WAR IS HEL
Written by Jason Aaron
Penciled by Mike Del Mundo
Cover by Mike Del Mundo
Published Aug 15, 2018
Thanos walks up to presumably break up the Balder/Hela wedding as Sindr sends scores of flaming demons into the fight. Meanwhile Loki throws Thor his hammer in Valhalla. He's talked the Valkyries into joining his war and they return to Hel to fight with him.
The problem for Hela is that Thanos has come to break up with his girlfriend which obviously makes her sad.. or mad.. or both. I guess. Thor and the Valkyries kill en masse. Balder is reunited with Lady Brunhilde as Thor picks up Hela's crown. Donning it, he turns into this super Hell Thor and starts wrecking shop.
Sindr knows she's beaten. She calls Malekith to transport her away as Karnilla uses the distraction to grab a wedding ring. She quickly marries Hela to spare her love Balder, and orders Loki to whisk him back to Midguard.
The issue ends with Thor, Loki, Balder and Lady Brunhilde alive and back on Thor's boat. Balder looks forward to seeing his mother again as Loki transports away... But not before grabbing a souvenir. While Thor scours the ship for whatever weapon his brother took, it appears he's merely stolen the painting of his adopted mother, Lady Freya. With that, this issue and this stroy arc finally come to a conclusion.
So I've spent a long time in my comic reviewing career bashing Mike Del Mundo and just for the record, I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. Still, his abstract blobs seem to work better with this book, with all it's dripping flames and mist, ice, lava, etc than with anything I've looked at from him in recent memory. His style works extraordinarily well when there's no backgrounds needed. As long as Jason Aaron keeps the writing stellar, and keeps Thor in more abstract realms - this creative team might have some pretty solid homeruns. I give this one a 9/10.
Penciled by Mike Del Mundo
Cover by Mike Del Mundo
Published Aug 15, 2018
Thanos walks up to presumably break up the Balder/Hela wedding as Sindr sends scores of flaming demons into the fight. Meanwhile Loki throws Thor his hammer in Valhalla. He's talked the Valkyries into joining his war and they return to Hel to fight with him.
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| Hey ladies... GET FUN-KY! |
The problem for Hela is that Thanos has come to break up with his girlfriend which obviously makes her sad.. or mad.. or both. I guess. Thor and the Valkyries kill en masse. Balder is reunited with Lady Brunhilde as Thor picks up Hela's crown. Donning it, he turns into this super Hell Thor and starts wrecking shop.
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| Del Mundo goes METAL! |
Sindr knows she's beaten. She calls Malekith to transport her away as Karnilla uses the distraction to grab a wedding ring. She quickly marries Hela to spare her love Balder, and orders Loki to whisk him back to Midguard.
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| Back to the land of the living. |
The issue ends with Thor, Loki, Balder and Lady Brunhilde alive and back on Thor's boat. Balder looks forward to seeing his mother again as Loki transports away... But not before grabbing a souvenir. While Thor scours the ship for whatever weapon his brother took, it appears he's merely stolen the painting of his adopted mother, Lady Freya. With that, this issue and this stroy arc finally come to a conclusion.
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| Oh here we go again... |
So I've spent a long time in my comic reviewing career bashing Mike Del Mundo and just for the record, I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. Still, his abstract blobs seem to work better with this book, with all it's dripping flames and mist, ice, lava, etc than with anything I've looked at from him in recent memory. His style works extraordinarily well when there's no backgrounds needed. As long as Jason Aaron keeps the writing stellar, and keeps Thor in more abstract realms - this creative team might have some pretty solid homeruns. I give this one a 9/10.
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