By Marc Strom
Following the Siege of Asgard, the God of Thunder will experience even more changes as writer Matt Fraction and artist Pasqual Ferry take over his ongoing series with THOR #611 this June. The creative team will help usher Thor into the Heroic Age, a time that will mean a great deal to our hero.
According to Fraction, for Thor the Heroic Age represents a time of "Reconstruction. Responsibility. Dealing with Tony Stark. Dealing with a human city that considers him a neighbor. And of course fighting like hell. The sun shines brighter, so the shadows cast are way, way darker."
Following the events of Siege, Thor finds his attentions divided between the mortal and godly realms, a tension that cuts to the core of where Fraction plans to take the character.
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| THOR: AGES OF THUNDER |
The scope of Fraction's run will quickly move beyond Earth, however, as the writer tells us "the entirety of the World Tree waits in the wings. And the things from beyond the World Tree."
Fraction previously wrote several one-shot specials starring the Odinson, including THOR: AGES OF THUNDER and THOR: GOD-SIZED, as well as the three-issue SECRET INVASION: THOR. From these experiences, he learned a number of key lessons.
"Hitting stuff with the hammer as often as possible is crucial," the writer notes. "Go big or go home. Really, seriously, go as big as you can, there's nothing so crazy that can't be done in THOR. If at least one scene from every issue can't be airbrushed onto the side of a van you're doing it wrong.
"The tone [of THOR] is very similar, in that sense. The scale of it all. Only now we don't have to dance between the raindrops, as it were. Somehow Pasqual and I have the dumb luck to end up being the THOR team."
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| THOR #611 cover by Pasqual Ferry |
"If you've seen Pasqual's work, you know what he brings," Fraction comments. "He eats the cosmic for breakfast and has mind-bending for brunch. Then he skips lunch because he ate breakfast and brunch, and then for dinner, he feasts like a Kosmic Kirby King on Kraziness like he's got a bad case of Space Bulimia. If I had to choose one guy to draw something bigger than gods, it'd be the big PF, baby."
While Fraction couldn't reveal too much of the insanity he has planned for THOR, he would offer one simple, enigmatic tease of things to come:
"Sky isn't supposed to bleed."
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i think he will do fine. but as long as he leaves the "man suit" comments out of the comics.
I happen to be a big fan of Fraction's work. I love his X-Men run and Iron Man has been pretty good too. (never been a BIG IM fan) I'm excited to read his Thor.
I like Fraction overall, and in certain books he shines. Invincible Iron Man is great and I think his run on Thor will be better. I read his Thor one-shots and they were amazing. I think he understands this character very well.
Fraction has proved himself as far as I am concerned. The only title I thought could have been better was Punisher War Journal, but anytime you try to bring Frank to battle with other supergeeks as he would put it, its hard because he is just a regular soldier. His Uncanny X-Men run has been fabulous though, he has the right formula for this one. Invincible Iron Man has been great too ...
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Fraction has proved himself as far as I am concerned. The only title I thought could have been better was Punisher War Journal, but anytime you try to bring Frank to battle with other supergeeks as he would put it, its hard because he is just a regular soldier. His Uncanny X-Men run has been fabulous though, he has the right formula for this one. Invincible Iron Man has been great too, although all we have seen is the destruction of Tony Stark, but that's what everybody wanted after Civil War and the Initiative. Secret Invasion and the one-shots Fraction did on Thor were great, so I only expect big things from this book.
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Is Matt Fraction to be given every title in the Marvel Universe? Please, enough is enough. He ruined Immortal Iron Fist and Uncanny X-Men for me -- and after reading the superior work of Garth Ennis for years, Fraction's handling of the Punisher in War Journal was an abomination. Invincible Iron Man has been rather enjoyable lately, I'll give him that, but everything else he's taken over has ...
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Is Matt Fraction to be given every title in the Marvel Universe? Please, enough is enough. He ruined Immortal Iron Fist and Uncanny X-Men for me -- and after reading the superior work of Garth Ennis for years, Fraction's handling of the Punisher in War Journal was an abomination. Invincible Iron Man has been rather enjoyable lately, I'll give him that, but everything else he's taken over has been a huge disappointment. Must I drop yet another title?
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