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Misrule13 wrote:Those credits are good, Dogmanstar, but just as a heads-up, I got it £17 cheaper, even with international postage by ordering from amazon.com. It would have been cheaper still if I'd ordered it at the early discount rate.
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SamyMerchi wrote: Just got mine! Definitely not a book to bring along on a commute! God how I wish they'd broken it up into two volumes!
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SamyMerchi wrote:Just got mine! Definitely not a book to bring along on a commute! God how I wish they'd broken it up into two volumes!
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kevin75 wrote: While it won't keep me from buying the material, I totally agree with Samy, two volumes would've worked MUCH better.
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Snappleshacks wrote: kevin75 wrote: While it won't keep me from buying the material, I totally agree with Samy, two volumes would've worked MUCH better. I'm in the one volume camp. The bigger the better! I really don't understand the complaints, especially considering how much money we save with larger books. I read with the book in my lap no problem. Is everyone here the kid on the beach or what?
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Sanity or Madness wrote:Got mine yesterday from Amazon UK. Good, but there are a few speech balloons partially whited-out at random. Is this the case in all copies?
artteacher72 wrote:This question may have been posed and answered already...but that's a lot of pages to wade through. I read the first 1/3 of Simonsons run years ago but never finished it. I just ordered a copy of the Omnibus. My question is, does Simonson wrap up his run in a satisfying manner? All subplots tied up nicely? It's not a huge deal I'm just curious if he was able to finish his run before he left the title.
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I’m almost done reading this, just have the final double-sized issue to read tonight. Having read these issues only once when they first came out nearly thirty years ago, they seem almost brand new to me now. I really think I enjoyed them more this second time around! Some random thoughts:
*Walt Simonson doesn’t get enough credit for drawing attractive women. Granted, he may not be in the same league as Romita Sr., Dave Stevens, or Wally Wood but his females sure are purdy none-the-less. I know he modeled Lorelei after Debbie Harry of the group Blondie and Sif after Sigourney Weaver. Does anyone know if he had a particular model in mind for Amora or even Friggia? They didn’t look like anyone recognizable to me. Heck, did any of the male characters have models for reference that I just missed? Okay, I know Beta Ray Bill was modeled after Mr. Ed…..
*Speaking of Lorelei, Walt seemed to get tired of her awfully quick halfway through the run when he brought in The Enchantress! Amora’s little sister was very prominent in the plot early on, but soon after the Thor-frog portion, Loki makes an off-handed comment about getting tired of her annoyances and turning her into a statue in his courtyard. We never actually see this or statue-Lorelei. It happens totally off-panel and even Loki’s remark’s are just throwaway lines while he’s doing something else.
*Kind of ironic all the footnotes in which events reference from THOR issues published in the sixties are referred as being published “at the dawn of time” or so forth. We’re now further away from these Simonson issues than they themselves were from the Kirby run when first published! Time marches on, indeed.
*Speaking of time marching on, it’s kind of poignant seeing how much the World Trade Center is a featured locale. The Midgard Serpent even plans to form Thor’s tombstone out of it’s ruins after he kills the Thunder God. On a more personal level, having just lost my own father only four years ago, I could relate more to Thor’s sadness at losing Odin more now than I could in the ‘80’s as a twenty-something.
*No one should ever have used the Executioner ever again after his magnificent sacrifice and death at the gates of Hel. A Grade C villain finally gets his moment of glory and he shouldn’t have been trotted out again for more mediocre battles.
*Speaking of Hel: Hmmmm, in the recently reprinted Len Wein run Thor journeys to Hel in back in search of Odin in what seems just a day or two with no trouble at all. Here he has to consult Runes and wrestle a demon for directions and he and the army of Asgard march for days underground and over rivers to reach the place. Yeah, Simonson’s take is more true to Norse myths and the better story, but still it struck me as kind of amusing when reading it so soon after the Wein volume.
*The Secret Wars II, X-Factor, and Power Pack crossovers are kind of jarring, but Simonson deals with them well and you fortunately don’t need to read those other comics to follow the story here. He especially deals well with crossing over with that gawd-awful Mephisto mini-series. After the first two or three pages, the Avengers up and leave with no memory of anything and Thor is left exactly where he was at the conclusion of last issue. Good job, Walt.
I think there was some more stuff I wanted to comment on, but I can’t remember now and lunch break is over. I’m sure I’ll have more after “Journey into Mystery”!
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Twomorrows is publishing an all Thor BACK ISSUE magazine spotlighting Simonson's run (and featuring Thor in the Bronze Age & The DeFalco/Frenz run)Of course, i can't get any pix to work since the Yuku update. here's the info:
BACK ISSUE #53 (84 pages with 16-page COLOR section, $7.95) takes an in-depth look at WALTER SIMONSON’s Thor in this “Gods” issue! And there’s more Thor: the Thunder God in the Bronze Age and a TOM DeFALCO/RON FRENZ “Pro2Pro” interview. Plus: Hercules: Prince of Power, Moondragon, Three Ways to End the New Gods Saga, and an exclusive interview with fantasy writer MICHAEL MOORCOCK. Featuring art and/or commentary by GERRY CONWAY, JACK KIRBY, BOB LAYTON, and more, with a hammer-swinging Thor cover by Simonson. Edited by MICHAEL EURY.
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