Comic Crusaders - David Howard
Jun 20, 2019So, what to score a book that has one average experience, one pretty good experience, and one that will probably scar me for the rest of my life. I don't know, you can see what I gave it below but I'm damn glad I didn't fork over good money to open up the book and see that. In good conscience I can't recommend this book because I can't ask anyone who reads my review to throw away one third of their money. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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I just wanna read the next issue right now!
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I'm just in looove with this book! The art is just gorgeus. The fight scenes are realistic and the charachters' expressions too. The story continues to be awesome. Jason Aaron continue's to creat this gigantic mess that the heroes will have to deal with but you can't figure what will they do next. Freyja trapped in Svartalfheim, the rainbow bridge destroyed again, Malekith capture Venom and he got the Ebony Blade, and Thor is going BERSERKER! LOVEEE IT!
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9.0
War of the Realms 3 gives the event a wider scope although this issue's main purpose seems to be a start up for a bunch of tie ins to start. The art is great though and War of the Realms is still the best Marvel event in 4 years. Though this was the worst issue yet it is still exciting and an excellent read
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9.0
Thor going completely battle berserk at the end was the icing on the cake of this badass series issue.
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8.5
Really good issue, used to launch several of the one-shot tie-ins, all of which I actually want to read. The final page with Thor was very badass.
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8.5
I kind of want to read the tie-ins now? This book is still going strong, and the biweekly schedule actually benefits it a lot as well.
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8.5
A little chaotic, but a lot of great moments!
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8.5
The scope is grandiose and impressive, but the speedy scenes spread all across the Realms do make it tough to latch onto any one story thread here. The main series is three-for-three on giving me delighted goosebumps, though. This issue's serving came courtesy of the Fantastic Four page. I think I'll have to wait until the event is all wrapped up to put on my "CSI Marvel" hat and forensically untangle Venom's storyline.
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8.0
War of the realms is really clicking. There are some flaws but overall the huge scope is there and Aaron seems to handle it very well. The art is just icing on top.
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7.5
Well, it's cool seeing how Daredevil came to wield the sword, Hofund, but now War of the Realms: War Scrolls #1 doesn't fit in with the continuity given where Daredevil acquires the sword and how he gets isolated from New York. Does War Scrolls happen later? Dauterman's art is spectacular as always.
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