Cates is a writer less than the sum of his parts, . . and those parts are Mark Millar and Scott Snyder, A universe destroying megaentity threatens all of reality! I'm other words, an average Tuesday in the Marvel universe,
Fun enough story and good art although Thor's new look reminds me of when comics went EXTREME in thes, but it just feels like Marvel is pushing the same plot out to us over and over and over and.
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Following in the footsteps of Jason Aaron after his classic lengthy run on the THOR title could not have been easy.
So, Donny Cates goes big with an epic story but thankfully not epic in length, This one wraps up in six single issues, which make up the story arc collected here in The Devourer King.
Thor is now the king of Asgard during a time of peace across the Ten Realms, The quiet is very shortlived, as the Black Winter is coming which threatens to wipe out everything, Galactus shows up and enlists Thor in his attempt to stop the Black Winter, He gives up some of his cosmic power to Thor, and makes him his new allpowerful herald, Thor has to find five planets for Galactus to devour, gaining him enough strength to take on Black Winter,
Can you ever really trust Galactus, Before this ends, there are several surprises including Thor having to battle friend and lover Beta Ray Bill and Sif because they don't understand his involvement.
The ending is especially unexpected, and I hope it sticks but I doubt it,
Seems like Cates will be exploring the lofty aims of Thor as king as well as how he handles the awesome responsibilities.
The art is equally epic in scope and gorgeous to ponder over, Some of the early panels in Issue One are expository in nature, and really create that mythological feel aided by the art and font style that recall a Classic Illustrated feel.
This was a welcome change of pace from standard Thor fare, I love this so much,
Its such a unique take, and yet completely worthy of its predecessors, A fitting continuation of Jason Aarons run,
What I wasnt expecting was to learn so much about Galactus! There were some amazing callbacks to previous runs, some very fascinating foreshadows that I simply cant wait to see brought to fruition.
Nick Kleins pencil work is great, and dare I say it It gives the great Esad a run for his money!
Bring on more Thor! Le stelline sono quasi tutte per i bellissimi disegni di Nic Klein che fanno davvero la parte del leone in questo volume: uno stile potente e che in modo estremamente appropriato ricorda a tratti quello delle illustrazioni classiche delle favole nordiche/germaniche in particolare il design di Volstagg!!!, con un mix di superhero style!
La scrittura di Cates è di pari passo evocativa, a tratti poetica, ma a livello di svolgimento di trama alla fine ho avuto la sensazione che fosse accaduto un po' poco.
More of a.rating.
Really enjoyed this, It gets big. Sort of redefines Galactus. Interested to see where Donny Cates takes this, Thor as an herald of Galactus, nuff said, This is a great start, I picked a good time to start reading Thor, between this and the Gorr arc, it's all so excellent, There are so many ways to focus hero comics, it's fun to fall back on one that shows characters at their peak just slamming each other with ABSOLUTE POWER.
Bonus points for bringing the Silver Surfer Black into canon from Cates' previous work, I liked this have been looking forward to this retake on Thor, . now a slightly angsty King, . and then Galactus shows his face, .
Intrigued to follow this and I will, . . Pretty good intro to this new era of Thor, Im a Cates fan, but would love to see him do some more grounded stuff, I mean, does everything have to be an apocalyptic threat Další Catesův zářez pro Marvel a hlavně další dílek do jeho vesmírné skládanky.
Zase se tu opakuje to, co předtím, Donny si vezme sérii, udělá si z ní vlastní hračku, rozestaví si figurky, dá nám ne úplně očekávatelné scény, občas dokonce nějaké kulervoucí a pak jde zase dál.
Je humorné, že je momentálně takovým Thanosem Marvel univerza, který sbírá jednotlivé série, aby dokončil svoji vlastní rukavici.
A já se sakra modlím, aby to byl nakonec v kompletu jeden velký masterpiece a nejenom mega kvalitní rozjezd a pak uspěchaný, nedopečený konec což pronásleduje hodně jeho věcí.
I když to tak možná do teď neznělo, tak jsem pořád sakra rád, že se ujal Thora, protože je radost to číst.
A hlavně pokud jste četli ostatní jeho věci z "vesmírného Marvelu", tak prostě jenom potkáte všechny obvyklé podezřelé a zase si trochu upevníte celkový obrázek.
A pořád je to dobrá akční jízda s parádníma scénama a co by člověk vlastně potřeboval víc Man I had such high hopes for this since Id been hearing such great things.
This was just Ok. The set up was the best part, Really cool thing Cates does with Galactus origin, After the first issue or two I was sold, Then the rest of the book happened, The fight between Beta Ray Bill and Thor was so Fing pointless, Wether its comics, TV shows or movies, I flarkin hate it when people fight over something that could have been explained inseconds.
Thor easily could have told Bill what Silver Surfer told him about the black winter and Beta Ray would have been like, “well damn, let me help then.
” I mean they are friends!! Thor could have just sat him down and filled him in, No, instead the just fight, Then Sif steps in with hercents when she knows the seriousness of Thors quest, Man I had to stop reading the comic and scream at the ceiling for a second, Then the end is more of what I just read in Jason Aarons run, Thor fighting some all black thing covering everything but with a slight sputter of an ending.
Man this one hurt me a little bit, I know everyone loved this but I guess Im in the minority, no pun intended, Hopefully this will find better footing in the next volume,
P. S. sorry for the rant. Muchos cabos sueltos, una narrativa incompleta, y giros no tan creativos, Definitivamente es divertido, observar a Thor como Heraldo de Galactus, pero le quitan personalidad y lo vuelven un personaje predecible y sin carácter, con algunos matices interesantes, pero artificiales.
Entretenido, sin gran trascendencia en el universo marvel, aunque, muchos lectores jóvenes podrán acceder a esta historia gracias a la publicidad realizada en unión con EPIC y su juego Fortnite.
Not Bad. I had been hearing so much about how great Donny Cates writing for Marvel has been, It is really topnotch. Everything is firing on all cylinders in this first arc for CAtes thor, What can you throw at a character as powerful as Thor Cates pitted the planet eater against Thor, Cates does a great job with the dialogue and the action, I really felt Thor's struggle to find purpose, He may have been reluctant to be king, but it is clear that odinson will step up to face any challenge.
That's what being a hero is all about, I enjoyed this story immensely, It was great to see a few of the support characters I had not seen in a while such as Sif and Beta Ray.
The artwork was pretty good here as well, The colors were the real star of this collection, I am looking forward to reading the next volume, I admire Donny Cates for beginning his Thor run with the sort of universal extinction event that most writers would spend years working toward.
Though the whole "Winter is coming" thing seems familiar, If this is where he is starting, where can he possibly go next Anything is possible! Nothing is off the table!
My problem is I'm not a fan of Marvel's cosmic mythology: Galactus, his heralds, and all that fiddle faddle.
And while this is not bad cosmic glop, it is still a lot of cosmic glop to have to swallow in a sitting.
And Thor as a character is just depressing to visit with his brooding and darkness and daddy issues.
I think it is time to take another extended break from his title, Some epic stuff here, indeed, Truly epic. Like way too much epic so soon so fast, Like Cates played his last cards in his very first arc, I mean, . Whats supposed to stop him now
And it takesissues including fillersBeta Ray Bill, Sif, . . to get there.
Its also pompously wordy, A bit like Jason Aaron except that Aaron did it better,
And the glimpse of the one responsible for Thors foreseen downfall made me cringe, Does it really need to be this character
After all the above niceties why the lenientyou might ask.
Firstly, the plot isnt so bad, Like I said truly epic, Lots of huuuge Booms and KaBooms all over the place and the Black Winters actual goal is actually an astute twist.
Thors personality is rather well addressed too, with his concern about being the new allfather,
Secondly theres the art, Nic Klein, wonderfully enhanced by Matt Wilsons colours, is simply amazing and perfectly suited to draw this kind of story.
Ready for the derpiest Thor there is Heeeeeeeres Donny Cates! Durrrrr Black Winter coming, Duuuhhh Galactus need power to fight, Buuuuuuh. Thor help. Uhhhhh. Hit wiv hammer. Urrr overwhelmed with drool, fills nappy, collapses
Wow, Jason Aarons Thor was more bad than good but it was never this bad, Cates Thor is so dumb, Its just Thor and Galactus fighting a black cloud against a space backdrop so black on black great visual shooting laser beams at it and yelling.
Theres nothing compelling about it,
Why did they team up to begin with Galactus had a vision of his death and Thor was there.
So rather than put some distance between him and Thor and maybe avoid that visions fate, he has him right by his side because that makes sense.
I guess some spoilers for the next part but its not really, I mean, does anyone think Thor ISNT going to save the universe from the villain of the week
Its just pointless filler, Galactus and Thor fight. Galactus sucks up another world while Thor complains and evacuates people, Galactus and Thor fight, repeat, Who. Cares. Isnt all the fighting counterproductive anyway doesnt Thor want Galactus to be as strong as possible to fight the black cloud Theres more filler as Beta Ray Bill rocks up for an issuelong fight that goes nowhere.
Sif also fights Thor for a bit, So much rubbish filler.
If all you want to see is Thor in a new, temporarily cleanshaven/Swedish death metal outfit fighting every Galactus and his cosmic dog, boy oh boy are you in for a book.
But I was thoroughly bored of this utterly empty, worthless story every step of the way, Thor, Volume: The Devourer King is duuuuuuuuuuuuuh out of duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh for me, Thor feels the weight of a King now as he sits on the throne, When Galactus comes to him, not for a fight, but pleading for his help, the King of Asgard has a mission that might be too much even for him.
Thor is on a mission to stop the Black Winter from coming, A force so powerful it'll wipe out everything, Galactus and Thor together go to planets so Galactus can feed off them to get stronger, However, Thor always gets people off the planets before he does such a thing, When the Black Winter arrives will both of them be able to withstand it or is it too powerful
One thing I love about this run so far is the art.
Epic would be the word to describe it, And with that awesome art, Cates pushes Thor as a true God, able to show his power in in full force.
The threat is probably the weakest part as the reveal isn't as fulfilling as I wanted, But the path there is filled with great moments and the very last couple of pages gets me hyped of what is to come.
Thor is Cates newest Marvel project and it is shaping up to be as strong as his other work.
Aout of. I was a little concerned for anybody taking on Thor after Jason Aarons epic run and some of my concerns were manifest in this volume.
Donny Cates immediately does what I hate new writers doing: he wastes no time in entirely sweeping away a lot of the big changes the previous writer made.
So, one issue in and Thors already got his arm and eye back, Not a spoiler:
its on the front cover, Sigh I do wish new writers would change a characters status quo organically, gradually rather than just setting fire to their predecessors work with a dismissive grunt.
This gripe aside, I did quite like parts of the story, It certainly wasnt lacking in action and it sowed some interesting seeds, If anything it was too epic, too quickly it didnt feel like the epicness was earned, if you know what I mean.
Honestly, I was sucked into the story at first but the more I think about it, the less I like it.
Oh, and I hated the ending,
The artwork was really good, though I have no complaints on that front, Nic Klein did a great job,
Story:stars
Artwork:stars
Overall:stars,