THOR GIANT-SIZE FINALE [BY JMS] WRITER: J. Michael Straczynski PENCILS: Marko Djurdjevic INKS: Danny Miki LETTERED BY: VC - Chris Eliopoulos
THE STORY: Have the events of this arc not been shocking and gut-wrenching enough for you so far, dear readers?! All bets are off as the curtain falls - will friendly faces and a new, long-lost ally make all the difference for Thor? What are Loki's treacherous plans for the Asgardians in their new home of Latveria...and does the scheming Dr. Doom have an agenda of Doom's own? How will the humble, Earth-born Bill aid Balder, Asgard's rightful ruler...and at what cost? You won't want to miss this landmark issue of the critically acclaimed, mega-hit, Eisner-nominated THOR! New & Reprint/Rated T ...$4.99 IN STORES: November 25, 2009
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tugrul.sahin acolyte Joined: 08.25.2006 Posts: 76
Posted: 11.06.2009 8:15pm
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Really? Bill? Him, not Siege, must be why JMS left.
ThorneDragon acolyte Joined: 08.25.2006 Posts: 29
Posted: 11.06.2009 10:25pm
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JMS was doing and Awesome job with THOR.
I never even paid attention to ANY Thor book before he started.
The artwork was Incredible too - the book had some incredible
atmosphere - hands-down it became my favorite book -
despite the shipping delays. I could wait every other month
for this book if they would have just left this creative team in place.
I'm certainly going to purchase the GIANT-SIZE Finale.
..but sadly this will most likely be my last as with JMS.
cjmcaree sidekick Joined: 01.28.2007 Posts: 229
Posted: 11.07.2009 11:54am
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I'll give the new creative team a try, but under JMS this had become one of my favourite Marvel books. A real slow-burning epic.
SHADENINJA acolyte Joined: 01.01.1970 Posts: 25
Posted: 11.07.2009 10:05pm
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So wait, Thor is over? I mean handing the title off to a new team is one thing, but why end the whole book?
ITS MY FAVORITE TITLE! %#$?
heikks86 acolyte Joined: 01.01.1970 Posts: 34
Posted: 11.08.2009 2:01am
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SHADENINJA wrote:
So wait, Thor is over? I mean handing the title off to a new team is one thing, but why end the whole book?
ITS MY FAVORITE TITLE! %#$?
the books not ending. there are new solicits for Thor, i think i have seen up to 605 on this site and in the Marvel preview it has up to Thor 609. Thor 607-609 are Siege tie-ins
jbdub acolyte Joined: 01.01.1970 Posts: 10
Posted: 11.08.2009 5:41am
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Goodbye masterfully written, beautifully illustrated, perfect example of modern superhero comic book.
Hello, yet another giant crossover mega epic world changing and probably underwhelming story arc.
Kieron Gillen is a fantastic writer and I'm sure he'll do great, but was there really any reason to disrupt a book this good?
We aren't privy (yet, if ever) to who decided JMS is off the book (if he himself isn't bothering, or if Marvel decided to give another creative team a try, or contractual obligations, etc.) but, and this is with the hope that the quality stays high, has anyone ever considered that for as good as the book is when it comes out, that a monthly shipping every other month on average, is technically only bringing in half the sale numbers it could?
Now, with no offense to anyone's preferences and likes, Thor is one of my all time favorite characters and I was not enjoying the slow churn out *overall*. Yes the development reads really good in retrospect, yes the quality is high, yes the atmosphere is epic (and I especially enjoyed the giant-sized offerings when things like 600 hit) but the slow developing stories that were the first 6 issues or so of the run were pretty much agonizing when coupled with month gaps - - and with him showing up hardly anywhere else, the current interlocking treatment of the MU felt his absence even more.
I'd've almost suggested that a companion book of Thor's adventures (present day) be weaved between the main book's slow pace to lessen the impact had JMS been staying on (or coming back) but lower quality might of been even more damaging (especially if Red Hulk vs Thor is anything to go by). Some people probably would argue it was ok for Thor to be mostly isolated so the pace should be considered more Ultimates-esque, but since it's been so far touching on fall out with Ironman, Loki's shenanigans and Doom's hosting of the Asgardians, I maintain that this was expected to factor into the Secret Invasion to Dark Reign to Siege changeovers much more but didn't.
I'd say a good 5 or 6 issues more could have been that would've fleshed out a lot more about Loki and Doom's plans, but now we are at the gates of Siege with a mere glimpse of the greater potential stories of Asgardians-in-Latveria could've produced (though I must also note that 'they' dropped the ball on the Atlantean-army-in-Latveria just as much or more) and Doom could've been driving stories and sales just as much as Osborn all this while with his own endeavors (it would've probably made Dark Reign feel meatier if every last thing didn't end up back at Osborn's doorstep). ~ maybe a 6, 5 or even 4 parter could shed some light on Latveria's hosting of Alanteans and Asgardians after the fact - heck, they've done it with House of M, so why not?
