Thor #1-3

Written by Jason Aaron
Penciled by Mike Del Mundo
Covers by Mike Del Mundo
Published June 13, June 27 and July 18, 2018

   Thor finds himself in Thailand trying to steal back the Warlock's Eye. But the Cytorrakian champion, Juggernaut stands in his way. Thor is beaten up, breaking hammer after hammer until the troll at the forge sends them all to him. He eventually hits Marko with the right one and returns to Old Asgard.

Direct hit!

   Thor reconvenes with the blinded Heimdall and his father Odin before returning to Midguard to see formed Thor, Jane Foster. He also meets his mother Lady Freyja as she tends to the beaten and broken Volstagg. Again he leaves to find the many missing trinkets of Asgard when eventually he comes upon his brother, Loki.

Oh hey, you!

   It appears Malekith continues the war on the realms but Loki has an idea. They teleport to Niffleheim and are reunited with all of the dead Odinson brothers. It appears that Queen Sindr fights to claim all of Hel for her own. What comes next is a battle for the ages, as Balder the Brave, Skurge, Thori, Loki and Thor reunite with Karnilla to fight the fire demons.

We haven't seen Carnilla since that big tree died.

   Elsewhere Sindr equally assembles her army. Meanwhile the Odin brothers discuss a secret weapon they have that can unleash hell, pardon the pun, on the demon queen. While they move to disrupt a goblin train bound full of goods, they reveal what that secret weapon is - Thor's niece Hela and his dog-like nephew Fenris leap from the water. 

Mornin', boys!

   Their mini-fight is brief, as before long they all realize that fighting each other virtually ensures a victory for Sindr. So they do the next best thing - stage a wedding that unites Balder and Hela's tribes. Still, Thor confides in his brother that it still won't be enough.

"Bad news. You need to kill Thor."
"Well... what's the bad news?!"

   There's one last group to try and lobby - the Valkyries. The only way to get there though is through death. Just as Hela and Balder say their vows, Loki kills Thor, though this time with his permission. He walks towards the gates of Valhalla and tries to lobby the goddesses to his side. He'll have to be quick though. Back in Hel, not only do the Odin brothers plan to execute Loki, the mad Titan Thanos has approached to have a word with the groom. What'll happen next? We'll have to wait to find out as this issue is left to be continued.

I haven't been in enough comics lately. Might as well invade this one too.

   So I'm a Thor fan just as much as the next guy, but if there's one thing I've noticed Jason Aaron being in this series for the last few go rounds, it's wordy. Nothing like norse word after norse word, and bloody battles and mead and Valhalla and all that, to get the blood flowing. He picks up right where he left off and in my opinion, that's a great thing. I give these three books a 10/10.

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