WAR OF THE REALMS
Written by Jason Aaron
Penciled by Mike Del Mundo and Scot Hepburn
Published April - June 2019
While the War of the Realms raged in it's own miniseries, Jason Aaron continued the side action in the pages of Thor in three distinct issues. The first of which details just what went on in Loki's head after being eaten by his father, Laufey.
Inside his own mind, Thor's adopted brother is visited by three different versions of himself. One much older, who shows him a past where Malekith is just an innocent boy. Another vision of where Loki is a spoiled child and finally one where he is corrupted by the Venom-formed necrogod. But either way, the story concludes with him still floating inside the frost giant's stomach.. and obviously he has to find a way out.
The next story is the ballad of Cul Borsen. Once destined to be the king of Asgard, he was eventually bested by his brother Odin and at one point died. Regardless he eventually returned to life and now is undercover to find out about Malekith's black bifrost. In this issue, he eventually learns its secrets but then dies saving the slave children of the elves. In the end, his name inspires a rallying cry.
Finally, Thor #14 begins many years in the past with a young Thor unworthy of lifting Mjolnir. He's soon visited by the Fantastic Four, whom in a bid to stop Malekith have united several Thors from different timelines. They charge into battle to fight the dark elf whom is now joined with the Knull symbiote. Between King Thor giving him advice, the youngest of them is able to feel every striking blow. It ends with his mother being threatened, sending the young god into a rage but now worthy to lift the hammer while the war goes on.
So although these three stories weren't necessarily related, they all furthered the backstory of the War of the Realms and I think did a pretty good job of doing so. I'm obviously not a huge fan of Mike Del Mundo's artwork but his style is definitely fitting of this kind of story. He draws epic landscapes and features and here it just works. And even though Jason Aaron was actually writing the 6 part series, he didn't take anything away from the regular series he's worked on for so long, and it certainly shows here. I give these books a 10/10.
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